Saints

Martyrs. Perpetua was a 22 year-old married Christian woman who lived in Carthage during the first century. She had given birth to a son, a few months before she was arrested for her faith, under the persecutions of Septimus Severus. A pregnant slave, Felicity, with her husband Revocatus and six other African Christian men were also arrested. The group were kept together in a house for several w... Read More

Hermits. Baldred lived during the 6th century in Northumberland, as a hermit, first at Tyningham and then on the Bass Rock. According to legend, it was thanks to his prayers that a dangerous reef was removed between the rock and the mainland. All that is left of it is St Baldred's Rock. An ancient well is named after the saint. The saint's supposed relics were discovered with those of St Bilfri... Read More

Founder of the Brothers Hospitallers. Patron of hospitals, the sick, booksellers and printers. John was born in Portugal in 1495. For a few years he was a mercenary for the Count of Oroprusa and fought for Spain against the Turks in Hungary and the French. John gave up religious practice while he was in the army. When his troop disbanded, he went to Andalusia and worked as a shepherd. At the age... Read More