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Saint of the Day (June 27) ✠ Saint Ladislaus ✠ King of Hungary Born: June 27, 1040,  Kraków, Poland Died: July 29, 1095,  Nitra, Slovakia Full name: Ladislaus I Nationality: Hungarian Place of Burial : Cathedral-Basilica of Nagyvárad (today Oradea, Romania) Spouse: Adelaide of Rheinfelden Children: Irene of Hungary Feast: 27 June Saint Ladislaus was called to the Hungarian throne in the year 1080 by the free will of the people. Very different from the majority of the powerful in this world, who aspire only to temporary greatness, Ladislas only sought true greatness, that which one acquires by virtue. From his youth he was admired by everyone for his chastity, his modesty, his piety, his tenderness towards the poor. He had not only the soul of a Saint, but all the qualities of a king. No one in all of Hungary was taller or more majestic than he; the fatigues of war and the serious occupations of peace suited hi...

Saint of the Day (June 27) ✠  St. Cyril of Alexandria ✠ Born:  376  Alexandria, Egypt Died: June 27, 444 AD,  Alexandria, Egypt Patronage: Alexandria Predecessor: St. Theophilus of Alexandria Saint Cyril was raised by God to defend the faith of the Incarnation of his Son, “of which mystery he is styled the doctor, as Saint Austin is of that grace,” says Thomassin. He studied under his uncle Theophilus, and testifies that he made it his rule never to advance any doctrine which he had not learned from the ancient Fathers. His books against Julian the Apostate show that he had read the profane writers. He often says himself that he neglected human eloquence: and it is to be wished that he had wrote in a clearer style, and with greater purity of the Greek tongue. Upon the death of Theophilus, in 412, he was raised by the people to the patriarchal dignity. He began to exert his authority by causing the churches of the Nova...