Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Saint of the Day St. Wilfrid Born in Northumberland in 634, St. Wilfrid was educated at Lindesfarne and then spent some time in Lyons and Rome. Returning to England, he was elected abbot of Ripon in 658 and introduced the Roman rules and practices in opposition to the celtic ways of northern England. In 664, he was the architect of the definitive victory of the Roman party at the Conference of Whitby. He was appointed Bishop of York and after some difficulty finally took possession of his See in 669. He labored zealously and founded many monasteries of the Benedictine ... Read More » More Saints of the Day St. Edwin of Northumbria St. Amicus St. Salvinus St. Seraphinus Bl. Camillus Constanzi St. Domnina of Anazarbus St. Edistius St. Eustace St. Evagrius St. Fiace St. Felix and Cyprian St. Heribert of Cologne St. Maximilian of Lorch St. Monas St. Pantalus St. Edwin of Northumbria St. Cosmas of Maiuma Bl. Maria Teresa Fasce Tomorrow's Saint of the Day St. Edward the Confessor Edward the Confessor was the son of King Ethelred III and his Norman wife, Emma, daughter of Duke Richard I of Normandy. He was born at Islip, England, and sent to Normandy with his mother in the year 1013 when the Danes under Sweyn and his son Canute invaded England. Canute remained in England and the year after Ethelred's death in 1016, married Emma, who had returned to England, and became King of England. Edward remained in Normandy, was brought up a Norman, and in 1042, on the death of his half-brother, Hardicanute, son of Canute and ... Read More » Most Popular Obama's Campaign of Pain leaves families of fallen soldiers without deserved 'death gratuities' Read More   SERIOUSLY? National Park Service spitefully removes handles from water fountains Read More   Insanity or is the Obama administration targeting Catholics: Priests who minister to troops during shutdown risk arrest Read More   NO ENTRY FOR GAYS: Muslim countries to perform forced tests on tourists to determine if they're gay or not Read More   Guest Opinion: We Are Our Enemy. Catholics and the Cultural Decline Read More     News | Catholic Life | PRWire | Encyclopedia | Bible | Prayers | Vocations | Saints & Angels © Copyright 2012 Catholic Online. This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this Catholic Online e-mail because you subscribed to it or someone forwarded it to you. To opt out, see the links below. TO ADVERTISE For information on advertising at Catholic Online, please contact Advertising Sales. TO SUBSCRIBE If this email has been forwarded to you and would like a subscription, please sign up for Catholic Online Newsletters. Remove your e-mail address from our list. We respect your right to privacy. View our policy. This e-mail was sent by: Catholic Online, P.O. Box 9686 Bakersfield, CA 93389 USA