Historical men and women

29 th November is the saint’s day of Sernin of Toulouse, a 3 rd century martyr. Sernin was born in Rome in about 245. He was sen...

January 13 th is the saint’s day for Hilary of Poitiers (in western France), who was a 4 th century bishop, theologian and hymn-writ...

The official Patron Saint of the Elderly is St Anthony of Padua, who is in some ways a strange choice, given that he died at the age o...

13 th December is the saint’s day for St Lucy, a 4 th century martyr under the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian. Lucy lived in...

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...