Franciscan saints
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February 22nd – Saint of the Day: Saint Margaret of Cortona, Secular Franciscan
From scandal to saint. From being turned away to becoming a basilica-level legend. 🔥⛪️ Meet Saint Margaret of Cortona, the “Second Magdalene” of Tuscany, and proof that Jesus does not cancel people. He converts them. 🙏💥 Her turning point is… Continue reading
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February 7th – Saint of the Day: Saint Giles Mary of Saint Joseph (Egidio Maria di San Giuseppe), Franciscan Brother
Saint Giles Mary of Saint Joseph didn’t have a platform. He had a worn Franciscan habit, a bag for alms, and a heart that made Naples feel loved again. 🧡✝️ This was a lay brother, not a priest, who walked… Continue reading
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February 6th – Saint of the Day: Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs
🔥⛩️✝️ Japan tried to silence the Gospel in 1597. Instead, the Cross started preaching. Saint Paul Miki, a Japanese Jesuit, was marched in winter to Nagasaki, bound to a cross, and executed. But here is the part that hits different:… Continue reading
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February 4th – Saint of the Day: Saint Joseph of Leonessa, Capuchin Priest & Missionary
Chains could not silence him. Torture could not break him. 🔥⛓️✝️ Meet Saint Joseph of Leonessa, the Capuchin priest who walked straight into Constantinople to serve enslaved Christians, cared for the sick during plague, and even offered to trade places… Continue reading
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January 4th – Saint of the Day: Saint Angela of Foligno, Mystic
She had money, status, and a comfortable life… and still felt empty. Then everything fell apart. And that is where grace rushed in. 🔥✝️ Saint Angela of Foligno went from worldly comfort to radical conversion, from distraction to deep intimacy… Continue reading
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November 29th – Saint of the Day: Saint Francis Anthony Fasani, Mystic
“The saint is dead!” That is what the kids of Lucera shouted in the streets when Saint Francis Anthony Fasani died. They already knew he was in heaven. 🔥 This hidden Franciscan priest spent his life in front of the… Continue reading
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November 28th – Saint of the Day: Saint James of the Marches
From poor shepherd boy to brilliant lawyer to barefoot Franciscan preacher of the Holy Name of Jesus, Saint James of the Marches did not play it safe. 🔥 He fought heresy, survived an attempted poisoning symbolized by the chalice and… Continue reading
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November 26th – Saint of the Day: Saint Leonard of Port Maurice
“If it were not for the Holy Mass, the world would be in the abyss.” đź‘€ Saint Leonard of Port Maurice did not play around when it came to the Eucharist. This fiery Franciscan walked Italy on foot, preached missions… Continue reading
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March 6th – Saint of the Day: Saint Colette of Corbie
🔥 She brought a stillborn baby back to life. She defied the odds. She reformed an entire religious order. 🔥 Saint Colette of Corbie wasn’t just a nun—she was a spiritual warrior who fearlessly fought to bring radical faith, humility,… Continue reading
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February 22nd – Saint of the Day: Saint Margaret of Cortona
🔥 FROM SINNER TO SAINT 🔥 Saint Margaret of Cortona’s story is WILD—a runaway, a nobleman’s mistress, a single mother… and then? One of the most powerful saints of all time. 🙌 ✨ She left a life of luxury after… Continue reading
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