Some Saints of the Catholic Church
St. Patrick
St. Patrick, apostle of Ireland, was born in the village of Bannavem Taberniae,
England, circa 386. His father, Calphurnius, was a deacon from a Roman family of
high social standing. His mother, Conchessa, was a close relative of the great
patron St. Martin of Tours. St. Patrick s grandfather, Pontius, was also a member of
the clergy. Surprisingly, St. Patrick himself was not raised with a strong emphasis
on religion. Education was not particularly stressed during his childhood either.
Later in life, this would become a source of embarrassment for St. Patrick, who in
the early 440s, would write in his Confessio, I blush and fear exceedingly to reveal
my lack of education.
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Nonetheless, his enemies killed him; and then the pious widow had to overcome her
twin sons desire for vengeance. Again she succeeded. When the two young men died
not long afterwards, she was without any further bonds to keep her in the world, and
she made application to a convent of Augustinian nuns at Cascia. Never had a widow
been admitted there, but Saint John the Baptist, with Saint Augustine and Saint
Nicholas, who had died during the 13th century in the nearby town of Tolentino,
appeared to her to answer her fervent prayers. They transported her miraculously into
the convent by night, despite all the locked doors. The Sisters, finding her there in the
morning, could not refuse her request any longer.
St. Joseph
Saint Joseph was by birth of the royal family of David, but was living in humble
obscurity as a carpenter, until God raised him to the highest office ever accorded a
mortal man, by choosing him to be the spouse of the Virgin Mother, the virginal
father and guardian of the Incarnate Word. Joseph, says Holy Scripture, was a just
man. He was innocent and pure, as became the husband of Mary; he was gentle and
tender, as one worthy to be named the father of Jesus; he was prudent and a lover of
silence, as became the master of the holy house; above all, he was faithful and
obedient to divine calls. His conversation was with Angels rather than with men.