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Saint Gregory Nazianzen Saint of the Day for January 14 (c. 325 – c. 390) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Gregory Nazianzen’s Story After his baptism at 30, Gregory gladly […]

Saint Paul the Hermit Saint of the Day for January 15 (c. 233 – c. 345) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint  Paul the Hermit’s Story It is unclear what […]

Saint Berard and Companions Saint of the Day for January 16 (d. January 16, 1220) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Berard and Companions’ Story Preaching the gospel is often dangerous […]

Saint Anthony of Egypt (Saint Anthony the Abbot) Saint of the Day for January 17 (251 – 356) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Anthony of Egypt’s Story The life of Anthony will remind many people of St. Francis of Assisi. At 20, Anthony was so moved by the Gospel message, “Go, sell what […]

Saint Charles of Sezze Saint of the Day for January 18 (October 19, 1613 – January 6, 1670) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Charles of Sezze’s Story Charles thought that God was calling him to be a missionary in India, but he never got there. God had something better for this 17th-century successor to […]

Saint Fabian Saint of the Day for January 19 (c. 200 – January 20, 250) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Fabian’s Story Fabian was a Roman layman who came into the city from his farm one day as clergy and people were preparing to elect a new pope. Eusebius, a Church historian, says a dove […]

Saint Sebastian Saint of the Day for January 20 (c. 256 –  January 20, 287) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Sebastian’s Story Almost nothing is historically certain about Sebastian except that he was a Roman martyr, was venerated in Milan even in the time of Saint Ambrose and was buried on the Appian Way, probably […]

Saint Agnes Saint of the Day for January 21 (d. c. 258) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Agnes’ Story Almost nothing is known of this saint except that she was very young—12 or 13—when she was martyred in the last half of the third century. Various modes of death have been suggested—beheading, burning, strangling. […]

Saint Vincent of Zaragossa Saint of the Day for January 22 (d. c. 304) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Vincent of Zaragossa’s Story Most of what we know about this saint comes from the poet Prudentius. His Acts have been rather freely colored by the imagination of their compiler. But Saint Augustine, in one of his sermons on […]

Saint Marianne Cope Saint of the Day for January 23 (January 23, 1838 – August 9, 1918) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Marianne Cope’s Story Though leprosy scared off most people in 19th-century Hawaii, that disease sparked great generosity in the woman who came to be known as Mother Marianne of Molokai. Her […]