Saint of the Day ( January 20 ) ✠ Saint Sebastian ✠ Captain of the Praetorian Guard/ Roman Soldier/ Healer and Martyr: Born: AD 256 Norfon, Gaul Died: AD 20, 288 Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy Anglicanism Aglipayan Church Major shrine: St. Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal India Patronage: Soldiers, Plague-Stricken, Archers, Holy Christian Death, Athletes, Negombo, Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarlac, Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacolod Saint Sebastian was an early Christian saint and martyr. According to traditional belief, he was killed during the Roman emperor Diocletian's persecution of Christians. He is most commonly depicted in art and literature tied to a post or tree and shot with arrows, but this did not kill him. He was, according to his legend, rescued and healed by Saint Irene of Rome, which became a popular subject in 17th-century painting. In all versions of the story, shortly after his ...
Feast of the Day Feast Day: February 11 ✠ Our Lady of Lourdes ✠ Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception: Location: Lourdes, France Date: February 11 to July 16, 1858 Witness: Saint Bernadette Soubirous Type: Marian apparition Our Lady of Lourdes is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in honour of the Marian apparitions that reportedly occurred in 1858 in the vicinity of Lourdes in France. The first of these is the apparition of 11 February 1858, when 14-year old Bernadette Soubirous told her mother that a "lady" spoke to her in the cave of Massabielle from the town) while she was gathering firewood with her sister and a friend. Similar apparitions of the "Lady" were reported on seventeen occasions that year until the climax revelation of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception took place. On 18 January 1862, Pope Pius IX authorized Bishop Bertrand-S├йv├иre Laurence to permit the veneration of the Blessed Virgin ...
Saint of the Day (March 19) ✠ Saint Joseph✠ Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster-father of Our Lord Jesus Christ Other Names : • Joseph of Nazareth • Joseph the Artisan • Joseph the Betrothed Memorials : • 19 March • 1 May (Joseph the Worker) • 3rd Wednesday after Easter (patronage of Saint Joseph of the Universal Church) Died : 1st century, Prior to the Passion Patronage : • Against Doubt • Against Hesitation • Accountants • Attornies • Barristers • Bursars • Cabinetmakers • Carpenters • Cemetery Workers • Children • Civil Engineers • Confectioners • Craftsmen • Dying People • Educators • Emigrants • Exiles • Expectant Mothers • Families • Fathers • Furniture Makers • Grave Diggers • Happy Death • Holy Death • House Hunters • Immigrants • Interior Souls • Joiners • Laborers • Lawyers • Married People • Orphans • People in Doubt • People who fight Communism • Pioneers • Pregnant Women • Social Justice • Solicitors • Teachers • Travel...
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