Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: December 5

On December 5, the church around the world remembers 11 saints and blesseds, including Crispina, Gerald of Braga, John Almond.

Remembered on December 5

Crispinasaint
300 to 304 · Ancient Rome
Gerald of Bragacanonized saint
1050 to 1108 · Kingdom of Galicia
John AlmondCatholic saint
1577 to 1612 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
PelinusCatholic saint
620 to 662
Saint Savvas the Sanctifiedsaint
439 to 532 · Byzantine Empire
Bassus of Lucerahieromartyr
? to 118 · Ancient Rome
Bassus of Nicehieromartyr
Ancient Rome
Dalmatius of Paviahieromartyr
? to 304
Bartolomeo Fantiblessed
1423 to 1495
Nicolas Stenoblessed
1638 to 1686 · Kingdom of Denmark
Jean-Baptiste FouqueVenerable
1851 to 1926 · 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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