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Today’s Saint: St. Bernadine of Siena (1444) – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Today’s Saint: St. Bernadine of Siena (1444)

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Today's Saint: St. Bernadine of Siena (1444).

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MAY 20, 2026 – ST. BERNARDINE OF SIENA.

St. Bernadine of Siena (1444). Patron or Patroness, Priest, Religious. Patron of Advertisers and public relations. (Current, Traditional)

IN 1408, St. Vincent Ferrer once suddenly interrupted his sermon to declare that there was among his hearers a young Franciscan who would be one day a greater preacher than himself, and would be set before him in honor by the Church. This unknown friar was Bernardine. Of noble birth, he had spent his youth in works of mercy, and had then entered religion. Owing to a defective utterance, his success as a preacher at first seemed doubtful, but, by the prayers of our Lady, this obstacle was miraculously removed, and Bernardine began an apostolate which lasted thirty-eight years. By his burning words and by the power of the Holy Name of Jesus, which he displayed on a tablet at the end of his sermons, he obtained miraculous conversions, and reformed the greater part of Italy. …

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