Saints & Heroes

July 21: The Christian army was outnumbered four to one by 80,000 Islamic Turks. Saint Lawrence led the charge holding a crucifix and won the battle.

July 22: Mary Magdalene, called “the penitent”, was a woman of great beauty who was known as a sinner, but was touched in her soul by the merciful power of Our Lord Jesus Christ and had a great conversion.

July 24: Saint Sharbel Makhlouf, whose body remains incorrupt to this day, was a model of penance and poverty and worked many miracles during his life.

July 25: Saint James, Apostle, brother of Saint John, first Apostle to Iberia, modern day Spain, and first of the Apostles to be martyred.

July 27: Saint Theobald was a Cistercian monk who hailed from the Montmorency dynasty, an illustrious family of marshals, admirals, and knights.

July 28: Saint Samson of Dol, Priest, Monk, and Bishop, traveled extensively preaching and teaching, and working many miracles.

July 29: Saint Martha, sister of Saint Lazarus, whom Our Lord resurrected, and of Saint Mary Magdalene.

July 30: Saint Peter Chrysologus, Priest and Bishop, shared the confidence of Pope Leo the Great and enjoyed the patronage of Empress Galla Placidia.

August 2: Saint Eusebius, Bishop of Vercelli, stood against the Arian heresy that denied the Divinity of Christ. He endured exile and imprisonment.