Historical men and women

The lions in Trafalgar Square, London, were created by the Victorian artist Sir Edwin Landseer in 1867. There is an inte...

The cathedral city of St Albans in Hertfordshire takes its name from Alban, who was the first English saint. The story goes that ...

28th October is the official “saint’s day” of one of Jesus’s lesser known disciples, namely Simon the Zealot, so named to...

Born around 1265, Notburga was a young serving girl who worked for Count Henry of Rattenberg at his castle near Eben in the...

There are many saints who are recognized by one or more branches of the Christian Church but of whom very few people have hea...

Just who was St Valentine? And what has he got to do with the custom of sending Valentine’s cards on 14th February? The second...

As with many Old Testament characters, how much of what is said to be known about Aaron is fact and how much is myth is...