Today’s Saint

May 27, 2023

Saint of the Day for May 27: St. Augustine of Canterbury

Franciscan Media - In the year 596, some 40 monks set out from Rome to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons in England. Leading the group was Augustine, the prior of their monastery. Hardly had he and his men reached Gaul when they heard stories of the ferocity of the Anglo-Saxons and of the treacherous waters of the English Channel. ..
May 26, 2023

Saint of the Day for May 26: St. Philip Neri

Franciscan Media - Philip Neri was a sign of contradiction, combining popularity with piety against the background of a corrupt Rome and a disinterested clergy: the whole post-Renaissance malaise... At an early age, Philip abandoned the chance to become a businessman, moved to Rome ...
May 25, 2023

Saint of the Day for May 25: St. Bede the Venerable

By Franciscan Media - Bede is one of the few saints honored as such even during his lifetime. His writings were filled with such faith and learning that even while he was still alive, a Church council ordered them to be read publicly in the churches...
May 24, 2023

Saint of the Day for May 24: St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi

Franciscan Media - Mystical ecstasy is the elevation of the spirit to God in such a way that the person is aware of this union with God while both internal and external senses are detached from the sensible world. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi was so generously given this special gift of God that she is called the “ecstatic saint.”

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