Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: February 23

On February 23, the church around the world remembers 10 saints and blesseds, including Gorgonia, Jurmin, Mildburh.

Remembered on February 23

Gorgoniasaint
350 to 372
Jurminsaint
Mildburhsaint
? to 715 · Kingdom of Mercia
Serenus the Gardenersaint
250 to 302
Willigissaint
940 to 1011 · Germany
Polycarphieromartyr
70 to 155
Giovannina Franchiblessed
1807 to 1872 · Kingdom of Italy
Giuseppina Vanniniblessed
1859 to 1911 · Kingdom of Italy
Rafaela Ybarra de Vilallongablessed
1843 to 1900 · Spain
Stefan Wincenty Frelichowskiblessed
1913 to 1945 · Poland

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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