The Holy Martyrs Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia suffered for Christ during the reign of Emperor Diocletian (284-305). Saint Vitus was the son of an illustrious Sicilian dignitary, the pagan Gelas. Gelas tried to turn his son from Christianity, but failed. Paternal love then turned to hatred, and he decided to kill Vitus.
Saint Germaine Cousin was born in 1579 in Pibrac, a small village not far from Toulouse, France. From her earliest years she was a frail, sickly child, and throughout her life was afflicted with scrofula, a tubercular condition affecting particularly the glands of the neck.
In the heart of the snowy Alps, a tale of extraordinary kindness and devotion was sown that still reverberates across time. This is the story of Bernard of Menthon, the patron saint of mountaineers and travellers, whose legend continues to inspire Catholic believers worldwide. Read more here: https://catholicsaints.day/bernard-of-menthon/
