Portal:Saints/DYK/8

• ...that Saint Agnes of Rome, a 13-year-old martyr, was executed for refusing marriage to preserve her vow of chastity? Her 4th-century martyrdom made her a patroness of virgins and young girls.
• ...that Saint Louis de Montfort, a French priest, walked thousands of miles barefoot to preach devotion to the Virgin Mary? His 18th-century book, True Devotion to Mary, remains a spiritual classic.
• ...that Saint Blaise, a 4th-century bishop, is said to have healed a boy choking on a fishbone? This miracle earned him patronage over throat ailments and the tradition of Blessing of the Throats.
• ...that Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, a Jewish convert, wrote philosophical works before her martyrdom at Auschwitz? Canonized in 1998, she is a patroness of Europe and converts.
• ...that Saint Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible, lived as a hermit in the desert with a lion as a companion? His 4th-century scholarship shaped Christian biblical studies.