Saints

Bishop. Born in Syria in the second century, Felix was a solder in the Imperial army. He left the army, gave all his possessions away and became a priest in the town of Nola, near Naples in Italy. Bishop Saint Maximus chose him to be his assistant. In the year 250, the persecution of Christians began, under the Emperor Decius. Felix was arrested, thrown into prison and tortured. Eventually he esca... Read More

St Mungo, (also know as St Kentigern) was a missionary in the Brittonic Kingdom of Strathclyde, in the late sixth century, and the founder and patron saint of the city of Glasgow. Mungo's mother Teneu was a princess, the daughter of King Lleuddun, who ruled a territory around what is now Lothian in Scotland. She became pregnant after being raped by Owain mab Urien, according to the British Library... Read More

Saint Paul the Hermit is regarded as the first Christian hermit. He was born in 228 AD. The Life of Saint Paul the First Hermit, was composed in Latin by Saint Jerome, around 376. According to Jerome, Paul fled to the Theban desert as a boy during the persecution of Decius and Valerianus, around AD 250. At that time Paul and his married sister, both of whom lived in the Thebaid, lost their paren... Read More