Saint of the Day

St. Margaret Clitherow (1556 – 25 March 1586) was an English saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church, known as “the Pearl of York”. Margaret risked her life by harbouring and maintaining priests, which was made a capital offence by the Jesuits, etc. Act 1584. She provided two chambers, one adjoining her house and, […]

The Feast of the Annunciation, contemporarily the Solemnity of the Annunciation, and also called Lady Day, the Feast of the Incarnation (Festum Incarnationis), or Conceptio Christi (Christ’s Conception), commemorates the visit of the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary, during which he informed her that she would be the mother of Jesus Christ, the Son

St. Gabriel is an archangel with power to announce God’s will to men. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Many Christian traditions — including Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Anglicanism — revere Gabriel as a saint. In the Hebrew Bible, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his visions (Daniel

St. Turibius of Mogrovejo (16 November 1538 – 23 March 1606) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Lima from 1579 until his death. Mogrovejo was ordained to the priesthood in 1578 and was later consecrated as an archbishop in 1580 before setting off for Peru to begin

St. Lea (died c. 383) is a fourth-century saint from Rome. She is known only through the testimony of her beloved friend, the learned Saint Jerome. Jerome, a scholarly monk best known for his Latin translation of the Bible (the Vulgate), is the Church’s only source of information on St. Lea. A noblewoman of Rome,

St. Nicholas of Flüe (1417 – 21 March 1487) was a Swiss hermit and ascetic who is the patron saint of Switzerland. He is sometimes invoked as Brother Klaus. A farmer, military leader, member of the assembly, councillor, judge and mystic, he was respected as a man of complete moral integrity. He is known for

According to pious tradition, St. Photina was the Samaritan woman to whom Jesus spoke at the well (John 4:4-26). Accordingly, she is said to have become a believer in Jesus, to have spread the gospel, and eventually to have been martyred in Carthage. Another tradition has her called before the Emperor Nero and martyred in

The Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, also called Saint Joseph’s Day, the Feast of Saint Joseph or the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, is the principal feast day of Saint Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary and legal father of Jesus Christ, celebrated on 19 March. It has the rank of

St. Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 313 – 386 AD) was a theologian of the early Church. About the end of 350 AD he succeeded Maximus as Bishop of Jerusalem, but was exiled on more than one occasion due to the enmity of Acacius of Caesarea, and the policies of various emperors. Cyril left important writings

St. Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the “Apostle of Ireland”, he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints being Brigid of Kildare and Columba. He is venerated as a Saint in the Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church, where he is regarded