At the age of 25, John left his home and became a monk. He lived under the tutelage of a wise hermit and when his master died, John decided ...

Francis Palau y Quer was born in the year 1811 at Aitona in Spain. His early aspirations to live in the way of the Gospel led him to join th...

St Constantine has been revered at Govan since time immemorial and there is no reason to doubt that the tradition was based on a real person...

She was the eldest daughter of Penda, the pagan King of Mercia. She married King Ealhfrith, co-regent of Northumbria, but later left him and...

Chad was born in Northumbria, one of four brothers, all of whom became priests. He was educated partly at Lindisfarne under St Aidan and par...