Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Saint of the Day St. John of Damascus Saint John Damascene has the double honor of being the last but one of the fathers of the Eastern Church, and the greatest of her poets. It is surprising, however, how little that is authentic is known of his life. The account of him by John of Jerusalem, written some two hundred years after his death, contains an admixture of legendary matter, and it is not easy to say where truth ends and fiction begins. The ancestors of John, according to his biographer, when Damascus fell into the hands of the Arabs, had alone remained faithful to ... Read More » More Saints of the Day St. Ada St. Anno St. Bernard degli Uberti St. Bertoara St. Theophanes and Companions St. Clement of Alexandria St. Felix of Bologna St. Francis Galvez Bl. Jerome de Angelis St. Osmund of Salisbury St. Maruthas St. Meletius St. Abba Isa St. Clement of Alexandria St. Giovanni Calabria Tomorrow's Saint of the Day St. Sabas Sabas was born at Mutalaska, Cappadocia, near Caesarea. He was the son of an army officer there who when assigned to Alexandria, left him in the care of an uncle. Mistreated by his uncle's wife, Sabas ran away to another uncle, though he was only eight. When the two uncles became involved in a lawsuit over his estate, he again ran away, this time to a monastery near Mutalaska. In time the uncles were reconciled and wanted him to marry, but he remained in the monastery. In 456, he went to Jerusalem and there entered a monastery under St. ... Read More » Most Popular Obama orders closure of Vatican Embassy Read More   Rush Limbaugh is Wrong, Karen Finney of MSNBC is Nuts: Pope Francis and Capitalism Read More   'King Money' has failed humanity, Pope Francis says Read More   Is the Pope an enemy of Capitalism? Evangelii Gaudium explains his views Read More   Fatima and the Conversion of Russia: Pope Francis Meets President Putin 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