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Today’s Saint – Page 30 – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Today’s Saint

January 9, 2025

Saint of the Day for January 9: St. Adrian of Canterbury

By Franciscan Media - By Franciscan Media - Though Saint Adrian turned down a papal request to become Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Pope Saint Vitalian accepted the rejection on the condition that Adrian serve as the Holy Father’s assistant and adviser. Adrian accepted, but ended up spending most of his life and doing most of his work in Canterbury.
January 8, 2025

Saint of the Day for January 8: St. Angela of Foligno

Franciscan Media - Some saints show marks of holiness very early. Not Angela! Born of a leading family in Foligno, Italy, she became immersed in the quest for wealth and social position. As a wife and mother, she continued this life of distraction.
January 7, 2025

Saint of the Day for January 7: St. Raymond of Peñafort

Franciscan Media - Since Raymond lived into his hundredth year, he had a chance to do many things. As a member of the Spanish nobility, he had the resources and the education to get a good start in life... By the time he was 20, he was teaching philosophy. In his early 30s he earned a doctorate in both canon and civil law. At 41 he became a Dominican...
January 6, 2025

Saint of the Day for January 6: St. André Bessette (Aug. 9, 1845 – Jan. 6, 1937)

By Franciscan Media - Brother André expressed a saint’s faith by a lifelong devotion to Saint Joseph... Sickness and weakness dogged André from birth. He was the eighth of 12 children born to a French Canadian couple near Montreal. Adopted at 12, when both parents had died, he became a farmhand. Various trades followed: shoemaker, baker, blacksmith—all failures. He was a factory worker in the United States during the boom times of the Civil War.

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