Saint Of The Day For 3 February: Saint Blaise And The Throat Blessing
History of St Blaise: where the widespread practice of blessing the throat with crossed candles originates
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Candlemas. Saint Of The Day 2 February: Jesus, Light, Shines Upon Us
The presentation of Jesus in the temple, an emblem of following in holiness.A testimony of faith in different…
Saint Of The Day For February 1: Saint Bridget Abbess In Ireland
Prosecutor of St Patrick's evangelising work, Bridget was the foundress of one of Ireland's first monasteries at…
Saint Of The Day For January 31: Saint John Bosco
Founder of the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, John Bosco is the saint of young people.…
Saint Of The Day For January 30: Saint Hyacintha Marescotti
Co-patroness of Viterbo with St Blaise, St Hyacintha Marescotti was the wayward daughter of a prince. Forced to the…
Saint Of The Day For January 29: Saint Sulpitius Severus
Sulpitius Severus is celebrated January 29. He was born in Aquitaine, around the year 350, to an illustrious…
Saint Of The Day For January 28: Saint Thomas D’Aquin
St Thomas, who lived between 1225 and 1274, a Dominican friar, a great theologian known as the Doctor Angelicus,…
Saint Of The Day For January 27: Saint Angela Merici
No longer in the cloisters, but in the world: this is the Cartesian axis of the spirituality of Saint Angela Merici…
Saint Of The Day For January 26: Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops
Closest collaborators of Saint Paul, St. Timothy, born to a pagan father and a Jewish mother, was appointed by the…
Saint Of The Day For January 25: Saint Ananias From Damascus
A Jew from Damascus converted to Christianity, Ananias in a vision the Lord urges him to go to Saul of Tarsus, the…