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Image: Salome with the Head of John the baptist | Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio Martyrdom of John the Baptist Saint of the Day for August 29 The Story of the Martyrdom of […]

Image: Statue of Saint Jeanne Jugan at the Sisters of the Poor in Valladolid | photo by Rodelar Saint Jeanne Jugan Saint of the Day for August 30 (October 25, 1792 – […]

Image: Monastery Church: Altar of the crucifixion, Mecklenburg | Gaston Lenthe | (Longinus, Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus) Saint Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus Saint of the Day for August 31 […]

Saint Giles Saint of the Day for September 1 (c. 650 – 710)  Saint Giles’ Story   Click to hear audio clip ► Despite the fact that much about Saint Giles is shrouded […]

Image: Massacre à la Salpêtrière, 3 septembre 1792 | anonymous (Unrelated, but similar incident during the French Revolution.) Blessed John Francis Burté and Companions Saint of the Day for September 2 (d. […]

Image: Saint Gregory the Great | Jusepe de Ribera, also known as José de Ribera Saint Gregory the Great Saint of the Day for September 3 (c. 540 – March 12, 604) […]

Image: Santa Rosa e San Donnino | fresco, Duomo di Ivrea | photo by Laurom Saint Rose of Viterbo Saint of the Day for September 4 (1233 – March 6, 1251) Click […]

Image: Mother Teresa accompanies Pope John Paul II as he visits people at the Home For the Dying in Kolkata, India, in 1986. (CNS photo/Arturo Mari, L’Osservatore Romano) Saint Teresa of […]

Image: Blessed Claudio Granzotto | photo by Infovalli It | flickr Blessed Claudio Granzotto Saint of the Day for September 6 (August 23, 1900 – August 15, 1947) Click to hear […]

Image: Blessed Frédéric Ozanam. Frontispiece from Complete Works of Frederic Ozanam, Lecoffre editions, Paris , 1862 ( second edition ). Blessed Frédéric Ozanam Saint of the Day for September 7 (April 23, […]