Historical men and women

5 th December is the feast day of St Sabas, which is a strange term to use for this particular saint, given that feasting would have ...

3 rd November is St Hubert’s Day. Hubert is the patron saint of hunting, and he gained this role by virtue of having been a hunter wh...

On 29 th December 1170 Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was hacked to death in his cathedral, apparently on the orders of Kin...

One does sometimes wonder if some of the saints on the official calendar really deserve to be there. Some of them simply appear to hav...

7 th January is the saint’s day for Raymond of Penafort, a Spanish monk who was an expert in Church law and who had the rare distinct...

11 th November is the saint’s day for St Menas (sometimes spelled Mennas), who is probably not an everyday name for most people. He w...

6 th November is the day for celebrating the life of Saint Leonard of Noblac, who lived in 6 th century France. He was a noblema...