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Category: Saint of the day

Saint of the day: St. John I, Pope and Martyr

A native of Tuscany in Italy, while he was still an archdeacon John was elected Pope upon the death of Pope Hormisdas in 523. At that time, the ruler of Italy was...

Saint of the day: St. Simon Stock, Patron of English Province of Discalced Carmelites

Simon Stock, born in England, lived in the 13th century. He was the Prior of the Carmelite religious order. The Blessed Virgin Mary is traditionally said to have...

Saint of the day: St. Dymphna, Patroness of the Mentally Ill

St. Dymphna was born in the 7th century in Ireland. Her father, Damon, a chief of great wealth and power was a pagan. Her mother was a very beautiful and devout...

Saint of the day: St. Mathias, Apostle

From the Acts of the Apostles we learn that St. Mathias had been one of the companions of our Saviour from the day of His baptism by St. John. For when there was a...

Saint of the day: Our Lady Of Fatima

In the spring of 1917 in a town in Portugal, three children, and Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta reported seeing an Angel, and in May 1917, apparitions of the Virgin Mary,...

Saint of the day: Sts. Nereus, Achilleus and Pancras (Martyrs)

Sts. Nereus and Achilleus were Roman soldiers of the 1st century who became Christians and refused to remain in the military service. They were both martyred for the...

Saint of the day: St. Ignatius Laconi, Patron of Beggars and Students

St. Ignatius Laconi was originally born Vincenzo Peis on 10 December 1701 in Sardinia as one of seven children to the poor peasants Mattia Peis Cadello and Anna Maria...

St. Pachomius, Abbot, Founder of Christian Monasticism

St. Pachomius was born around 292 in the the Upper Thebaid in Egypt. He was inducted into the Emperor’s army at the age of twenty. The great kindness of Christians...