Historical men and women

11 th November is the official saint’s day for St Martin of Tours, who is best remembered for the legend of “St Martin and the beggar...

19 th January is the saint’s day for Wulfstan who was the Bishop of Worcester at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066. Wulfsta...

31 st December is the saint’s day for one of the earliest Christians to die a natural death and yet be accorded the status of saint. ...

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...