St. Nicholas Tavigli - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Nicholas Tavigli - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online


St. Nicholas Tavigli, Roman Catholic Franciscan Martyr of Jerusalem. He then went to the Holy Land to preach among the Muslims and was martyred at Jerusalem. Feastday Dec.5

St. Flora & Mary - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Flora & Mary - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Flora & Mary, Roman Catholic women and Martyrs at Cordoba, Spain. They surrendered to Muslim authorities and were placed in a brothel. Still clinging to the faith, Flora and Mary were beheaded. Feastday Nov.24

Bl. Baldji Oghlou Ohannes - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Baldji Oghlou Ohannes - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Baldji Oghlou Ohannes, Roman Catholic Monk and Martyr. A group of eight Franciscan martyred in the region of Mujuk-Dersi, Armenia by invading Islamic Turks who tortured them, demanded they convert to Islam, and murdered them when they did not convert. Feastday Nov 22

St. John of Capistrano - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. John of Capistrano - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. John of Capistrano, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. In 1456 at age 70 he led a crusade against the invading Ottoman Empire at the siege of Belgrade with the Hungarian military commander John Hunyadi. St. John, at the age of seventy, was commissioned by Pope Callistus III to preach and lead a crusade against the invading Turks. Marching at the head of seventy thousand Christians, he gained victory in the great battle of Belgrade against the Turks in 1456. Three months later he died at Illok, Hungary. His feast day is October 23. He is the patron of jurists. Feastday Oct 23

St. Callistus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Callistus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Bertharius, Roman Catholic Monk and Martyr. In 883, the monastery was again attacked by Muslims, and Bertharius was killed along with some other monks at the altar of St. Martin on October 22 of that year in the church of Saint Salvator at the foot of the hill. Feastday Oct 22

St. Callistus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Callistus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Alodia, Roman Catholic Martyr and Confessor. Martyr and confessor, the daughter of a Muslim father and a Christian mother in Huesca, Spain. Alodia and her sister, Nunilo, were caught up in the persecutions conducted by Abdal-Rabman II, the ruler of Cordoba. Alodia and Nunilo dedicated themselves to Christ, despite their father's disapproval, and were arrested. When they refused to deny Christ, they were placed in a brothel and later beheaded. Feastday Oct.22

St. Laura - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Laura - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Laura, Roman Catholic and Martyr. She was martyred by Muslims who took her captive and scalded her to death by placing her in a vat of boiling lead. She is one of the Martyrs of Córdoba. Feast Day Oct. 19.

St. Theofrid - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Theofrid - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Theofrid  October 19  Abbot and martyr. He was serving as abbot of Carmery-en-Velay when the community was attacked by a band of Saracens. He died as a result of the injuries he received at their hands and was thereafter venerated as a martyr. In some lists he is called Chaffre or Theoftoy.

St. Callistus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Callistus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Callistus, Roman Catholic Layman and Spanish Martyr. Callistus went to France with St. Mercurialis to fight against the Saracens (Muslim Invaders), dying in battle. Feastday Oct 15

St. Daniel - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Daniel - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Daniel, Roman Catholic Franciscan martyr of Morocco, with Samuel, Angelus, Domnus, Leo, Nicholas, and Hugolinus. Daniel was a Franciscan provincial in Calabria, Italy. He and the other friars went on a mission to Morocco to preach to the Muslims. They were arrested in Ceuta, North Africa, and termed madmen. When they refused to convert to Islam, they were beheaded. Feastday: October 10

St. Peter of Damascus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Peter of Damascus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Peter of Damascus, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. The bishop of Damascus, Syria, at the time of the Islamic conquest of the region. He was seized by the Muslims for preaching against Muhammad and condemned to death. His captors tortured, blinded, crucified, and finally beheaded him. Feastday October 4

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: "England's Forgotten Muslim History"

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: "England's Forgotten Muslim History": Jerry Brotton, a professor of Renaissance studies at Queen Mary University of London, has written a book that gets the usual UK/USA treatm...

Sts. Adolphus and John - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Sts. Adolphus and John - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Sts. Adolphus and John, Roman Catholic Martyrs of Spain, brothers and residents of Seville, the sons of an Islamic father and a Christian mother. Caught in the persecutions conducted by the Muslim Caliph of Córdoba, Abdal-Rahman II, Adolphus and John were martyred in Córdoba. Feastday Sept 27

Why do the terrorists hate the Catholic Church so much? - Living Faith - Home & Family - News - Catholic Online

Why do the terrorists hate the Catholic Church so much? - Living Faith - Home & Family - News - Catholic Online

St. Pelagius, Arsenius, and Sylvanus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Pelagius, Arsenius, and Sylvanus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Pelagius, Arsenius, and Sylvanus, Martyrs in Spain, they were hermits who resided in the area around Burgos, in Old Castile, who were put to death by Muslim Moors. Feastday Aug.30

St. Leovigild and Christopher - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Leovigild and Christopher - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Sts. Leovigild and Christopher, Martyrs of Cordoba, Spain, put to death under the Muslim ruler of Cordoba, Abd al-Rahman II. Leovigild was a priest and Christopher was a monk. Feastday Aug 20

St. Otranto Martyrs ~ Antonio Primaldo - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Otranto Martyrs ~ Antonio Primaldo - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online





St. Otranto Martyrs, Antonio Primaldo was martyred in 1480 by Ottoman invaders after he refused along with approximately 800 others, to convert to Islam. Primaldo will be beautified and elevated to sainthood in a ceremony on May 12, 2013 by Pope Francis.

Martyrs of Cardena - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Martyrs of Cardena - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Martyrs of Cardena, Roman Catholic Benedictine monks in the monastery of Cardena, Spain, under Abbot Stephen. More than two hundred monks here were put to death by the Muslim Arabs during their conquest of the Spanish peninsula. Feastday Aug. 6

Sts. Natalie & Aurelius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Sts. Natalie & Aurelius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Sts. Natalie & Aurelius, Roman Catholic Martyr for her Faith with her husband Aurelius. According to his biography by St. Eulogius of Toledo, Aurelius was the son of a Moor and a Spanish woman, and was orphaned as a child. He was secretly raised a Christian by his aunt during the Moorish persecution of Christians. He married a half Moorish woman, Sabigotho, who took the name Natalie when he converted her to Christianity. They were both beheaded for practicing their religion openly together with George, a monk from Jerusalem whom Aurelius had befriended. FeastdayJuly 27th

St. Theodemir - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Theodemir - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Theodemir, Roman Catholic Monk and Martyr of Spain. He was martyred at Cordoba under Muslim Emir Abd al-Rahman II (r. 822-852), because he would not recant his Christian faith. Feastday July 25

St. Theophilus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Theophilus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Theophilus, Roman Catholic Admiral and Martyr. An officer in charge of the Byzantine fleet stationed at Cyprus, he was captured in battle against an Arab fleet, despite the pleas of his officers to retreat when the cause was hopeless. He spent one year in a Muslim prison and was then martyred after he refused to abjure the Christian faith. Feastday July 22

St. Paul of St. Zoilus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Paul of St. Zoilus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Paul of St. Zoilus, Roman Catholic Spanish martyr. Paul was a deacon of Cordoba, Spain, and a member of the community of St. Zoilus in that city. He devoted much of his effort to bringing aid to those Christians imprisoned by Muslim officials. Seized by members of the ruling Islamic government, he was beheaded. Feastday July 20

St. Aurea - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Aurea - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online





Saint Aurea, Roman Catholic Martyr of Spain. Aurea was born in Cordoba, Spain. She was widowed there and became a Christian. Entering a convent at Cuteclara, she was denounced by her family to the Moorish authorities. Aurea was beheaded. Feastday July 19

St. Marina - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Marina - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Marina, Roman Catholic Martyr of Orense, in Spanish Galicia, Spain.Marina and her sisters were baptized by the bishop of Braga Saint Ovidius (Ovid, Ovidio) and brought up in the Christian faith. When they were twenty, they were accused of being Christians and brought before their father the governor. He recognized them as his own daughters, and asked them to renounce their faith, promising them luxuries. The sisters refused and were imprisoned. They managed to escape and were ultimately martyred for their faith. A spring of water gushed out of the spot where they were beheaded; the spot was called Aguas Santas ("Holy Waters"). Feastday July 18

St. Abundius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Abundius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Abundius , Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr of Spain who faced Islamic persecution. Abundius, who was a pastor in Ananelos, was arrested in Córdoba, Spain, when he refused to abandon his Christian faith. Brought before the Caliph, the Muslim ruler of the city, he preached about Christianity and the Church. the Caliph condemned him and beheaded him. Feastday July 11

Martyrs of Damascus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Martyrs of Damascus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Martyrs of Damascus. Eight Franciscan and three Maronite martyrs slain in a Druse uprising in 1860 in Damascus, Syria. When they refused to accept the Muslim faith, they were executed. Pope Pius XI beatified them in 1926. Feastday July 10

St. Argymirus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Argymirus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Argymirus. Roman Catholic Martyr of Spain. A native of Cabra, Spain, he held a high position in one of the Islamic domains in the peninsula. Fired because of his Christian faith, Argymirus became a monk. lie made a public statement of his beliefs and was beheaded. 858 A.D. Feastday June 28

St. Pelagius of Cordova - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Pelagius of Cordova - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Pelagius. Martyr in Cordoba, Spain. Also called Pelayo, he was a young boy of Asturias who was left by his uncle as a hostage to the Moors of Cordoba. As he remained un-ransomed for three years, the Cordoban ruler Emir Abd al-Rahman III offered to free him if he would but renounce his Christianity and become a Muslim. He refused, and the emir ordered him tortured. Pelagius died after six hours of agony. Rhoswitha of Gandersheim, a Benedictine poetess, composed a poem in his honor. 912-925 A.D. Feastday June 26

St. Eurosia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Eurosia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Eurosia, A Roman Catholic French martyr, a victim of the Muslim invasion of Spain. She was born in Bayonne, France, and was slain at Jaca in the Pyrenees of Aragon, Spain, when she refused to marry a Muslim. Feastday June 25

St. Benildis - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Benildis - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Benildis. Spanish woman martyr, converted by the heroic death of St. Athanasius. A priest, St. Athanasius, died in the city of Córdoba at the hands of the Moors, the Islamic rulers of that era. Benildis converted during the martyrdom of St. Athanasius and she died at the stake the following day. 853 A.D. Feastday June 15

St. Anastasius XVII - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Anastasius XVII - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Anastasius XVII Roman Catholic Deacon and Martyr. A monk in the Benedictine monastery in Tabanos, near Cordoba, Spain, Anastasius was caught up in the persecutions conducted by the Muslim Moors. With St. Felix and St. Digna, Anastasius was beheaded for the faith. 853 A.D. Feastday June 14

Daily Reading for Saturday, June 11th, 2016 HD

Daily Reading for Saturday, June 11th, 2016 HD

St. Peter Rodriguez and Companions - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Peter Rodriguez and Companions - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Peter Rodriguez and Companions, Roman Catholic Knights of Santiago of Portugal and Spanish Martyrs, put to death by the Muslim Moors Feastday: June 11

St. Willibald - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Willibald - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Roman Catholic Bishop and missionary. A native of Wessex, England, Feastday June 7

St. Willibald - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Willibald - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Roman Catholic Bishop and missionary. A native of Wessex, England, Feastday June 7

St. Peter - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Peter - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Peter, Roman Catholic Priest and Spanish Martyr with Wallabonsus, Sabinian, Wistremundus, Habentius, and Jeremias. They were put to death in Cordoba at the order of Emir Abd al-Rahman II for preaching against Muhammad. Though most were beheaded, Jeremias was scourged to death. Feastday June 7

St. Ferdinand III of Castile - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Ferdinand III of Castile - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Ferdinand III of Castile, Roman Catholic King, In 1225, he held back Islamic invaders; prayed and fasted to prepare for the war; extremely devoted to the Blessed Virgin. Between 1234-36, Ferdinand conquered the city of Cordoba from the Moors.Feastday May30

Unity Now: The reconversion of our world to the Holy Catholic faith is the only hope for our future!

Of a common Christianity there has never been and never can be a definition, for it has never existed.

There is no essential doctrine such that if we can agree upon it we can differ about the rest: as for instance, to accept immortality but deny the Trinity.

A man will call himself a Christian though he denies the unity of the Christian Church; he will call himself a Christian though he denies the presence of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament; he will cheerfully call himself a Christian though he denies the Incarnation.

No; the quarrel is between The Church and the Anti-Church. The Holy Catholic Church of God and The Anti-God, The Church of Christ and The Anti-Christ.

There never has been and never can be or will be a general Christian religion professed by men who all accept some central important doctrines, while agreeing to differ about others.  There has always been, from the beginning, and will always be, The Church, and sundry heresies either doomed to decay, or, like Mohammedanism, to grow into a separate religion.

The reconversion of our world to the Holy Catholic faith is the only hope for our future!

It was the faith that gradually and indirectly turned the slave into the peasant serf and then into the free peasant.

It was the faith which took the guild and made it the foundation for our modern world. It was the faith with is morality stopped usury from retuning us to slavery.

The same usury that is today turning us into slavery.

The line of cleavage throughout the world lies between what is with, and what is against, The Faith. Hilarie Belloc says our choices are a return to Catholicism or chaos and "the crisis ... does not permit of indefinite delay."

He shows in his work's that ever since the disaster of the Protestant Reformation, our civilization has been coming apart. Catholicism built the Western World - from Roman times through the Dark Ages to the High Middle Ages - but the false doctrine and social philosophy of Protestantism, based on Calvin, is causing a steady and continuing breakdown of that world. Belloc shows the Reformation's evil results in the economic sphere, through usury and unbridled competition.

He states that "Calvin opened the door to the domination of the mind by money." Belloc concludes that the return of Catholicism is the only remedy for our crumbling world, because our basic principles of civilization are Catholic in origin and only by being energized and guided by the Faith will they - and our civilization - continue to be what they are and continue to help poor, fallen mankind in this world. Belloc maintains that we are drifting back towards slavery and only by re-embracing Catholicism will disaster be averted.

The cause of all the problems --The Reformation--the solution of all the problems is a return to The Holy Catholic Faith.

Catholics are the first and only Christians-others (including Muslims) only believe parts of Catholic Doctrine and that is defined as a heretic-only believing parts of a whole doctrine.

May 29th The Last day of Constantinople-The greatest tragedy of the Second Millennium .

May 29th The Last day of Constantinople-The greatest tragedy of the Second Millennium .
Now thousands of Ottoman soldiers were pouring into the city.
One after the other the city Gates were opened.
The Ottoman flags began appearing on the walls, on the towers, on the Palace at Blachernae.
Civilians in panic were rushing to the churches.
Others locked themselves in their homes, some continued fighting in the streets, crowds of Greeks and foreigners were rushing towards the port area.
The allied ships were still there and began collecting refugees.
The Cretan soldiers and sailors, manning three towers near the entrance of the Golden Horn, were still fighting and had no intention of surrendering.  At the end, the Ottoman commanders had to agree to a truce and let them sail away, carrying their arms.
The excesses which followed, during the early hours of the Ottoman victory, are described in detail by eyewitnesses. 
They were, and unfortunately still is, a common practice, almost a ritual, among all armies capturing enemy strongholds and territory after a prolonged and violent struggle.
Thus, bands of soldiers began now looting.  
Doors were broken, private homes were looted, their tenants were massacred. 
Shops in the city markets were looted.
Monasteries and Convents were broken in.  Their tenants were killed, nuns were raped, many, to avoid dishonor, killed themselves.  
Killing, raping, looting, burning, enslaving, went on and on according to tradition.
The troops had to satisfy themselves.
The great doors of Saint Sophia were forced open, and crowds of angry soldiers came in and fell upon the unfortunate worshippers. 
Pillaging and killing in the holy place went on for hours.
Similar was the fate of worshippers in most churches in the city.
Everything that could be taken from the splendid buildings was taken by the new masters of the Imperial capital.
Icons were destroyed, precious manuscripts were lost forever.
Thousands of civilians were enslaved, soldiers fought over young boys and young women.
Death and enslavement did not distinguish among social classes. Nobles and peasants were treated with equal ruthlessness.  

St. Bede the Venerable and History as His Story

St. Bede the Venerable and History as His Story: There is fundamental and very important distinction between the Church of England on the one hand, and the Church in England on the other. Prior to the foundation of the Church of England by King Henry VIII in the sixteenth century, the Church took hold in England thanks to missionaries from Rome; their tale and …

St. John del Prado - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. John del Prado - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. John del Prado, Roman Catholic Franciscan martyr of Morocco. He was born in Morgobresio, in Leon, Spain, and became a Franciscan of the Strict Observance. Volunteering in 1613 to go to Morocco, he was martyred there with two Franciscan companions on the orders of the ruler of Marrakesh. The ruler supposedly executed John personally. Feastday May 24

Under Mary's Holy Name: Victory in Vienna, September 12, 1683

Under Mary's Holy Name: Victory in Vienna, September 12, 1683: As Christian Europe tore at her own throat during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) the Ottoman Turks missed a golden opportunity to strike their centuries-old enemy.  Why?  They were themselves absorbed with war in Persia.  Moreover, they were beset by a turbulent period of harem intrigue and governed—or not—by a string of ineffectual and self-indulgent …

English Historical Fiction Authors: Richard the Lionheart's Noble Adversary - Saladin

English Historical Fiction Authors: Richard the Lionheart's Noble Adversary - Saladin: By  Helena Schrader Richard the Lionheart was a man of war, and he had many adversaries in his lifetime. He fought his father more...

Alsu Gimadiyeva in "Maiden Tower" ballet. Iranian dance.

St. Ebba the Younger - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Ebba the Younger - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Ebba the Younger, Roman Catholic Nun. Abbess of Coldingham, England, on the Scottish border, called “the Younger.” She and her nuns were martyred by Danes in an invasion. She mutilated her face to discourage rape by the invading Danes. The raiders set fire to Coldingham, killing all of the nuns. Feastday April 2

St. Venturino of Bergamo - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Venturino of Bergamo - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Venturino of Bergamo, Roman Catholic Dominican Monk, known for helping to organize a crusade, at the behest of Pope Clement VI (r. 1342-1352), against the Turks who were then menacing Europe. Feastday March 28

St. Leocrita - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Leocrita - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Leocrita. Roman Catholic Virgin Martyr. She lived in Cordoba, Spain, with her Muslim Moorish parents until her conversion. St. Eulogius sheltered her. They were both scourged and beheaded. Feastday Mar.15

St. Eulogius of Cordoba - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Eulogius of Cordoba - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Eulogius of Cordoba, Roman Catholic Martyred priest of Cordoba, Spain, slain by the Moors. He was one of the Martyrs of Córdoba. He flourished during the reigns of the Cordovan emirs Abd-er-Rahman II and Muhammad I. Feastday Mar.10

Saint of the Day for Wednesday, February 24th, 2016 - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Saint of the Day for Wednesday, February 24th, 2016 - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. John Theristus, Roman Catholic Benedictine Monk. John's Calabrian mother had been captured by the Saracens and brought to Sicily as a slave. He contrived to escape to Calabria while still a child, and there he became a Benedictine Feastday February 24