Saint Helena, Empress Mother of Constantine, discovered the True Cross during a Holy Land pilgrimage and sponsored numerous churches in Rome and Jerusalem. The post Saint Helena appeared first on uCatholic.

Saint Mamas, a great martyr, was born in prison to Christian parents, orphaned young, and raised by a widow before his martyrdom. The post Saint Mamas appeared first on uCatholic.

Saint Stephen the Great (977-1038), son of Magyar chieftain Géza, fervently promoted Christianity after becoming Hungary's first king in 997. The post Saint Stephen the Great appeared first on uCatholic.

The Feast of the Assumption celebrates both the departure of Mary from this life by her natural death and her assumption bodily into heaven. The post The Solemnity Of The Assumption appeared first on uCatholic.

Saint Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland. The post Saint Maximilian Kolbe appeared first on uCatholic.

Pope Saint Pontian, who reigned from 230-235, holds the distinction of being the first pontiff to abdicate. The post Pope Saint Pontian appeared first on uCatholic.

Saint Euplius is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church. With Saint Agatha, he is a co-patron of Catania in Sicily. The post Saint Euplius appeared first on uCatholic.