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Today’s Saint: St. Yvo, Confessor, May 22 – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Today’s Saint: St. Yvo, Confessor, May 22

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MAY 22, 2026 – ST. YVO, CONFESSOR.

St. Rita of Cascia (1457). Patron or Patroness, Religious, Widow. Patroness of “impossible” cases. (Current, Traditional)

ST. YVO HELORI, descended from a noble and virtuous family near Treguier in Brittany, was born in 1253. At fourteen years of age, he went to laris, and afterwards to Orleans, to pursue his studies. His mother was wont frequently to say to him that he ought so to live as became a saint, to which his answer always was, that he hoped to be one. This resolution took deep root in his soul, and was a continual spur to virtue, and a check against the least shadow of any dangerous course. His time was chiefly divided between study and prayer; for his recreation he visited the hospitals, where he attended the sick with great charity, and comforted them under the severe trials of their suffering condition. He made a private vow of perpetual chastity; but, this not being known, many honorable matches were proposed to him, which he modestly rejected as incompatible with his studious life. He long deliberated whether to embrace a religious or a clerical state; but the desire of serving his neighbor determined him at length in favor of the latter. other means of virtue, are in. effectual; and the soul is sure to split against this rock, which does not steer wide of it.

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