Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: December 16

On December 16, the church around the world remembers 11 saints and blesseds, including Adelaide of Italy, Ado of Vienne, Albina of Caesarea.

Remembered on December 16

Adelaide of Italysaint
931 to 999 · Kingdom of Burgundy
Ado of Viennesaint
800 to 875 · Carolingian Empire
Albina of Caesareasaint
238 to 250 · Ancient Rome
Eberhard of Friulisaint
810 to 866 · Republic of Venice
Haggaisaint
-550 to ?
Nicholas II of Constantinoplesaint
? to 992 · Byzantine Empire
Saint Flavitussaint
? to 630
Theophano Martiniakesaint
866 to 897 · Byzantine Empire
Marie des Angesblessed
1661 to 1717 · Kingdom of Sardinia
Martyrs of Laosblessed
Sebastian Maggiblessed
1414 to 1496

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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