Today’s Saints
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The Saints of the day, Mass readings and other information
December 2
Thursday in the 1st Week of Advent
Mass Readings
Featured Saints
St. Habakkuk. Prophet of the Old Testament who, in face of the iniquity and...
December 1
Wednesday of the 1st Week of Advent
Mass Readings
Featured Saints
St. Eligius (Eloi), bishop (†660). A goldsmith from Limoges, France, and counsellor to King Dagobert...
November 30
Feast of St. Andrew
St. Andrew, Apostle. Brother of St. Peter, and initially a disciple of St. John the Baptist, he was the first to...
November 29
Monday in the 1st Week of Advent
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Featured Saints
St. Saturnin, bishop and martyr (†257). Sent from Rome by Pope Fabian to Gaul, he...
November 28
First Sunday of Advent
Gospel Commentary, by Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP.
Mass Readings
Featured Saints
St. James of the Marches, priest (†1476). Franciscan, disciple of...
November 27
Saturday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time
Mass Readings
Featured Saints and Commemorations
Our Lady of Graces of the Miraculous Medal. In the year 1830, the...
November 26
Friday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time
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Featured Saints
St. Leonard of Port Maurice, priest (†1751). Franciscan priest who spent his life preaching...
November 25
Thursday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time
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Featured Saints
St. Catherine of Alexandria, martyr. Optional Memorial. The Emperor Maximinus convoked several philosophers to...
November 24
Memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions, Martyrs
St. Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest, and 116 Companions, Martyrs. They suffered martyrdom in Vietnam on different dates, ranging...
November 23
Tuesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time
Mass Readings
Featured Saints
St. Clement I, Pope and martyr. Optional Memorial. A Roman, the third successor...
November 22
Memorial of St. Cecilia
St. Cecilia, virgin and martyr. According to ancient tradition, she was martyred in Rome around the year 232. She is held...
November 21
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Gospel Commentary, by Msgr. João Scognamligio Clá Dias, EP
See also: The Regal Grandeur of...
November 20
Saturday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
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Featured Saints
St. Edmund, martyr (†869). Christian King of East Anglia, he was captured by the...
November 19
Friday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
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Featured Saints
Sts. Roque González, Alphonse Rodríguez and John del Castillo, priests and martyrs (†1628). Memorial in...
November 18
Thursday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
Dedication of the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles. Optional memorial. The former was built...
November 17
Memorial of St. Elizabeth of Hungary
St. Elizabeth of Hungary, religious (†1231). Daughter of the King of Hungary, she was married to Louis IV of...
November 16
Tuesday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
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Featured Saints
St. Gertrude, virgin. (†1302). Religious of the Cistercian monastery of Helfta, Germany. In her mystical...
November 15
Monday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
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Featured Saints
St. Albert the Great, bishop and Doctor of the Church (†1280) Dominican, born in 1206...
November 14
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel Commentary, by Msgr. João Scognamligio Clá Dias, EP
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Featured Saints
St. Serapion, religious and martyr (†1240). Leaving a military career,...
November 13
Saturday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
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Featured Saints
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin (†1917). She founded the Institute of the Missionary...
November 12
Memorial of St. Josaphat
St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr. From a Polish-Lithuanian schismatic family, he converted to Catholicism and became a member of the Basilian...
November 11
Memorial of St. Martin of Tours
St. Martin of Tours, Bishop of this city, appointed in 371. He was born in Hungary and abandoned a...
November 10
Memorial of St. Leo the Great
St. Leo the Great, Pope and doctor of the Church (†461). Born to an aristocratic family of Tuscany. The...
November 9
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, the church of the Bishop of Rome: the Pope. Built on land...