Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: April 4

On April 4, the church around the world remembers 10 saints and blesseds, including Alèthe, Benedict the Moor, Francisco Marto.

Remembered on April 4

Alèthesaint
1070 to 1107
Benedict the Moorsaint
1526 to 1589 · Ethiopia
Francisco Martocanonized saint
1908 to 1919 · Portugal
Gaetano Catanososaint
1879 to 1963 · Kingdom of Italy
Isidore of Sevillesaint
560 to 636 · Kingdom of Toledo
Tigernach of Clonessaint
? to 549
Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmetblessed
1818 to 1894 · Kingdom of Italy
Maurus Xaverius Herbstblessed
1701 to 1757
Plato of SakkoudionThe Venerable
740 to 814 · Byzantine Empire
Zosimas of PalestineThe Venerable
460 to 560 · Byzantine Empire

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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