Leo XIV 2

Pope Leo XIV born Robert Francis Prevost on September 14, 1955) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He was elected pope in the 2025 conclave on May 8 following the death and funeral of Pope Francis.

Liguori

St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori

Loyola, St. Ignatius

St. Ignatius Loyola was born on 24 Dec 1491 to a noble Spanish family whose Castle of Loyola was in the Basque province of GuipĂşzcoa, Spain, he was a soldier first before becoming a religious.

Macdonald

Bishop Hugh MacDonald ( 1699-1773)

Mangers

shop Jacques Mangers, S. M. was born on 18 Mar 1889 in Stolzemburg, Luxembourg and was appointrd Bishop of Oslo, Norway on 29 June 1953. Norway at that time did not have enough Norwegian Catholics for the pope to pick a native Norwegian and so imported a bishop from Luxembourg for the position. Bishop Mangers retired on 25 Nov 1964, and died in Luxembourg on 7 Jan 1972, at age 82.

Mazarin, Cardinal

Jules Cardinal Mazarin was born as Guilio Raimondo Mazzarino on 14 July 1602, he was a diplomat and politician who served as chief minister of France from 1642 until his death in 1661. He succeeded his mentor Cardinal Richelieu and was a noted collector of art, jewels books and money.

McGuigan, Cardinal

Cardinal James Charles McGuigan was born 26 Nov 1894 to an Irish Catholic family that emigrated from Northern Ireland just before the Famine.

Melchtide of Saxony

Born 10 April 1240/1, died 19 Nov 1298, Melchtide ( Matilda ) to the high noble Thuringian family of von Hackeborn and von Wippra at their castle and estate of Heltfa near Eisleben. They were great nobles and powerful barons and counts in Saxony, Germany.