Simeon the StyliteA hermit who ended up living most of his life
on top of a 20 metre column. He shunned money, marriage and a
normal life for prayer and trying to get closer to God. He lived in
5th century Turkey.
Francis of AssisiThe 13th century son of a rich nobleman who
gave up status andan assured future to look after the sick,
especially lepers. He went from fighting wars as a soldier to
fighting poverty in Assisi.
Genovetta TorresAn orphaned child who was rejected when she
tried to join a conventbecause she had severe disabilities.Instead
she founded her own religious order and started orphanages across
Spain in the early part of the twentieth century.
