Saints

Popularly known as Saint Elmo, this early saint was a Bishop of Formiae in Italy. When the Christians were being persecuted under Emperor Diocletian, according to legend he took refuge on Mount Lebanon, living on food brought to him by birds. He was captured and suffered horrendous tortures before he managed to escape and began boldly preaching again. He was recaptured in Illyricum, tortured aga... Read More

This early British saint gave her name to, and is buried at Whitechurch Canonicorum, in Dorset. Her modest shrine, together with that of Edward the Confessor, in Westminster Abbey, are among the few pre-Norman Conquest tombs to survive intact in England to this day. (There is also the tomb of the Saxon St Bertolin in Ilam, Staffordshire.) Very little is known about St Whyte. She is sometimes als... Read More

This group of 22 Ugandans who died for their faith in 1885-87, includes Charles Lwanga, Joseph Mukasa, Judge Matthias Murumba and Andrew Kagwa, a leading catechist. The tyrannical King Mwanga ordered the persecutions. He began by killing an Anglican missionary, Bishop James Hannington, and several Christian converts in his court. When Charles Lwanga and several others protested, Mwanga ordered ... Read More