Vanessa R. Corcoran

Vanessa R. Corcoran

Vanessa R. Corcoran is an advising dean and history professor in the College of Arts & Sciences at Georgetown University. In addition to NCR, her writing has been published in America magazine, Commonweal magazine, Today’s American Catholic and Perspectives on History. She tweets @VRCinDC.

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Clockwise from left, artistic depictions of: St. Augustine of Hippo (Wikimedia Commons/Nheyob); St. Hildegard of Bingen (CNS/Paul Haring); St. Isadore of Seville (Wikimedia Commons/Javier Perez Montes); St. Catherine of Siena (OSV News/Wikimedia Commons-cc 4.0); St. Francis of Assisi (NCR photo/Joshua J. McElwee)

Five ancient and medieval saints who can speak to our modern world

These saints from centuries ago still speak urgently with timeless messages on community, knowledge, creativity, environmental care, and peacemaking in times of war.

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