by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Clare was born in Montefalco, Umbria, in that central area of Italy that gave so many Saints to the Church in the late Middle Ages. Many of these names are forever associated with their place of birth or ministry. St. Francis of Assisi is only the best known of them....
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
John was born early in the 14th century and entered the Order when very young. After a short life characterised by simplicity and service of his community, fervent prayer and Eucharistic devotion he died at Rieti when only seventeen. His remains are preserved there in...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
James was born in the Italian city of Viterbo around the year 1255. In 1270 he joined the recently founded Augustinian Order in his native city. He excelled in his studies and was sent to the leading university of the time, Paris, where he was first an outstanding...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
John was born around the year 1430. He was the eldest child of a fairly well-to-do family in the small town of San Facundo, later to become Sahagun, in the then kingdom of Leon, now province of Asturias, in North-West Spain. He received his early education from the...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Magdalene was born in Como in the early 15th century. When about twenty she felt called to the Religious Life, joined an Augustinian community and before long was elected abbess, a position she was to hold for most of her life. She led a life of simplicity, austerity...
