who is patron saint of the day?
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Patron Saints St. John Paul II took note of his life, beatifying him in 1990 and declaring him a major patron of World Youth Day and of all young adults around the world. His body will be brought to Krakow for World Youth Day in 2016. Learn more about Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati at the Frassati USA website.
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Augustine of Hippo Augustine is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Christian Church, and the Anglican Communion and as a preeminent Doctor of the Church. He is also the patron of the Augustinians. His memorial is celebrated on 28 August, the day of his death.
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St. Matthew Matthew was a tax collector and is therefore the patron saint of bankers. The Church established St. Matthew's feast day as September 21. O Glorious St. Matthew, in your Gospel you portray Jesus as the longed-for Messiah who fulfilled the Prophets of the Old Covenant and as the new Lawgiver who founded a Church of the New Covenant.
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- St. John Berchmans. Saint John Berchmans is the patron of altar services, young people, and Oblate novices. He died tragically before he was ordained to the priesthood. However, he was consistently faithful, courteous, and kind. Saint John Berchmans died defending the faith in a public debate.
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St. Francis of Assisi: 'A great, great figure in the church' Story highlights. 1  St. Francis of Assisi is a patron saint of Italy and founder of brown-robed Franciscans.  2 Who doesn't know Francis of Assisi, Vatican spokesman says. 3  St. Francis was also rightly spoken of as 'another Jesus Christ,'. 4  He renounced the inheritance of his rich cloth merchant father.
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Patroness Many parishes today have a St. Vincent de Paul Society which carries on Vincent’s work with the poor. Because of all of his work raising money and helping the poor, Vincent is now considered the patron saint of charitable societies. He died in Paris in 1660 and was canonized by Pope Clement XII in 1737.
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Who is Saint Elizabeth of Hungary? St. Elizabeth’s feast day is November 17; and she is considered the patron saint of bakers, of the falsely accused, of the homeless, of nursing services, of tertiaries, widows, and young brides. Her symbols are alms, flowers, bread, the poor, and a pitcher.
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Day of the Dead November 1 is generally referred to as Día de los Inocentes (Day of the Innocents) but also as Día de los Angelitos (Day of the Little Angels); November 2 is referred to as Día de los Muertos or Día de los Difuntos (Day of the Dead).
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Saint Francis of Assisi (September 26, 1182 – October 3, 1226) Saint Francis of Assisi’s Story. Francis of Assisi was a poor little man who astounded and inspired the Church by taking the gospel literally—not in a narrow fundamentalist sense, but by actually following all that Jesus said and did, joyfully, without limit, and without a sense of self-importance.
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10 who became saints for their work in the U.S. St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. The youngest daughter of a cherry farmer from a village near Milan, Italy, Cabrini is known as the patron saint of immigrants. After she co-founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1880, Pope Leo XIII urged her to become a missionary in the United States. In 35 years, she founded scores of schools, hospitals and orphanages, and organized adult education classes for Italian immigrants. Canonized in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.
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6.6Feast of St. Norbert Feast of St. Norbert. St. Norbert of Xanten, whose feast is June 6, is the first in the great triad — St. Norbert, St. Francis and St. Dominic — of twelfth and thirteenth century church reformers. Why isn’t Norbert as well known as his younger brothers in faith and reform?
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Saint Joan of Arc Feast Day Saint Joan of Arc Feast Day. The feast day for Joan of Arc is celebrated on May 30th every year which is the anniversary of her death by burning in the old square of Rouen on May 30, 1431. Saint Joan of Arc's feast day is a chance to remember her for the great woman of faith that she was and to celebrate her ultimate victory over evil.
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St. Rita of Cascia: Patron Saint of the Impossible Now a saint in heaven, St. Rita is the patron of impossible causes, sterility, abuse victims, loneliness, marriage difficulties, parenthood, widows, the sick, and bodily ills and wounds. She is also one of the Church’s incorruptible saints, her body venerated at the basilica named for her in Cascia, Italy.
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- St. Gertrude of Nivelles, Abbess. March 17. Patron of Cats, the Recently Diseased, Gardeners, Travelers, Those with Mental Illness, and Those with a Morbid Fear of Mice and Rats. Special Note: There are two Saints named Gertrude, one called the Great and the other from Nivelles.
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The Patron Saint of Harm Reduction The Patron Saint of Harm Reduction By Zachary Siegel 12/21/14 The Fix Q&A with Dan Bigg of the Chicago Recovery Alliance on exasperation, solutions and everything in between.
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- St. Joseph, who is the patron saint of the family, is celebrated at the Spring equinox and his day is a feast of bread. the Feast of San Giuseppe, as he is called in Italy, was an Italian national holiday. families gathering together to create enormous buffets for neighbors and friends.
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Patron Saint of Lost Animals - St. Felix of Nola Patron Saint of Lost Animals - St. Felix of Nola. Picture source. St. Felix of Nola is regarded as a martyr even though he was not put to death. He is regarded as a martyr because he endured everything for love of Jesus, especially much torture. St. Paulinus of Nola once overheard a peasant praying at the tomb of St. Felix of Nola. He was praying because his oxen had been stolen and he wanted St. Felix to bring them back. Restore these same animals.
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- Dorothy Day. Dorothy Day Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker movement, was born in Brooklyn, New York, November 8, 1897.orothy Day. Dorothy Day Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker movement, was born in Brooklyn, New York, November 8, 1897.
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Saint Patrick Saint Patrick. Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. St Patrick's Day is March 17. St Patrick is traditionally associated with the Shamrock plant, which he used to explain the concept of the Trinity.
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Saint Francis of Assisi Francis of Assisi was poor only that he might be Christ-like. He recognized creation as another manifestation of the beauty of God. In 1979, he was named patron of ecology. He did great penance (apologizing to “Brother Body” later in life) that he might be totally disciplined for the will of God.
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- Feast Day of San Marino and of the Foundation of the Republic. The third of September is the feast day of Saint Marinus, the founder of the Republic. After Solemn Mass the Saint's relics are carried in procession through the streets of the Old Town. 09/09/2016.
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Saint Norbert Saint Norbert. Saint of the Day for June 6. (c. 1080 – June 6, 1134) Saint Norbert’s Story. In the 12th century in the French region of Premontre, Saint Norbert founded a religious Order known as the Praemonstratensians or the Norbertines.
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- The Seven Founders of the Servite Order. September 15th is the day set aside by the Church to remember, meditate on, and console Our Lady in her sorrows. The name of this feastday is The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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St. Padre Pio Patron Saint of: civil defense volunteers. St. Padre Pio (Francesco Forgione) was born on May 25, 1887 in Pietrelcina, Italy. Even as a child, Francesco had already shown signs of extraordinary gifts of grace. At the age of five, he dedicated his life to God.
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- Now we can take a look at what a patron saint is. A Patron Saint is someone who did some great religious things when they were alive and when they were dead they were put up on a pedestal for being a great person. a canonized saint in the Catholic Church who based on their life experiences (i.e. was a teacher, writer, etc) is classified under that experience for us here to ask for their intercessions.
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- Re: Patron saint of weight loss. I pick either St Thomas Aquinas, who battled the bulge all his life, or St. Simon Stylites, who sat atop a pillar for his entire life, eating only food given by passers-by, hauled up in a basket.