Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: January 18

On January 18, the church around the world remembers 9 saints and blesseds, including Deicolus, Margaret of Hungary, Saint Prisca.

Remembered on January 18

Deicolussaint
530 to 625
Margaret of Hungarysaint
1242 to 1270 · Hungary
Saint Priscasaint
100 to 269 · Ancient Rome
Volusianus of Tourssaint
401 to 498
Đorđe Brankovićsaint
1462 to 1516
Charlemagneblessed
748 to 814 · Francia
Félicité Pricetblessed
1745 to 1794 · France
Maria Teresa FasceThe Venerable
1881 to 1947 · Kingdom of Italy
Mattia CiccarelliThe Venerable
1480 to 1543

January 18 at a glance

Saints and blesseds remembered9
How the church names them5 saint, 2 blessed, 2 the venerable
Countries in the recordAncient Rome, France, Francia, Hungary, Kingdom of Italy
Earliest death in the recordyear 269
Latest death in the recordyear 1947
Earliest birth in the recordyear 100
With a Wikipedia article9 of 9

Questions people ask

Which countries are connected with the saints remembered on January 18?

The records name 5 countries: Ancient Rome, France, Francia, Hungary, Kingdom of Italy.

How does the church describe the people remembered on January 18?

In the Wikidata record, 5 saint, 2 blessed, 2 the venerable. Titles differ between the Catholic, Orthodox and other calendars.

When did the saints of January 18 die?

Where a year is recorded, they died between the years 269 and 1947.

Is every saint of January 18 listed here?

No. This page follows one freely licensed record, and many traditions keep more names than any single record holds. If you know a saint who belongs here, write to support@living-bread.org and we will check it against a source.

Pray this

Father, you are already present in January 18, before any of us arrive. We bring you Deicolus, Margaret of Hungary, Saint Prisca, Ancient Rome. Let your Body in that place love one another and be one. In the name of Jesus, amen.

Live this

Take one step this week.

  1. Choose one name from January 18 and read what is recorded about their life.
  2. Ask a friend which Christian, living or gone, first showed them what faith looks like.
  3. Thank God by name for one person whose faith made yours easier.

Where this fits in the walk with Christ

Christ meets people in a place, and then walks on with them. Here are doors that walk on.

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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Sources: saint records and feast days from Wikidata and Wikipedia, both freely licensed. If you find an error, email support@living-bread.org and we will correct it.