Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Saint of the Day St. Nerses the Great Bishop and martyr, the father of St. Isaac the Great. A native of Armenia, he studied in Cappadocia and wed a princess who gave birth to Isaac. After she died, he served as a chamber lain in the court of King Arshak of Armenia. In 353 he was made Catholicos of the Armenians. Nerses devoted much effort to reforming the Armenian Church, including convening a synod in 365 based on the principles he had studied under St. Basil at Caesarea. Though he established hospitals and monasteries, his reforms and denunciation of King Arshak's murder of the ... Read More » More Saints of the Day St. Atto St. Azas and Companions St. Barlaam Sts. Severinus, Exuperius, & Felician St. Crispin St. Ermenberga St. Faustus St. James of Sasseau St. Maximus St. Medana St. Mechtildis of Helfta St. Barlaam Bl. Raphael Kalinowski Bl. Salvatore Lilli Tomorrow's Saint of the Day St. Edmund Rich Archbishop of Canterbury England, who battled for discipline and justice, also called Edmund of Abingdon. Born in Abingdon, on November 30, 1180. he studied at Oxford, England, and in Paris, France. He taught art and mathematics at Oxford and was ordained. He spent eight years teaching theology and became Canon and treasurer of Salisbury Cathedral. An eloquent speaker, Edmund preached a crusade for Pope Gregory IX and was named archbishop of Canterbury. He became an advisor to King Henry III and presided in 1237 at Henry's ratification of the ... Read More » Most Popular US Catholic Bishops Announce Plans to Stand United and Resist the Coercive HHS Mandate Read More   Why the media, and some Catholics, are STILL WRONG about Pope Francis Read More   Matt C. Abbott on The Medjugorje Development Read More   Hawaii legalizes same-sex marriage, but state law doesn't change Natural Law Read More   Obianuju Ekeocha Calls out Melinda Gates for Turning up the Heat of Population Control in Africa 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