As material possessions and personal ambitions fail to satisfy, more and more people are turning to the life lived in Christ-the spiritual life, a holy life. We can learn what it means to live a holy life from those who heroically dedicated themselves to imitating Christ - the saints.

Based on authentic historical records, this book contains warmly human portraits of men and women whose faith, courage, and love exemplify the life of a Christian saint. they lived in evry age, in every part of the earth, in every kind of Christian community. They were ordinary people whose words and actions testified to their belief in Jesus Christ.