Catholic Saints
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September 9th – Saint of the Day: Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Priest & Abbot
He had 7 months. He built something that lasted 1,000 years. ⛪🔥 Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise was a carpenter’s son from the west of Ireland who gave away his only Gospel book to a classmate who needed it… having only… Continue reading
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September 9th – Saint of the Day: Saint Peter Claver, Jesuit Missionary Priest
He signed his name “slave of the slaves forever.” ✍️⛓️ And then he spent 44 years proving he meant it. While the wealthy crossed the street to avoid the slave ships, one quiet Jesuit priest climbed INTO them. 🚢 Baskets… Continue reading
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September 8th – Saint of the Day: Saint Thomas of Villanova, Professor, Augustinian Friar & Bishop
The emperor of half of Europe begged this man to become a bishop. He said no. Twice. 😳 When they finally forced him under his vow of obedience, he showed up in a worn-out habit and a battered hat… then… Continue reading
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September 7th – Saint of the Day: Saint Cloud (Clodoald), Prince, Priest & Hermit
A Crown Left on the Floor Every September 7th the Church remembers a man who could have been a king and chose to be a priest instead. Saint Clodoald, known in France and the English speaking world simply as Saint… Continue reading
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September 7th – Saint of the Day – The Martyrs of Košice: Saints Mark Križin, Stephen Pongrácz, and Melchior Grodziecki
✝️September 7th – Saint of the Day – The Martyrs of Košice: Saints Mark Križin, Stephen Pongrácz, and Melchior Grodziecki✝️ 3 priests. 3 nations. 1 night. 🔥 A Croatian, a Hungarian, and a Pole walk into a city that has… Continue reading
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September 6th – Saint of the Day: Saint Onesiphorus, Disciple of Saint Paul & Martyr
Everyone ghosted Paul. One man booked a boat. ⛵🔥 While the Apostle sat in chains waiting to be executed, an entire province went silent on him. Friends he named. Friends he trusted. Gone. 💔 Then Saint Onesiphorus crossed the sea,… Continue reading
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September 6th – Saint of the Day: Saint Zechariah, Prophet
He wrote the script for Palm Sunday… 500 years before it happened. 🌿👑 Meet Saint Zechariah, the Old Testament prophet almost everyone confuses with someone else. ✨ Not John the Baptist’s dad. Not the priest from 2 Chronicles. This Zechariah… Continue reading
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September 5th – Saint of the Day: Saints Peter Nguyễn Văn Tự (Priest) and Joseph Hoàng Lương Cảnh (Physician), Martyrs
A priest and his doctor. Beheaded side by side. ⚔️✝️ Father Peter Nguyễn Văn Tự was ordered to trample the crucifix to save his life. Instead? He picked it up and kissed it. 😳 Then there’s Joseph Hoàng Lương Cảnh,… Continue reading
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September 5th – Saint of the Day: Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Virgin, Religious Sister, Schoolteacher, Foundress & Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity
She won the Nobel Peace Prize… then asked them to cancel the fancy banquet and give the money to the poor. 🕊️💸 The world knew her as Mother Teresa. A tiny woman in a white sari picking the dying up… Continue reading
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September 4th – Saint of the Day: Saint Rosalia, Virgin, Noblewoman & Hermit
She had it ALL. Noble blood. Palace life. A knight begging for her hand. 👑 And she walked away from every bit of it… to live alone in a cave. 🕯️ Meet Saint Rosalia, the “Little Saint” of Palermo. 🌹… Continue reading
