St. Augustine is perhaps the most famous convert in Church history. Although born of a saintly mother, he fell away from Catholicism and led a dissolute life. Eventually he became dissatisfied hi…

St. Boniface was instrumental in spreading Christianity in the Frankish empire in the 8th century. Loyal to the Pope, he worked hard to remove pagan customs and heretical ideas that had crept into…

St. Lawrence was a deacon who lived in the 3rd century, a time of great persecution of Christians in Rome. He was brought before a judge, who ordered a slow, painful death, that he be grilled over…

St. Luke the Evangelist was born a Greek and a Gentile and is believed to have been a physician prior by profession. A convert to Christianity, he followed Saint Paul and wrote the third Gospel and…

St. Wenceslaus was born to the Duke Of Wraistlaw near Prague around 903-907. He studied the faith with St. Ludmila, his grandmother. Wenceslaus took charge of the government in 922. He was killed b…