Saint MarkOur St. Mark Icon depicts this well known saint. Converted to Christianity by Saint Peter, Saint Mark accompanied him to Rome, acting as the Apostle's secretary. The Roman people entreated Saint Mark to put in writing Saint Peter's discourses on the life of Christ, which he did under the eye and sanction of Saint Peter, so that some Fathers called the Gospel of Mark "Peter's Gospel." He was sent to Egypt to found the Church of Alexandria, known today as the Coptic Orthodox Church. There he set up the first Christian school, the mother of many doctors and bishops. His disciples were known for their piety and asceticism, so that Saint Jerome speaks of Saint Mark as the father of the anchorites, who later filled the Egyptian deserts. After governing his see for many years, he was seized by the pagans and tortured to death.

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Saint LukeSaint Luke, a physician at Antioch, and a painter, who became a convert of Saint Paul and afterwards his fellow laborer. Though not an eyewitness of Christ's life, he diligently gathered information from the Apostles and wrote his Gospel and the Book of Acts. Saint Luke shared the shipwreck and perils of Saint Paul's voyage to Rome, and was with him in his last days. He later died a martyr's death in Achaia. He is credited as the first Christian iconographer, painting icons of the Virgin Mary from life, some of which exist to this day.

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Saint John the EvangelistOur St. John the Evangelist icon illustrates, the son of Zebedee, and the brother of St. James the Great. Called to be an Apostle by our Lord in the first year of His public ministry. He became the "beloved disciple" and the only one of the Twelve who did not forsake the Savior in the hour of His Passion. He stood faithfully at the cross when the Savior made him the guardian of His Mother.

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Saint JeromeOne of the most learned of the early Fathers of the Western Church, the young Saint Jerome left his studies in Rome to further explore the Christian world and acquaint himself with holy clergy and monks. Seeking a closer union with Christ, he lived a solitary life in the deserts of Syria. Throughout his life he wrote prodigiously, upbraiding the faithful for their laxity, defending the virginity of the Blessed Virgin, defending the practices of celibacy and the veneration of the saints' relics, and more. His best known writings are his commentaries on the scriptures. He ended his life in Bethlehem at a venerable old age.

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Saint Ignatius of LoyolaSt. Ignatius is the founder of the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits. He is the patron of Jesuits, soldiers, retreats, and the Spiritual Exercises.

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Saint Elizabeth SetonThe first "All-American saint," Saint Elizabeth Seton was Foundress of the Sisters of Charity and the originator of parochial schools. In these saint icons she is depicted holding the rosary, on which she avidly prayed, and a scroll on which is written one of her favorite spiritual maxims. Elizabeth Bayley Seton was the first native born American to be canonized by the Catholic Church.

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Saint AgathaFeastday: February 5Patron: of Sicily, bellfounders, breast cancer, against fire, Palermo, rape victims, and wet nursesBirth: 231Death: 251

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Saint Frances de SalesSaint Francis de Sales is honored as a doctor of the Church and is also the patron saint of Catholic writers and the Catholic press. As a young priest, he singlehandedly took on the arduous task of bringing the Calvinists of nearby Switzerland back to the Catholic Church. After countless doors were slammed in his face, he tried another tactic, slipping little pamphlets he wrote about Catholic doctrine underneath the doors – one of the first instances of religious tracts being used for religious conversion. He is best known for "Introduction to the Devout Life," a book he wrote for to help laypeople in the path of holiness amidst the struggles and demands of their daily lives.

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Saint Francis Xavier

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Saint George and dragonRenowned for his defense of all in need, Saint George is called "the Quick to Hear" in the Middle East by both Christians and non-Christians. An archetype of the victory of good over evil, this classic St George and Dragon icon shows the saint rescuing a princess from a ferocious dragon. Saint George was born of Christian parents in the third century, and as a youth chose a soldier's life. The emperor Diocletian advanced him to the grade of tribune. When the emperor began to persecute the Christians, Saint George rebuked him and gave up his commission. Because of this he was tortured and finally beheaded.

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Saint Gertrude

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Saint Gregory the GreatBorn into a wealthy family in sixth century Rome, Saint Gregory was an excellent student and eventually followed in his father's footsteps as the prefect of Rome. Upon his father's death, he converted the family villa into a monastery and lived a strict monastic life. Elevated to the papacy by popular acclaim in 590, Saint Gregory urged his clergy to the mission of service to the poor. He, himself, required that there always be a dozen of the poor at his meals. He established what is known as "plain chant," or Gregorian chant, which is the oldest known style of liturgical chant in the Western Church.

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Saint Helen

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Saint Isidore the FarmerThe beloved patron of farmers. Saint Isidore lived a life of simple piety and uncompromising devotion, always choosing service to God above all other distractions and obligations of life. In support of his ardent faith, angels were seen tilling his fields for him while he attended the Holy Mass, as is depicted in the globe held by the holy farmer in this icon.

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Saint James the GreaterOne of the first disciples to join Christ. Brother to Saint John the Apostle, they were known as the "Sons of Thunder." Some ancient writings claim he traveled to Iberia (Spain) as a missionary. The Book of Acts records that he was beheaded by Herod Agrippa. His relics were later translated from the Holy Land to Compostela in Spain. He is the patron saint of Spain, where he is often identified as Santiago.

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Saint James the LessThis Apostle called "the Younger" or "the Just," named in the lists of the disciples given by Matthew, Mark, and Luke and mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. He was the son of Alpheus and was known as "the Less" merely as a means of distinguishing him from James the Greater who was older or taller. According to Mark, he stood with the woman Mary and Mary Magdalene at the Crucifixion; he is also called by implication the son of the woman Mary. Little else is known with certainty about him, unless one accepts the view that he is to be identified with St. James, the Brother of the Lord, with whom he is often confused. In liturgical art, he is depicted holding a book or a club. He shares the same feast day as St. Philip.

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Saint Jane de Chantal

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Saint Joan of ArcSt. Joan of Arc is the patroness of soldiers and of France. On January 6, 1412, Joan of Arc was born to pious parents of the French peasant class, at the obscure village of Domremy, near the province of Lorraine. At a very early age, she heard voices: those of St. Michael, St. Catherine and St. Margaret. At first the messages were personal and general. Then at last came the crowning order. In May 1428, the voices told Joan to go to the King of France and help him reconquer his kingdom.

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Saint John BoscoThe Patron of school children and young people. Saint John was renowned for his ministry to poor boys, guiding them into true Christian faith and worthwhile vocations through a unique educational approach that combined play, song, study, and manual work, and valuing the welfare of their souls above all. The bright light of his example attracted many who joined his work, which eventually became the Salesian Order, now known throughout the world for its good works.

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Saint John ChrysostomJohn Chrysostom (347-407), Archbishop of Constantinople, shown in our St John Chrysostom Icon, was a notable Christian bishop and preacher from the fourth and fifth centuries in Syria and Constantinople. These saint icons portray a saint famous for eloquence in public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority in the Church and in the Roman Empire of the time, and for a divine liturgy attributed to him. After his death, he was named Chrysostom, which means "golden-mouthed."

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Saint John NeumannAs a young man, he left his native Bohemia to serve as a priest in New York. Appointed bishop of Philadelphia in 1852, he was the first to organize a diocesan Catholic school system, and is honored as the founder of Catholic education in America. To better serve his many parishioners in his new country, he learned four more languages so he could hear confession in six different languages.

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Saint John of the CrossAfter Saint John joined the Carmelite order in Spain, Saint Teresa of Avila asked him to help her movement to return the order to life centered on prayer. Feeling threatened by this reform, Carmelites of Saint John's own order kidnapped him, locked him a small, dark cell, and regularly beat him. In the midst of this isolation, cold, and darkness, God gave him illumination and consolation, which Saint John expressed in a series of mystical poems written in his cell. After nine months, he miraculously escaped. From then on, his life was devoted to sharing and explaining his experience of God's love.

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Saint PeterA fisherman, married, and the brother of Saint Andrew. His name was Simon, but Jesus said he should be called Kephas (Peter), meaning "rock." He was one of the chief Apostles and present at many of the greatest events in the Gospels. Repenting of his denial of Christ and transformed by God from a simple unlearned man into a living Christ, he converted thousands to the new faith and worked miracles of healing. He was crucified at Rome, by his own desire suffering head downwards.

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Saint ThomasAn English lawyer, member of parliament, and Lord Chancellor in the 16th century under King Henry VIII. Because of his strongly held positions regarding marriage and the authority of religion over that of the state, he was convicted of treason and martyred in 1535. He is patron of lawyers.

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Saint John the BaptistSaint John, the Forerunner of Jesus, baptizing him in the Jordan River which began Jesus' formal ministry. Our St. John the Baptist Icon illustrates Saint John the patron of so many things, including monastic life, converts, printers and tailors.

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Saint Martha

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Saint Jude ThaddeusSt. Jude, known as Thaddaeus, was a brother of St. James the Less, and a relative of Our Saviour. Ancient writers tell us that he preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Idumaea, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Lybia. St. Jude is invoked in desperate situations because his New Testament letter stresses that the faithful should persevere in the environment of harsh, difficult circumstances, just as their forefathers had done before them. Therefore, he is the patron saint of desperate cases and his feast day is October 28.

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Saint Kateri TekakwithaSaint Kateri's short life was an embodiment of chastity, uncompromising fidelity to God, and intense prayer. 'The Lily of the Mohawks' is venerated as the patron of Native Americans, Canada, and the environment.

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Saint Katherine DrexelThe fourth American saint to be canonized by the Catholic Church. Saint Katharine was an advocate for the poor and oppressed. This sister from Philadelphia devoted her life to uplifting the minds and spirits of the Native and African Americans.

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Saint LawrenceSt. Lawrence was one of seven deacons of Rome who were in charge of giving help to the poor and the needy. Lawrence's care for the poor, the ill, and the neglected have led to his patronage of them. During the persecutions of the Roman Empire, he was martyred by being roasted alive.

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Saint Maria GorettiA woman who chose death rather than submission to her attacker, praying for divine mercy for her murderer as she died. The young Saint Maria stands forever as an image of purity and forgiveness.

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Saint Mary MagdaleneSister of St. Lazarus and St. Martha, she is called "the Penitent". St. Mary was given the name 'Magdalen' because, though a Jewish girl, she lived in a Gentile town called Magdalen, in northern Galilee, and her culture and manners were those of a Gentile. St. Luke records that she was a notorious sinner, and had seven devils removed from her. She was present at Our Lords' Crucifixion, and with Joanna and Mary, the mother of James and Salome, at Jesus' empty tomb. Fourteen years after Our Lord's death, St. Mary was put in a boat by the Jews without sails or oars - along with Sts. Lazarus and Martha, St. Maximin (who baptized her), St. Sidonius ("the man born blind"), her maid Sera, and the body of St. Anne, the mother of the Blessed Virgin. They were sent drifting out to sea and landed on the shores of Southern France, where St. Mary spent the rest of her life as a contemplative in a cave known as Sainte-Baume. She was given the Holy Eucharist daily by angels as her only food, and died when she was 72. St. Mary was transported miraculously, just before she died, to the chapel of St. Maximin, where she received the last sacraments. In these saint icons she is as is traditionally wearing red

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Saint Thomas AquinasPatron of all universities and of students, a priest and doctor of the Church. His feast day is January 28th. He was born toward the end of the year 1226. He was the son of Landulph, Count of Aquino, who, when St. Thomas was five years old, placed him under the care of the Benedictines of Monte Casino. His teachers were surprised at the progress he made, for he surpassed all his fellow pupils in learning, as well as in the practice of virtue.

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Saint Vincent de PaulThe patron of all works of charity, and of the Sisters of Charity.

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Saint Philip NeriAfter an experience of spiritual illumination, Saint Philip was inspired to speak of the glories of God to others. He eventually formed a confraternity to minister to pilgrims who came to Rome without food or shelter. After his ordination to the priesthood, many young men came to hear his nightly sermons at the Oratory, forming the nucleus of his order, which came to be known as the Oratorians. His unique personality encompassed both great asceticism and a spontaneous and unpredictable sense of humor.

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Saint Pius XThe son of a humble Italian cobbler, Saint Pius's intelligence and moral character won him a scholarship to the seminary. His zealous pastoral work and holy character led to his elevation to the episcopate and in 1903 to the elevation to the papacy, much against his will. Two of the most outstanding accomplishments of this saintly Pope were the inauguration of the liturgical renewal and the restoration of frequent communion from childhood. He also waged an unwavering war against heresy and the evils of Modernism.

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Saint Rose of LimaThe patroness of Latin America and the Philippines. This South American Saint's real name was Isabel, but she was such a beautiful baby that she was called Rose, and that name remained. As she grew older, she became more and more beautiful, and one day, her mother put a wreath of flowers on her head to show off her loveliness to friends.

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Saint Simon the ZealotSaint Simon was from Cana in Galilee, and was known to the Lord and His Mother. Tradition says that he was the bridegroom at the wedding where the Savior performed His first miracle. After witnessing the miracle of the water that had been turned into wine, he became a zealous follower of Christ. He was one of the Twelve Apostles, and received the Holy Spirit with the others on Pentecost. After Christ's ascension the apostle Simon preached in Egypt, and later preached in Persia with Saint Jude, where they were both martyred.

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Saint StephenOne of the 72 disciples of Christ, after the Ascension Saint Stephen was chosen as one of the seven deacons. Our St. Stephen icon depicts him with the tonsure and vestments of a deacon. Scriptures tell us that "full of grace and fortitude, he did great wonders and signs among the people." Many adversaries rose up to dispute him, but "they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the spirit that spoke." Brought before the Sanhedrin and charged with blasphemy against Moses and against God, he was filled with the Holy Ghost and looking up to heaven, he cried out, "Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God" In demonic fury the onlookers rushed upon him, dragged him outside the city, and stoned him to death.

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Saint Thomas More

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Saint TimothySt. Timothy was St. Paul's close friend and confidant. According to tradition, he went to Ephesus, became its first bishop, and was stoned to death there when he opposed the pagan festival of Katagogian in honor of Diana. Because of his frail health, he is the patron of those with stomach disorders.

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Mary - Our Lady of the RosaryHeld securely in the Blessed Mother's arms, the Christ Child holds out the rosary, beckoning us to prayer. The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is one of many in Western and Eastern Christianity that commemorate the Holy Virgin's intercession during a time of strife. In this case, in 1571 the Ottoman Empire was seeking to expanding its reach into Italy, the Atlantic, and possibly the Americas. A Christian navy called the Holy League, gathered from maritime states in southern Europe, sailed to confront the Ottoman Navy. Knowing the Christian forces were at a great disadvantage, Pope Pius V called for all of Europe to pray the Rosary for victory, and led a rosary procession in Rome. The Holy League turned back the Ottomans, and in honor of this victory the Pope instituted the feast of Our Lady of Victory, later renamed to Our Lady of the Rosary and celebrated annually on October 7th.

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Mary - Our Lady of the Sign"The Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son (Isaiah 7:14). Honored as patroness of the unborn, this classic icon honors the moment during the Annunciation when the Holy Virgin declared "May it be done to me according to your word."

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Mary - Blue MadonnaIn this tender rendition of the traditional Marian portrait known in Byzantine iconography as "Sweet Kissing," iconographer Simeon Davis depicts a warm and luminous embrace between the All-Holy Virgin and her Divine Child, accenting this moment by the soft azure of the Virgin?s robes and the golden decoration of Christ?s clothes.

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Mary - Our Lady of BethlehemVisiting the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem during his recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land, artist Brother Simeon Davis was inspired to create his own version of the much beloved Our Lady of Bethlehem, to whom pilgrims offer their prayers before descending into the Cave of the Nativity Chapel.

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Mary - Virgin Mary DirectressThe Holy Virgin gestures to her Divine Son, directing our attention and adoration to Him. This Virgin Mary Directress icon combines a dignified and restrained realism with the traditional symbolism of iconography, reminiscent of the 19th century Moscow school of iconography.

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Mary - Our Lady of LourdesUnique among Virgin Mary Icons, our depiction of the Virgin's appearance to St. Bernadette is true in all its details to the historical accounts of this Marian apparition. In the Our Lady of Lourdes icon, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous, a young, poor and sick girl in the grotto of Masabielle, close to Lourdes in France in 1858. She asked for a chapel to be built in the site of the apparitions and when asked who she was, She replied: "I am the Immaculate Conception."

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Mary - Our Lady Queen of AngelsThis heavenly Our Lady Queen of Angels icon depicts the glory of her heavenly throne where, surrounded by the angelic hosts, she stands in serene dignity and power, as her Divine Son blesses us. The letters on either side of Our Lady's halo are the abbreviation for the Greek words meaning "Mother of God."

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Mary - Queen of HeavenOur icon of Queen of Heaven is based on the events of an all-night vigil on the Holy Mount of Athos in 980. As a group of monks chanted before an icon of the Holy Virgin, they were joined by a monk they didn't recognize. As this monk began to chant a traditional hymn to the Virgin, he opened with a new verse the monks had never heard, beginning with "It is truly meet and right to bless thee." As he chanted to the Mother of God, her icon began to shine with light. And so this icon became known as "Axios Estin" - "It is meet and right."

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Mary - Virgin EnthronedThe Virgin Enthoned Icon has long been a subject of traditional Christian art. These Virgin Mary Icons feature the Holy Mother with the Christ Child on Her lap. While the Holy Virgin takes up a large portion of the icon, Christ is central and thus the eye is drawn to Him.

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Mary - Our Lady of KazanOur Lady of Kazan is honored as the guardian and patroness of the Russian city, Kazan, and of all Russia. This iconic image was originally said to have been discovered in 1579 after a Marian apparition. Since then, copies of this Virgin Mary icon have been displayed in cathedrals all over Russian and the world.

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Mary - Our Lady of CzestochowaWhile many different Virgin Mary icons exist, legend attributes the creation of the icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa to St. Luke, the first Christian iconographer. St. Helena is said to have located the icon during her visit to the Holy Land and brought it to Constantinople in the fourth century. In a critical battle with the Saracens, this icon was displayed from the walls of the city and the Saracens were routed. The icon was eventually owned by Charlemagne and changed hands many times, eventually making its way to Poland. During the reign of St. Ladislaus, King of Poland, in the fifteenth century, the Tartars stole and vandalized the image, but the holy icon was recovered and restored. The legend concerning the two scars on the Black Madonna's right cheek is that the Hussites stormed the monastery where the icon resided in 1430, plundering the sanctuary. Among the items stolen was the icon. After putting it in their wagon, the Hussites tried to get away but their horses refused to move. They threw the portrait down to the ground and one of the plunderers drew his sword upon the image and inflicted two deep strikes. When the robber tried to inflict a third strike, he fell to the ground and writhed in agony until his death. Many times in the following centuries, the Holy Virgin demonstrated her miraculous protection of the Polish people through her icon. The Our Lady of Czestochowa icon is sometimes referred to as the "Black Madonna" because of the black color of the original, caused by age and the accumulated soot of the ages.

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Mary - Holy ProtectionThis Holy Protection icon portrays a classic Eastern Christian theme, which commemorates the Virgin's appearance at Constantinople in the tenth century. There she took off her shining veil and held it out over the people in the church, symbolizing her protection of all Christians. These Virgin Mary Icons are stunning in both their detail and simplicity.

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