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Bl. Salvi Huix Miralpeix
Born: 22 December 1877 in Santa Margarida de Vallors, Girona, Spain Died: shot in the head on the morning of 5 August 1936 in a cemetery in Lleida, Spain Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis Born to a pious and fairly wealthy family. Known for his hard work as a student and seminarian, and […]
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St. Sebastian
Died: c. AD 288 Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy Anglicanism Aglipayan Church Major shrine: St. Andrew’s Basilica, Arthunkal India Feast: January 20 (Roman Catholic), December 18 (Orthodox) Patronage: Soldiers, plague-stricken, archers, holy Christian death, athletes, Negombo, Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarlac, Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacolod Saint Sebastian (died c. AD 288) was […]
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Bl. Stephanie Quinzani
Born: 1457 Brescia, Italy Died: 2 January 1530 Soncino, Cremona, Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Dominican Order) Beatified: 14 December 1740 by Pope Benedict XIV Major shrine: Convent of the Dominican Tertiary Sisters Soncino, Cremona, Italy Feast: 3 January Patronage theologians Blessed Stephanie was born near Brescia, Italy, in 1457, of fervent Christian parents. […]
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St. Sava
Born: 1176 as Rastko Nemanjic Died: 14 January 1235 at Tirnovo, Bulgaria of natural causes Patronage: Serbia, Serbs Prince of Serbia, the son of King Stephen I Nemanya. He took the name Sava (Sabas) when he became a monk at Mount Athos. His father later surrendered his crown and became a monk, too, and together […]
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St. Severinus of Noricum
Born: c. 410 Southern Italy or Africa, Western Roman Empire Died: 8 January 482 Favianae, Noricum, Kingdom of Odoacer (today by Mautern an der Donau) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Major shrine: Abbey of San Severino, Naples, Italy Feast: 8 January Patronage Noricum (modern Austria); San Severo, Italy; Striano, Italy Severinus of […]
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St. Sabinus and his Companions
When the cruel edicts of Diocletian and Maximin Hercules were published against the Christians in the year 303, it required more than ordinary force in the bishops and clergy, to encourage the people to undergo martyrdom rather than apostatize. All were forbidden even to draw water or grind wheat, if they would not first incense […]
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St. Sylvester
Saint Sylvester was born in Rome. When he reached the age to dispose of his fortune, he took pleasure in giving hospitality to Christians passing through the city. He would take them with him, wash their feet, serve them at table, and in sum give them in the name of Christ, all the care that […]
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St. Sabino of Spoleto
Born: 3rd century AD Died: c. 300 AD Spoletium, Roman Umbria (modern-day Spoleto, Umbria, Italy) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Canonized: Pre-Congregation Feast: 7 December Saint Sabinus of Spoleto (died c. 300) was a Bishop in the Christian church who resisted the persecutions of Diocletian and was martyred. According to legend, Venustian, governor of Etruria […]
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St. Sabbas of Mar Saba
Born: 439 at Motalala, Cappadocia Died: 532 of natural causes, relics enshrined in Venice, Italy Spiritual student of Saint Euthymius the Great at age 20. Anchorite from age 30, living in a cave, devoting himself to prayer and manual labor. He wove ten willow baskets each day. On Saturday he would take them to the […]
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St. Saturninus of Toulouse
Born: third century Patras, Greece Died: c. 257 AD Toulouse, Gaul (modern-day France) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Canonized: Pre-Congregation Major shrine: Basilique St-Sernin, Toulouse Feast: 29 November Patronage: Toulouse, France Saint Saturnin of Toulouse with a feast day entered for 29 November, was one of the “Apostles to the Gauls” sent […]
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