All sites of Religion and Spirituality

Joachim of Flora, Blessed Joachim of Flora, Blessed
Joachim of Flora, Blessed- Article on this Cistercian abbot, mystic, regarded as a prophet, d. 1202. ...
John Amias, Blessed John Amias, Blessed
John Amias, Blessed- Cloth merchant, widower, priest, martyred 1589. ...
Julia Billiart, Saint Julia Billiart, Saint
Julia Billiart, Saint- Biographical article on the founder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She died in 1816. ...
Jacopone da Todi, Blessed Jacopone da Todi, Blessed
Jacopone da Todi, Blessed- More properly called Jacopo Benedetti. Biographical article on the lawyer, widower, Franciscan poet sympathetic to the Spirituals, who died about 1306. ...
John Kemble, Saint John Kemble, Saint
John Kemble, Saint- Biography of the priest and martyr, who died in 1679. ...
John Sandys, Blessed John Sandys, Blessed
John Sandys, Blessed- Brief account of the martyrdom of the English priest, which took place in 1586. ...
Jeanne de Valois, Saint Jeanne de Valois, Saint
Jeanne de Valois, Saint- Biography of St. Jeanne, also known as Jéhanne de France or Jane of Valois, queen, founder of the Annonciades. She died in 1505. ...
Juliana Falconieri, Saint Juliana Falconieri, Saint
Juliana Falconieri, Saint- Niece of St. Alexis Falconieri. She founded the Servite Third Order, and died in 1341. ...
John Pibush, Blessed John Pibush, Blessed
John Pibush, Blessed- English priest and missionary to his native land, imprisoned for more than six years, on trial twice for the crime of being a priest, martyred at Waterings in 1600/1. ...
James Bell, Blessed James Bell, Blessed
James Bell, Blessed- Ordained priest in Mary's reign, served the Established Church under Queen Elizabeth, but returned to the Catholic Church and became a missionary. He was martyred along with a layman, John Finch, in ...
John Roberts, Saint John Roberts, Saint
John Roberts, Saint- A Welsh Benedictine, the first prior of Downside, was arrested six times, exiled four times, and finally martyred at Tyburn in 1610. ...
John Boste, Saint John Boste, Saint
John Boste, Saint- Or John Boast. Priest, martyred at Durham in 1594. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. ...
John Martin Moye, Blessed John Martin Moye, Blessed
John Martin Moye, Blessed- Biography of the founder of the Sisters of Divine Providence, and missionary to China. He died in 1793. ...
Joseph Vaz, Blessed Joseph Vaz, Blessed
Joseph Vaz, Blessed- Biographical article on this 17th-century priest from Goa who was a missionary to Sri Lanka. ...
John Ogilvie, Saint John Ogilvie, Saint
John Ogilvie, Saint- Scotsman, raised Calvinist, converted to Catholicism, became a Jesuit priest and missionary to his native land, was tortured and martyred in 1615. ...
Joseph of Leonessa, Saint Joseph of Leonessa, Saint
Joseph of Leonessa, Saint- Capuchin missionary, confessor, d. 1612. ...
John Francis Regis, Saint John Francis Regis, Saint
John Francis Regis, Saint- Jesuit priest and missionary, d. 1640. ...
John of Avila, Saint John of Avila, Saint
John of Avila, Saint- Priest, preacher, author, d. 1569. ...
Jane Frances de Chantal, Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, Saint
Jane Frances de Chantal, Saint- Biography of the widowed baroness, mother, founder of the Congregation of the Visitation, who died in 1641. ...
John Twenge, Saint John Twenge, Saint
John Twenge, Saint- Canon regular, prior of St. Mary's, Bridlington. Miracle-worker, d. 1379. ...
Justin de Jacobis, Saint Justin de Jacobis, Saint
Justin de Jacobis, Saint- Italian, a Lazarist priest, titular bishop of Nilopolis, d. 1860. ...
John Larke, Blessed John Larke, Blessed
John Larke, Blessed- Parish priest and friend of St. Thomas More. Martyred at Tyburn in 1543/4, along with another priest (Bl. John Ireland) and the layman Bl. German Gardiner. ...
John Duckett, Blessed John Duckett, Blessed
John Duckett, Blessed- Biographical sketch of the English priest and martyr. ...
John IV, Pope John IV, Pope
John IV, Pope- A native of Dalmatia, and the son of the scholasticus (advocate) Venantius. ...
Joan of Arc, Saint Joan of Arc, Saint
Joan of Arc, Saint- Her brief life, her trial and death, swift rehabilitation, and her beatification in 1909. ...
John Fisher, Saint John Fisher, Saint
John Fisher, Saint- Cardinal, Bishop of Rochester, martyr, d. 1535. ...
John Lockwood, Blessed John Lockwood, Blessed
John Lockwood, Blessed- Short biographical article on the English priest and martyr. ...
James of the Marches, Saint James of the Marches, Saint
James of the Marches, Saint- Surnamed Gangala, civil lawyer, Franciscan priest, d. 1476. ...
John Buckley, Saint John Buckley, Saint
John Buckley, Saint- Alias John Jones. Welsh Franciscan priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1598. ...
John Duns Scotus, Blessed John Duns Scotus, Blessed
John Duns Scotus, Blessed- Called "Doctor Subtilis," Franciscan, philosopher, d. 1308. ...
Joseph Anchieta, Blessed Joseph Anchieta, Blessed
Joseph Anchieta, Blessed- Short biography of this famous Jesuit missionary to Brazil. ...
Joseph Lambton, Blessed Joseph Lambton, Blessed
Joseph Lambton, Blessed- Yorkshire man, a priest, martyred at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1592. ...
Joseph of Cupertino, Saint Joseph of Cupertino, Saint
Joseph of Cupertino, Saint- Mystic from a very young age, priest, d. 1663. Biographical article. ...
John Almond, Saint John Almond, Saint
John Almond, Saint- Biographical sketch of the martyr. ...
John of God, Saint John of God, Saint
John of God, Saint- Portuguese shepherd, soldier, bookseller, finally found his niche caring for the health of the poor in Granada, became de facto founder of a religious order, d. 1550. ...
John Payne, Saint John Payne, Saint
John Payne, Saint- English priest, tortured and martyred on completely fabricated charges of conspiracy to murder the queen. Executed in 1582. ...
Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim, Blessed Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim, Blessed
Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim, Blessed- Bishop of Trent, d. 1860. ...
James Duckett, Blessed James Duckett, Blessed
James Duckett, Blessed- Convert to Catholicism, publisher and bookseller, martyred in 1601. ...
John Wall, Saint John Wall, Saint
John Wall, Saint- Biography of the English Franciscan priest and missionary, martyred in 1679. ...
John Cornelius and Companions, Blessed John Cornelius and Companions, Blessed
John Cornelius and Companions, Blessed- Cornelius, born of Irish parents in Cornwall, studied for the priesthood at Reims. For 10 years he worked as a missionary in England till he was martyred in 1594 for being a Cathol ...
John Shert, Blessed John Shert, Blessed
John Shert, Blessed- Very brief biographical profile of the English priest, martyred in 1581. ...
John de Britto, Saint John de Britto, Saint
John de Britto, Saint- Portuguese Jesuit missionary to India, martyr, d. 1693. ...
Jean de Brébeuf, Saint Jean de Brébeuf, Saint
Jean de Brébeuf, Saint- Biographical article on the Jesuit missionary and martyr. ...
Juliana of Liège, Saint Juliana of Liège, Saint
Juliana of Liège, Saint- Devoted to the Blessed Sacrament, lobbied for the institution of the feast of Corpus Christi, d. 1258. ...
John Sugar, Blessed John Sugar, Blessed
John Sugar, Blessed- Also called John Suker. English priest, was martyred on the same day as a layman, the Bl. Robert Grissold, in 1604 after spending a year in prison. ...
John Lloyd, Saint John Lloyd, Saint
John Lloyd, Saint- Welsh priest and martyr, executed at Cardiff in 1679. Article also has information on his fellow martyr the Jesuit Philip Evans. ...
John Colombini, Blessed John Colombini, Blessed
John Colombini, Blessed- Sienese husband and father whose life was transformed by reading the life of St. Mary of Egypt. Founder of the Jesuati. He died in 1367. ...
John of Sahagun, Saint John of Sahagun, Saint
John of Sahagun, Saint- Spanish canon, became an Augustinian hermit, d. 1479. ...
John Capistran, Saint John Capistran, Saint
John Capistran, Saint- Lawyer, governor, ambassador, became a Franciscan priest and a renowned preacher, died in 1456. ...
John Nepomucene, Saint John Nepomucene, Saint
John Nepomucene, Saint- Biography of the vicar general of the Archdiocese of Prague, who was tortured and then thrown into the Moldau and drowned, by order of King Wenceslaus IV, in 1393. ...

Latest sites from Religion and Spirituality