St. Joan of Valois

Joan of Valois, 1464 - 1505, was the second daughter of Louis X1,  King of France, and Charlotte of Savoy, She was born on April 23,   1464. At the ge of two months she was betrothed to Louis, Duke of Orleans, and the marriage took place in 1476. There is no doubt  that it was invalid, for Louis of Orleans married her in fear of his life  if he did not comply with the king's orders to do so. Joan was by  no means a prepossessing figure: she was hunch-backed, lame and pock-marked. On her husband's succession to the throne he obtained a declaration that the marriage was invalid. Joan, therefore, was not to be queen of France; she was given instread ... Read More »

Saint of the Day   Learn about the lives of the saints and other saint resources, including a calendar, over 5,000 saint biographies, our most popular saints, and a list of patron saints. 7 days / week. See Sample E-mail:    Select Gender Male Female    Zip Code:

More Saints of the Day St. Aldate St. Andrew Corsini St. Aventinus of Chartres St. Eutychius St. Gilbert of Sempringham St. John de Britto Bl. John Speed St. John Stone St. Joseph of Leonissa St. Liephard St. Modan St. Nicholas Studites St. Nithard St. Obitius Bl. Rabanus Maurus St. Rembert St. Theophilus the Penitent St. Vincent of Troyes St. Vulgis Tomorrow's Saint St. Celestine When the father of this Italian saint died, his good mother brought up her twelve children well, even though they were very poor. "Oh, if I could only have the joy of seeing one of you become a saint!" she use to say. Once when she asked as usual, "which one of you is going to become a saint?" little Peter (who was to become Pope Celestine) answered ... Read More »

Select a month and day to view the "Saint of the Day" for that day. January February March April May June July August September October November December 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31