THE SAINT OF THE DAY Commentaries on feastdays of Our Lord and Our Lady and the lives of the Saints by Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira January    January 1, Circumcision of Our Lord    January 2, St. Basil the Great    January 2, St. Macarius of Alexandria    January 3, St. Genevieve    January 5, St. Simeon Stylites    January 6, Epiphany of Our Lord    January 7, St. Erminold    January 7, St. Marciana    January 8, Our Lady of Prompt Succor - Marian Horvat    January 9, Our Lady of the Privileges    January 10, St. Peter Orseolo    January 12, St. Benedict Biscop    January 14, St. Felix of Nola    January 14, Bl. Oderic of Pordenone (or Friuli)    January 15, St. Paul the Hermit    January 15, St. Bonet    January 17, Our Lady of Peace    January 18, The Chair of St. Peter    January 20, Our Lady of the Miracle    January 20, St. Sebastian    January 21, St. Agnes    January 23, St. Raymond of Peñafort    January 23, St. Emerentiana - Margaret Galitzin    January 24, St. Timothy    January 24, St. Babylas    January 24, Bl. Charbel Mackhlouf    January 25, Conversion of St. Paul    January 26, St. Xenophon & St. Maria    January 28, St. James of Tarentaise    January 29, St. Francis de Sales    January 30, Bl. Sebastian Valfré    January 31, St. John Bosco February    February 2, Our Lady of Good Success    February 3, St. Blaise    February 3, St. Ansgar of Bremen    February 4, St. Joseph of Leonissa    February 4, St. Joan of Valois, Princess of France    February 4, St. Isidore of Pelusium    February 5, St. Agatha    February 5, The Martyrs of Japan    February 8, St. John of Matha    February 9, St. Cyril of Alexandria    February 10, St. Scholastica    February 11, Our Lady of Lourdes    February 11, Lourdes & Universal Mediation of Mary    February 12, Seven Holy Founders of the Servites    February 13, Pope St. Gregory II    February 13, St. Catherine of Ricci    February 15, Bl. Jordan of Saxony    February 18, Fra Angelico    February 20, Ven. Jacinta of Fatima    February 23, St. Peter Damian    February 23, St. Lazarus the Iconographer    February 23, St. Dositheus    February 24, St. Matthias the Apostle    February 25, St. Tarasius of Constantinople    February 25, St. Ethelbert, King of Kent    February 26, St. Alexander of Alexandria    February 26, St. Isabelle, Princess of France    February 27, St. Leander of Seville    February 27, St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows    February 28, SS. Romanus & Lupicinus March    March 2, Bl. Charles the Good, Count of Flanders    March 3, St. Cunegundes, Empress - I    March 3, St. Cunegundes, Empress - II    March 4, St. Casimir, Prince of Poland    March 6, Our Lady of Nazareth (Nazaré)    March 7, St. Thomas Aquinas    March 8, St. John of God    March 8, St. Dionysius of Corinth    March 9, St. Frances of Rome    March 9, St. Dominic Savio    March 10, The 40 Martyrs of Sebaste    March 11, St. Eulogius of Cordoba    March 12, Our Lady of Pity of Garaison    March 12, Pope St. Gregory the Great    March 12, St. Theophanes, Abbot    March 12, Bl. Denis the Carthusian    March 14, St. Anthony of Carthage (Categeró) - Phillip Mericle    March 15, St. Clement Marie Hofbauer    March 16, St. Abraham Kidunaia    March 17, St. Patrick    March 18, St. Cyril of Jerusalem    March 19, St. Joseph    March 21, St. Benedict of Nursia    March 21, St. Nicholas of Flue    March 22, St. Catherine of Genoa    March 23, St. Toribio de Mogrovejo    March 24, St. Gabriel the Archangel    March 24, St. Gabriel the Archangel - Dom Guéranger    March 25, Annunciation of Our Lady    March 25, St. Dismas    March 27, St. John Damascene    March 28, St. John of Capistrano    March 30, Bl. Amadeus, Duke of Savoy April    April 2, St. Mary of Egypt    April 3, St. Nicetas, Abbot    April 3, St. Fara    April 4, St. Isidore of Seville    April 4, St. Benedict the Moor - Phillip Mericle    April 5, St. Vincent Ferrer    April 7, St. Herman Joseph    April 7, St. Aphraates    April 9, Bl. Antonio Pavoni    April 11, Pope St. Leo the Great    April 11, St. Gemma Galgani    April 12, Pope St. Julius I    April 13, St. Hermenegild, King of Seville    April 14, St. Ardalion    April 14, St. Benezet of Avignon    April 15, St. Peter Gonzalez    April 16, St. Bernadette Soubirous    April 17, St. Stephen Harding    April 18, St. Galdinus of Milan    April 19, Pope St. Leo IX    April 21, St. Anselm of Canterbury    April 21, St. Conrad of Parzham    April 23, St. Adalbert of Prague    April 24, St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen    April 25, St. Mark the Evangelist    April 25 - 26, Our Lady of Good Counsel of Genazzano    April 26, Pope St. Marcellinus    April 28, St. Louis Grignion de Montfort    April 30, St. Catherine of Siena    April 30, St. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo May    May 2, St. Athanasius    May 3, St. Ansfrid, Count of Brabant    May 4, St. Monica    May 5, Pope St. Pius V    May 5, St. Angelus of Jerusalem    May 6, St. John at the Latin Gate    May 7, Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii    May 7, St. Millas    May 9, St. Gregory of Nazianzus    May 9, St. Pachomius the Great    May 10, St. Antoninus    May 11, St. Mayeul, Abbot of Cluny    May 11, St. Francis di Girolamo    May 12, Our Lady of the Abandoned Ones (Valencia)    May 13, Our Lady of Fatima    May 13, St. Robert Bellarmine    May 14, St. Ampelio    May 15, St. John Baptist de la Salle    May 15, St. Isidore the Farmer    May 16, St. John Nepomucene    May 17, St. Paschal Baylon    May 18, St. Theodotus of Ancyra    May 18, St. Felix of Cantalice    May 19, Pope St. Peter Celestine    May 21, St. Crispin of Viterbo    May 23, St. Ivo of Chartres    May 23, Bl. Gerard Mecatti of Villamagna    May 24, Our Lady Help of Christians    May 25, Pope St. Gregory VII    May 26, St. Phillip Neri - I    May 26, St. Phillip Neri - II    May 27, St. Bede the Venerable    May 28, St. William of Gellone or of Aquitaine    May 30, St. Joan of Arc    May 31, Queenship of Our Lady    June    June 3, St. Clotilda, Queen of France    June 5, St. Boniface    June 8, Our Lady of Sunday - Margaret Galitzin    June 9, Ven. José of Anchieta    June 10, St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland    June 11, Bl. Pedro Rodrigues    June 12, Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary    June 12, St. Gush ad Azad    June 13, St. Anthony of Padua    June 13, St. Anthony of Padua Preaches to the Fish    June 14, St. Eliseus    June 14, St. Basil the Great    June 15, St. Germaine Cousin    June 16, St. Cyricus and St. Julitta - Judy Mead    June 17, St. Teresa, Princess of Portugal    June 18, Bl. Osanna of Mantua    June 18, St. Ephraem the Syrian    June 19, Corpus Christi    June 19, Corpus Christi - Gregory Johnson    June 20, Pope St. Silverius    June 21, St. Leutfridus    June 21, St. Aloysius Gonzaga    June 22, St. Thomas More    June 22, St. John Fisher    June 23, St. Etheldreda, Princess of Anglia    June 23, St. Joseph Cafasso    June 24, St. John the Baptist    June 25, St. William of Vercelli    June 27, Sacred Heart of Jesus    June 27, Sacred Heart of Jesus - Guimarães & Horvat    June 27, Our Lady of Perpetual Help    June 29, St. Peter and St. Paul July    July 1, The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord    July 2, The Visitation of Our Lady    July 3, Pope St. Leo II    July 3, Sts. Irenaeus of Lyons & Pope Leo II    July 6, St. Maria Goretti    July 7, Sts. Cyril and Methodius    July 8, St. Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal    July 9, St. Valeriano    July 10, The Seven Sons of St. Felicitas, Martyrs    July 11, Pope St. Pius I    July 13, St. Eugenius of Carthage    July 14, Bl. Gaspar de Bono    July 14, Francis Solanus    July 14, Bl. Angelina of Montegiove    July 14, St. Bonaventure    July 15, St. Henry II, Emperor    July 16, Our Lady of Mount Carmel    July 17, Our Lady of Humility (Madonna dell’Umiltà)    July 17, The Blessed Carmelites of Compiègne    July 19, St. Macrina    July 20, Elias the Prophet - I    July 20, Elias the Prophet - II    July 20, Elias the Prophet - III    July 20, Bl. Gregory Lopez    July 21, St. Victor of Marseille    July 22, St. Lawrence of Brindisi    July 22, St. Mary Magdalene    July 23, St. Bridget of Sweden    July 25, St. James the Greater    July 26, St. Anne    July 27, St. Arethas    July 28, Pope St. Innocent I    July 29, Bl. Pope Urban II    July 29, St. Martha - Fr. Paul Sretenovic    July 31, St. Ignatius of Loyola    July 31, St. Germain of Auxerre August    August 1, The Seven Maccabee Brothers    August 2, St. Alphonsus de Ligouri    August 2, Our Lady Queen of the Angels    August 3, St. Erlembald - I    August 3, St. Erlembald - II    August 4, St. Dominic of Guzman    August 5, Our Lady of the Snow    August 6, Transfiguration of Our Lord - Fr. Paulo Alvarez    August 6, Transfiguration of Our Lord - Fr. P. Sretenovic    August 6, St. Sixtus II, Pope    August 7, St. Cajetan of Thiene    August 8 - S. Hormizd, Maharsapor, Sahin, Benjamin & Jacob    August 8, Bl. John Felton    August 9, St. John Baptist Vianney    August 9, St. Oswald, King of Northumbria    August 10, St. Laurence (or Lawrence)    August 10 - 11, St. Philomena - Ellyn Miller    August 11, St. Alexander the Charcoal-Burner    August 12, St. Clare of Assisi    August 15, The Assumption of Our Lady    August 16, St Joachim    August 16, St. Cizy de Besançon    August 17, St. Beatriz da Silva    August 18, St. Helena, Empress    August 19, St. John Eudes    August 20, St. Bernard    August 20, Bl. Gobert, Count of Aspremont    August 21, Our Lady of Knock - Gregory Johnson    August 21, St. Jane Frances de Chantal    August 22, The Immaculate Heart of Mary    August 22, St. Emilian of Autun    August 25, St. Louis IX, King of France    August 27, St. Joseph Calasanz    August 28, St. Augustine    August 30, St. Rose of Lima    August 31, St. Raymond Nonnatus September    September 1, St. Fiacre    September 2, French Martyrs of the September Massacres    September 2, St. Stephen, King of Hungary    September 3, Pope St. Pius X    September 5, St. Laurence Justinian    September 7, Our Lady of Covadonga     September 8, The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary     September 8, How Our Lady Celebrated Her Birth Date    September 8, St. Adrian    September 8, St. Corbinian    September 10, St. Pulcheria, Empress    September 12, The Holy Name of Mary    September 14, The Exaltation of the Holy Cross    September 15, The Seven Sorrows of Our Lady    September 16, Our Lady of Las Lajas (Colombia)    September 16, St. Cyprian of Carthage    September 17, St. Hildegard von Bingen    September 18, St. Joseph of Cupertino    September 19, Our Lady of La Salette    September 21, St. Matthew the Apostle    September 21, St Ephigenia, Princess - Phillip Mericle    September 22, St. Thomas of Villanova    September 23, St. Thecla    September 23, St. Linus, Pope    September 24, Our Lady of Mercy    September 24, St. Pacific of San Severino    September 27, St. Elzear, Count of Ariano    September 28, St. Wenceslas, King of Bohemia    September 29, St. Michael the Archangel    September 30, St. Jerome    September 30, St. Simon of Crépy - I    September 30, St. Simon of Crépy - II October    October 1, St. Remigius (or Remy)    October 2, The Guardian Angels - Christine Fitzgerald    October 3, St. Therese of the Child Jesus    October 3, St. Therese of Lisieux - Suffering & the Little Way    October 3, St. Therese of the Child Jesus  - Marian Horvat    October 4, St. Francis of Assisi    October 6, St. Bruno    October 7, Our Lady of the Rosary    October 10, St. Francis Borgia    October 11, The Divine Maternity of Our Lady    October 12, St. Edwin, King of Northumbria    October 12, Our Lady Aparecida (Brazil)    October 13, Sixth Apparition of Fatima    October 13, Jacinta & Francisco of Fatima    October 13, St. Edward the Confessor    October 15, St. Teresa of Avila    October 15, St. Callistus of Huesca    October 17, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque    October 18, St. Luke the Evangelist    October 19, St. Peter of Alcantara    October 20, St. Artemius    October 22, St. Abercius    October 23, St. Anthony Mary Claret    October 24, St. Raphael the Archangel    October 26, The Royalty of Christ the King    October 26, The Kingship of Christ & Modern Law    October 26, St. Cedd    October 27, St. Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia    October 28, SS. Simon & Jude Thaddeus, Apostles    October 28, St. Faro    October 30, Bl. Angelo of Acri    October 31, St. Alfonso Rodriguez November    November 1, All Saints Day    November 2, All Souls Day    November 4, St. Charles Borromeo    November 5, Feast of the Holy Relics    November 5, Bl. Frances d’Amboise, Duchess of Brittany    November 6, Bl. Nuno Alvares Pereira   November 8, Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces    November 8, St. Willehad    November 9, Our Lady of Almudena (Madrid)    November 9, Dedication of the Lateran Archbasilica    November 10, St. Justus of Canterbury    November 11, St. Martin of Tours    November 12, Pope St. Martin I    November 13, Pope St. Nicholas I    November 15, St. Albert the Great    November 15, St. Leopold III, Margrave of Austria    November 16, St Gertrude the Great    November 17, St. Gregory Thaumaturgus    November 18, Dedication of the Basilicas of SS. Peter & Paul    November 18, St. Odo of Cluny     November 18, Bl. Philippine Duchesne  - Marian Horvat    November 19, St. Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary    November 20, St. Felix of Valois    November 20, St. Edmund the Martyr, King of Anglia    November 21, The Presentation of Our Lady    November 23, St. Felicitas    November 24, St. John of the Cross    November 25, St. Catherine of Alexandria    November 26, St. Peter of Alexandria    November 27, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal    November 29, St. Saturninus    November 30, St. Andrew the Apostle December    December 1, St. Eligius (Eloi or Eloy)    December 3, St. Francis Xavier    December 4, St. Peter Chrysologus    December 4, St. Anno of Cologne    December 6, St. Nicholas    December 7, St. Ambrose    December 8, The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady    December 10, Translation of the Holy House to Loreto    December 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe    December 16, St. Eusebius of Vercelli    December 16, St. Adelaide, Empress    December 18, The Expectation of Our Lady    December 21, St. Thomas the Apostle    December 21, St. Peter Canisius    December 22, Bl. 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