Christian devotion
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September 11th – Saint of the Day: Saints Protus and Hyacinth, Martyrs
Brothers who would not bow. Beaten, condemned, and crowned with glory in third century Rome. Their names were etched into the memory of the Church, and in 1845 an untouched catacomb slab reading “Hyacinthus, Martyr” confirmed what the faithful had… Continue reading
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September 11th – Saint of the Day: Saint John Gabriel Perboyre, Martyr
“I will never renounce the faith of Christ. I would sooner die than deny my faith.” ✝️ Saint John Gabriel Perboyre kept that promise in China in 1840, refusing to trample the crucifix and giving his life with calm courage.… Continue reading
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September 10th – Saint of the Day: Saint Theodard of Maastricht
A bishop who risked everything for justice. Ambushed in a forest. Remembered as a martyr of courage and mercy. ✨🛡️ Saint Theodard of Maastricht did not chase power. He protected the Church’s poor, confronted corrupt nobles, and mentored the future… Continue reading
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September 10th – Saint of the Day: Saint Salvius (Sauve) of Albi
He saw the City of Heaven… and was sent back with a mission. ✨ Meet Saint Salvius of Albi: lawyer turned monk turned bishop who literally woke up on his own funeral bier after a blazing vision of glory. He… Continue reading
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September 9th – Saint of the Day: Saint Kieran (Ciarán) of Clonmacnoise
He planted a monastery in the middle of Ireland, died in his early thirties, and the fire he lit burned for a thousand years. 🕯️⛪🔥 Meet Saint Kieran of Clonmacnoise, the carpenter’s son who let the Gospels shape his life… Continue reading
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September 9th – Saint of the Day: Saint Peter Claver
“I am the slave of the slaves forever.” ✝️ Saint Peter Claver ran to the docks of Cartagena, climbed into suffocating ship holds with water, citrus, and medicine, and turned trauma into hope. He taught the Gospel with images and… Continue reading
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September 8th – Saint of the Day: Saint Corbinian
🐻 A bishop who tamed a bear. Literally. On the road to Rome, a bear killed his pack animal. Saint Corbinian rebuked it and made it carry his gear to the Apostles’ threshold. The bear obeyed. ✝️ He planted the… Continue reading
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September 8th – Saint of the Day: Saint Adrian of Nicomedia, Martyr
⚔️ “Write my name down also, for I am a Christian.” A Roman officer hears tortured believers speak of heaven and walks straight into the fire for Christ. That is Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. 🔥 What shocked me most: he… Continue reading
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September 7th – Saint of the Day: Saint Marko Krizin, Martyr
He was offered safety, titles, even his life back if he walked away from the Catholic Church. He chose the Cross. ✝️🔥 Saint Marko Krizin, a Croatian diocesan priest and canon of Esztergom, stood firm in Košice in 1619. Beheading… Continue reading
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September 7th – Saint of the Day: Saint Cloud
A prince walked into Paris in royal robes, then asked for scissors. ✂️ He cut his hair, laid down his claim to the throne, and picked up the Cross. 👑✝️ Meet Saint Cloud, the Merovingian heir who chose prayer over… Continue reading
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