Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Saint of the Day St. Jerome Emiliani Jerome Emiliani lay chained in the dark dirty dungeon. Only a short time before he had been a military commander for Venice in charge of a fortress. He didn't care much about God because he didn't need him -- he had his own strength and the strength of his soldiers and weapons. When Venice's enemies, the League of Cambrai, captured the fortress, he was dragged off and imprisoned. There in the dungeon, Jerome decided to get rid of the chains that bound him. He let go of his worldly attachments and embraced God. When he finally was able to ... Read More » More Saints of the Day St. Cointha St. Cuthman of Steyning St. Dionysius St. Elfleda St. Honoratus St. Jacut and Guethenoc St. Kigwe St. Llibio St. Nicetius of Besancon St. Oncho St. Meingold of Huy St. Paul Lucius, and Cyriacus St. Paul of Verdun St. Peter Igneus Bl. Peter Igneus St. Stephen of Muret St. Josephine Bakhita Tomorrow's Saint of the Day St. Apollonia St. Apollonia, who died in the year 249, was martyred for not renouncing her faith during the reign of Emperor Philip. The account of the life of St. Apollonia was written by St. Dionysius to Fabian, Bishop of Antioch. Apollonia had all her teeth knocked out after being hit in the face by a Christian persecutor under the reign of Emperor Philip. After she was threatened with fire unless she renounced her faith, Apollonia jumped into the flames voluntarily. She is considered the patron of dental diseases and is often invoked by those with ... Read More » Most Popular In the debate between Ken Ham's Creationism vs. Bill Nye's Science, both are wrong Read More   Time for a Massive Marriage Defense Movement in the U.S.A. Read More   Anti-Catholic Agenda of United Nations in the Report on the Convention on the Rights of a Child Read More   Answering the Only Question That Matters About Abortion Read More   Fr Dwight Longenecker on Difficulties with Adam and Eve Read More     News | Catholic Life | PRWire | Encyclopedia | Bible | Prayers | Vocations | Saints & Angels © Copyright 2014 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