Last Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI canonized five saints: Italian Blesseds Arcangelo Tadini (1846-1912), Bernardo Tolomei (1272-1348), Gertrude Comensoli (1847-1903) and Caterina Volpicelli (1839-1894), and the Portuguese Blessed Nuno de Santa Maria Alvares Pereira (1360-1431). The Vatican lists bios, but not all have been translated to English yet. I’ll try to post them as they are available.

*Update: April 29*
I promised links to their bios. Here are three that are in English so far:

• Bernardo Tolomei (1272-1348)
• Nuno De Santa Maria Álvares Pereira (1360-1431)
• Geltrude Comensoli (1847-1903)