Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: February 4

On February 4, the church around the world remembers 13 saints and blesseds, including Catherine of Ricci, Gilbert of Limerick, Gilbert of Sempringham.

Remembered on February 4

Catherine of Riccisaint
1522 to 1590
Gilbert of Limerickcanonized saint
1070 to 1145 · Gaelic Ireland
Gilbert of Sempringhamsaint
1083 to 1189 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Isidore of Pelusiumsaint
370 to 440 · Byzantine Empire
Joan of Valoissaint
1464 to 1505 · France
John de BritoCatholic saint
1647 to 1693 · Kingdom of Portugal
Joseph of Leonessasaint
1556 to 1612
Rabanus Maurussaint
784 to 856 · Carolingian Empire
Saint Veronicasaint
1 to 1
Theophilus of AdanaCatholic saint
? to 538 · Byzantine Empire
Charles Spinolablessed
1564 to 1622
Eduardo Francisco Pironioblessed
1920 to 1998 · Argentina
Marie-Eugène de l'Enfant-Jésusblessed
1894 to 1967 · 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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