Franciscan Spirit Blog

Top 10 Most Influential Catholics: Famous Catholic People That Impacted the Faith

In celebration of their holiness, virtue, and influence, here is a Top Ten list of saints who substantially shaped the face of the Catholic Church.
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Franciscan Inspirations: St. Joseph

Next to Mary, the mother of Jesus, there was no one closer to Jesus than Joseph, the spouse of Mary and the carpenter of Nazareth.
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Saint Who? Deicolus of Lure

Circumstances permitting, we expect the elderly to retire and do their own thing.
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Dinnertime with St. Andrew, Fisher of Men

Like his father before him and his grandfather before that, Andrew spent his days in and around the Sea of Galilee.
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St. Anthony of Padua: His Beginnings

Anthony was born in 1195 (13 years after St. Francis) in Lisbon, Portugal, at the mouth of the Tagus River, from which explorers would later sail across the Atlantic.
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Stained Glass Window of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael

Saint Who? Fiacre

When we think of saints, we think of, well, people who were perfect. They didn’t hold grudges or stereotype people. Well, Saint Fiacre is proof that God can write straight with crooked lines.
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Saint Who? Pietro Parenzo

Saint Pietro Parenzo • d. May 21, 1199 • Canonized: 1879 • Memorial: May 21 An hour north of Rome, beyond the dreamily bucolic countryside of Lazio and Umbria, stands the fairytale town of Orvieto. One moment all that lies before the ...
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