Saint Francis de Sales Oratory (St. Louis, Missouri) — St. Francis de Sales mosaic. (Photo by Nheyob / CC BY-SA 4.0) Francis de Sales was born August 21, 1567, into a noble Savoyard family.
As a Catholic and a medievalist, I can never resist meeting a new saint. The relic, it turned out, was the saint’s hand, though without any special ornament or reliquary, the ornate containers ...
What a one for the ages movie scene this would have been: A meeting in the very early 1980s between Yves Saint Laurent, the undisputed (if oftentimes dissolute) king of Paris haute couture ...
The legendary life of St Dwynwen, however, is not exactly a typical tale of romance. St Dwynwen is celebrated today as the Welsh patron saint of lovers, and, less commonly, of sick animals. In life, ...
Every Jan. 24, the Catholic Church celebrates St. Francis de Sales, bishop of Geneva and doctor of the Church, known as “the saint of kindness.” He reportedly had a bad temper, but he relied ...
The first home Bozoma Saint John bought in L.A. was a condo in Marina del Rey. “It was the first time I bought anything on my own, and it was such a boost to my confidence,” said the ...
Each has a five-point cushion on the Wolf Pack. Louis Domingue won two of his past four starts and allowed fewer than three goals in three of them. Furthermore, the 32-year-old goalie stopped 117 of ...