Category: Uncurated

• The Bishop Who Faced Down a Sorcerer’s Fire

  The Life of St. Leo, Bishop of Catania (ca. 780) The mountain was always watching. Etna rose above the city… Read more.

• The Soldier Who Chose the Desert

  The Life of Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar (1718–1791) On a winter night in 1738, in the middle of a roaring… Read more.

• The Lion Who Stood When Everyone Knelt

  The Life of Saint Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople (died 449) The old man knew they were going to kill him.… Read more.

• The Girl Who Became a Pillar of Fire

  The Life of Saint Etheldreda of Ely (c. 636–679) On a black night in the year 672, a woman ran.… Read more.

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  The Woman Who Built a City of Learning

  The Life of Saint Brigid of Kildare (c. 451–525) The baby was born at sunrise on the threshold of a… Read more.