St. Pier Giorgio Frassati, Lay Dominican St. Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901–1925) was a lay Dominican whose short life bore lasting fruit in prayer, charity, and joy. Born in Turin, Italy, on April 6, 1901, he lived as a university student deeply rooted in the life of...
The first person born in the Americas to be canonized, Isabel de Flores y del Olivia (1586 – 1617) was the daughter of Spanish parents in Peru. At a young age she had a vision of Mary, who called her the “Rose of Saint Mary”: thus, she is known as...