Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: April 16

On April 16, the church around the world remembers 10 saints and blesseds, including Benedict Joseph Labre, Bernadette Soubirous, Fructuosus of Braga.

Remembered on April 16

Benedict Joseph Labresaint
1748 to 1783 · France
Bernadette Soubirouscanonized saint
1844 to 1879 · France
Fructuosus of Bragasaint
601 to 665 · Kingdom of Toledo
Paul of Kolomnasaint
1600 to 1656
Saint Contardo of Estesaint
1216 to 1249
Turibius of Astorgasaint
402 to 460 · Visigothic Kingdom of Tolosa
Arcangelo Canetoliblessed
1460 to 1513
Joachim Piccolominiblessed
1258 to 1306
Isabella GilmoreAnglican saint
1842 to 1923 · United Kingdom
Saint Drogothaumaturge
1105 to 1186 · France

A great cloud of witnesses

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,Hebrews 12:1 (KJV)

What is a saint's feast day?

A feast day is the day the church gives thanks for a particular Christian and remembers their life and witness. Christians honor the saints not as objects of worship, which belongs to God alone, but as brothers and sisters who ran the race before us and now cheer us on. Traditions differ on how the saints are honored, and the same saint is sometimes remembered on different days in the Catholic, Orthodox, and other calendars; the dates here follow the record kept on Wikidata.

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