July 29 is the #Catholic and #Anglican feast day of St. Martha of Bethany, companion of Christ, sister of Lazarus, and tamer of the Tarasque! Martha is the patron saint of housekeepers and servants.

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St. Martha of Bethany

St. Martha is best known for her appearance in the gospels of Luke and John, where she and her sister Mary were entertaining Jesus for a mea...

May 24 is the feast day of Korean martyr St. Agatha Kim A-gi. Though her faith was simple owing to issues memorizing details, Agatha stood firm, finally being baptized in prison before her execution by the government

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St. Agatha Kim A-gi

St. Agatha Kim A-gi was born to Confucian family. She married young and began to convert to Catholicism because of her sister's testimony, b...

April 27 is the feast day of St. Zita of Lucca. Zita is the patron saint of housekeepers, servers, and lost keys. Once, she left baking bread to feed the poor; when her master checked on her, an angel was baking it for her!

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St. Zita of Lucca

St. Zita of Lucca was born to a poor family and thus was sent to work as a servant for a wealthy family when she was just 12. She got up ear...

April 13 is the feast day of St. Margaret of Castello, patron saint of those with disabilities and the blind. Despite being abandoned by her parents at a young age, she founded a school for the poor & became a Dominican nun.

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St. Margaret of Castello

St. Margaret of Castello began life with many challenges. She was born blind, experienced dwarfism, and had difficulties walking from an ear...

March 1 is #StDavidsDay, feast day of St. David of Wales. David is the patron saint of poets, vegetarians, and the country of Wales. It's said that upon his death, his monastery was filled with angels,

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St. David of Wales

The best known miracle of St. David of Wales occurred while he was preaching in a large crowd. In order for him to be better heard, a hill g...

February 18 is the feast day of St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara, patron saint of media and literature. An Eastern Catholic priest in India, Kuriakose was heavily involved in social reform in his region

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St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara

St. Kuriakose was a Syro-Malabar Catholic priest, an Eastern Catholic church in communion with the Roman Catholic church that uses the East ...

February 11 is the #Orthodox feast day of St. Blaise, patron saint of throats, physicians, and woolworkers. February 3, is his Western feast day and blessing of the throats in the #Catholic church, using the candles blessed at Candlemas

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St Blaise of Sebaste

As a physician, St. Blaise was a healer of bodies as much as he later became a healer of souls. After he was elected bishop by popular accla...

January 21 is the feast day of St. Agnes of Rome, patron saint of girls and gardeners. She is one of the (optional) saints in the Roman canon and one of the virgin martyrs venerated by the time of Ambrose

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St. Agnes of Rome

Like many of the virgin martyrs , St. Agnes was born to a wealthy noble family. She was raised Christian, but as she started to become of ag...

January 19 celebrates the anniversary of the death of Ven. Frederic Baraga, the "snowshoe priest" and first bishop of Michigan's upper peninsula. An impressive polyglot, he published the first book written in Ottawa and the first Ojibwe dictionary

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January 7 is the #Catholic feast day of St. Lucian of Antioch, a renowned scholar and martyr, who was also a controversial figure as the teacher of Arius, the famous heretic, though even his critics acknowledged Lucian's piety.

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St. Lucian of Antioch

St. Lucian of Antioch was a controversial priest during his lifetime and after. His teachings on literalism formed the basis of the Arian he...