Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: March 5

On March 5, the church around the world remembers 13 saints and blesseds, including Adrian of Batanea, Carthage the Elder, Ciarán of Saigir.

Remembered on March 5

Adrian of Bataneasaint
250 to 309
Carthage the Eldersaint
500 to 600
Ciarán of Saigirsaint
500 to 530 · Kingdom of Ossory
Cononsaint
201 to 250
Saint Framboldsaint
Theophilus of Caesareasaint
200 to 195 · Ancient Rome
Virgilius of Arlessaint
600 to 610
Jeremiah of Wallachiablessed
1556 to 1625
Lazër Shantojablessed
1892 to 1945 · Ottoman Empire
Ugo Panzierablessed
1260 to 1330
Gerasimus of the Jordanthaumaturge
500 to 475 · Byzantine Empire
Saint Piranthaumaturge
Yaroslav the WiseRight-Believing
978 to 1054 · Kievan Rus'

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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