Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: December 23

On December 23, the church around the world remembers 11 saints and blesseds, including Dagobert II, Ivo of Chartres, John Cantius.

Remembered on December 23

Dagobert IIsaint
652 to 679 · Francia
Ivo of Chartressaint
1040 to 1116 · Kingdom of France
John Cantiussaint
1390 to 1474 · Kingdom of Poland
Michael Blagievskysaint
1874 to 1937
Saint Thorlaksaint
1133 to 1193 · Iceland
Nicolás Factorblessed
1520 to 1583 · Crown of Aragon
Frei Galvãothaumaturge
1739 to 1822 · Brazil
Gabriel of Beth Qustanthaumaturge
574 to 668
Hartmann von BrixenThe Venerable
1090 to 1164 · Germany
Princess Louise Marie of FranceVenerable
1737 to 1787 · France
Saint Naumthaumaturge
830 to 910

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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