"Jesus loved Martha and Mary and Lazarus." This unique statement in John's ...

Olaf was the son of Harold Grenske, a lord in Norway. Olaf Haraldsson, often called "the ...

Lupus, called in French "Loup", was born at Toul, Gaul. He married the sister of St. ...

Bishop, also called William Pinchon. A native of Brittany, France, he entered the priesthood and was soon made a ...

An unknown saint who is listed in the pre-1970 Roman Martyrology as belonging to Civitas Mamiensis, a site ...

A slave and martyr, also called Seraphia. She was the servant of St. Sabina and was responsible for the Roman ...

Martyr of Gangra, Paphlagonia, in Asia Minor. His martyrdom, by being burned to death, is recorded by Metaphrastes.

Disciple of St. Felix who attended that revered saint’s martyrdom. He died of natural causes at Todi, in ...

Martyr of China. Originally a humble servant, he was converted to the Christian faith and slain because he ...

Martyr of China. He was a native seminarian who, along with three companions, was beheaded. Pope St. Pius X ...

An Irish abbot who wrote the life of St. Brigid. He ruled a monastery on the island of Iniscaltra, Ireland.

The disciple and friend of Jesus raised from the dead by Jesus. He was the brother of Martha and Mary, and resided ...

Dominican martyr of Japan. A relative of St. Louis Bertran, this Louis was born in Barcelona, Spain, and became a ...

Martyr with Antoninus, Eugene, Flora, Theodore, Aucejas, and eighteen other companions.

Martyr of Japan, a Dominican tertiary. An elderly native of Japan, he was burned alive at Omura with Blessed Louis ...

Martyr of Tonkin, Vietnam, who was arrested carrying letters from the imprisoned martyrs, Blesseds Joseph Tshang ...

King of Norway and a martyr, also called Olaf Haraldsson. The son of King Harald Grenske of Norway, he spent ...

Martyr of China. He was a Catholic seminarian when arrested by Chinese authorities and beheaded at Tsingai. ...

Japanese martyr. A Japanese native, he entered the Dominicans and served as a catechist before being ...

Martha, Mary and their brother Lazarus were evidently close friends of Jesus. He came to their home simply as a welcomed guest, rather than as one celebrating the conversion of a sinner like Zacchaeus or one unceremoniously received by a suspicious Pharisee. The sisters feel free to call on Jesus at their brother's death, even though a return to Judea at that time seems almost certain death.