Saint of the Day
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September 18th – Saint of the Day: Saint Eustorgius of Milan, Bishop
The Three Wise Men from the Nativity? Their relics went on a wild 1,700-year journey… and it all started with one bishop and two exhausted oxen. 🐂✨ Saint Eustorgius of Milan was gifted the relics of the Magi and hauled… Continue reading
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September 18th – Saint of the Day: Saint Joseph of Cupertino, Franciscan Priest & Mystic
The Church literally canonized a man who could not pass a test. ✈️📖 Saint Joseph of Cupertino was called “the gaper” by his own village. His mother did not want him. Two religious orders rejected him. Then he became a… Continue reading
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September 17th – Saint of the Day: Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin, Abbess, Polymath, Mystic & Doctor of the Church
She kept a secret from almost everyone for 40 years. 🤫✨ Then at 42, God told her to speak, and she became the most unstoppable woman of the Middle Ages. 🔥 Saint Hildegard of Bingen was a nun who composed… Continue reading
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September 17th – Saint of the Day: Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Cardinal, and Doctor of the Church
One of the most powerful men in Rome ripped the tapestries off his own walls 🔥 Why? Because the poor were freezing and he wasn’t about to let decor win. “The walls won’t catch cold.” 🧱❄️ Meet St. Robert Bellarmine… Continue reading
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September 16th – Saint of the Day: Saint Ludmila of Bohemia, Duchess, Widow & Martyr
You know “Good King Wenceslas” from the Christmas carol. 🎄👑 But nobody talks about the woman who made him a saint. 🤫 Meet St. Ludmila of Bohemia: duchess, widow, and the grandmother who taught a future king to love Jesus.… Continue reading
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September 16th – Saint of the Day: Saint Euphemia, Virgin and Great Martyr of Chalcedon
She was a teenager. Rome was an empire. She won. ⚔️🔥 Saint Euphemia refused to burn incense to a false god, so they threw everything at her: the wheel, the furnace, the arena. 🐻 Tradition says the wild beasts wouldn’t… Continue reading
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September 15th – Saint of the Day: Saint Nicomedes of Rome, Priest & Martyr
The internet knows almost nothing about this saint. Heaven knows everything. ✨ No biography. No writings. Not even a confirmed century of death. 🤯 But here’s what tradition remembers: A priest in ancient Rome who snuck out at night 🌙… Continue reading
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September 15th – Saint of the Day: Saint Catherine of Genoa, Noblewoman, Hospital Administrator, Widow & Mystic
She prayed to get sick just to escape her own life. 💔 Forced into marriage at 16 to a man who cheated on her and spent them into bankruptcy, Catherine of Genoa spent 10 years drowning in loneliness and depression.… Continue reading
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September 14th – Saint of the Day: Pope Saint Cornelius, Martyr
He told the whole Church: NO sin is beyond forgiveness. 🔑✨ Then he backed it up with his life. Meet Pope Saint Cornelius, the pope who ran an underground Church of 50,000 believers… while Christianity was literally illegal. ⛪🔥 A… Continue reading
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September 14th – Saint of the Day: Saint Cyprian of Carthage, Bishop, Father of the Church & Martyr
He heard his own death sentence read out loud… and answered with 3 words. ⚔️ “Thanks be to God.” 🙏 Meet St. Cyprian of Carthage. Rich lawyer. Famous speaker. Totally comfortable. Totally empty. 💼 Then at 40+ years old, he… Continue reading
