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Back to Search5.7 St. Peter Damian: Monitor of the Popes
Season 5 Episode 7
St. Peter Damian (1007 - 1072 AD) was an advisor to, and sometimes corrector of, Popes, Emperors, and Kings. Through his writings he was a reformer o…
1 year, 2 months ago
5.6 St. Peter Damian: The Medieval Jerome
Season 5 Episode 6
St. Peter Damian (1007 - 1072 AD) is another one of our lesser-known Doctors of the Church, and yet he was, in his time, a man who could give advice …
1 year, 2 months ago
Sicilian Pilgrimage with Mike Aquilina and Jim Papandrea
Season 5
The Holy Father has proclaimed 2025 as a Jubilee year, and pilgrims are already flocking to Rome to cross the thresholds of the major basilicas, and …
1 year, 3 months ago
5.5 St. Gregory of Narek: Doctor of Mercy
Season 5 Episode 5
St. Gregory of Narek (c. 945-1003), was an Armenian saint: a monk, scholar, poet, and hymn writer. Praised as a saint by Pope St. John Paul II, who c…
1 year, 3 months ago
5.4 St. Gregory of Narek: Patron Saint of Armenia
Season 5 Episode 4
In the first episode on St. Gregory of Narek (c. 945-1003), Dr. Papandrea introduces one of the newest additions to the list of Doctors of the Church…
1 year, 3 months ago
5.3 St. Bede: The Father of English History
Season 5 Episode 3
In this second episode on St. Bede the Venerable (c. 673–735 AD), Dr. Papandrea talks about the literary legacy of this Doctor of the Church. Bede is…
1 year, 4 months ago
5.2 St. Bede the Venerable: Monk and Scholar
Season 5 Episode 2
In this episode, the first in our series on the Doctors of the Church, Dr. Papandrea introduces you to St. Bede the Venerable (c. 673–735 AD). He liv…
1 year, 4 months ago
5.1 The Doctors of the Church–Introduction
Season 5 Episode 1
With this episode, we begin our new series on the Doctors of the Church. What is a Doctor of the Church? Are all Doctors also saints? What makes a pe…
1 year, 5 months ago
St. Boethius: Church Father and Medieval Scholar
St. Severinus Boethius was a man with one foot in the ancient world and one foot in the middle ages. He is another one of our lesser-known fathers wh…
1 year, 5 months ago
Who Was Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite?
Whenever you see "Pseudo-" in front of a name like this, it means we don't really know who the person was. This Church father wrote under the name of…
1 year, 6 months ago