Augustinian Saints

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino – 10th September

St. Nicholas, who always appears with a star on his chest and was born in Sant’ AnÄ¡lu at Pontano and lived for thirty years at Tolentino, is considered to be the first and most prominent saint of the Augustinian Order. In 1256, the ‘Grand Union’ year, Nicholas was eleven years old and, soon after, was attracted to religious life. His holiness was built on a hard life, ceaseless prayer, voluntary […]

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Saint Thomas of Villanova -10th October

He was born in 1486 at Fuenllana (Ciudad Real, Spain), As a young child he lived with his parents in a city close to Villanueva de los Infantes. His parents worked a number of fields and, although they were not rich, they raised their family in a way that the children could receive a good education. Thomas started his studies there and, from an early stage, he showed indications of

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Saint Magdalene of Nagasaki – 29th October

  The Augustinians arrived in Japan towards the beginning of the XVII century and they immediately got down to strong evangelisation amongst the local people. A good number of these were drawn towards the spirituality and devotions of the Augustinian family and, as was the case in the Europeann and American continents, they decided to join the Order as laity, spiritually and legally. This union was fulfilled mainly through two

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Saint Guillermo of Malavalle – 23rd October

The life of St. Guillermo is the subject of somewhat contrasting and divergent opinions; this because the historical documentation is scarse and the fact that, with the passage of time, records of the lives of various personages got mixed up. Guillermo IX, count of Pattavia and duke of Aquitania, who died as a pilgrim in Santiago de Compostela; Gulliermo of Tolosa who led a monastic life; Guillermo the hermit who

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Saint John Stone – 25th October

St. John Stone was a religious who chose to remain truthful to Peter although faced by a real danger to his life. John was a religious of the English Augustinian Province. He lived during turbulent times in which Catholics – after the Catholic faith was abandoned by Henry VIII on the establishment of the Anglican church in 1534 – it was not easy to retain full faith with Peter’s successor.

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All the Saints of the Order – 13th November

  Along with the entire Augustinian family we celebarte the feast of all our Augustinian brethren who entered the joy of their Creator and are enjoying the Lord’s gaze full of love. Whilst we remember all our Saints, we praise God for His greatness. Male and female religious, bishops, priests, lay persons, all bound together by love, and who, under the paronage of St. Augustine, reached the glory of the

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