Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: May 16

On May 16, the church around the world remembers 13 saints and blesseds, including Abdas of Susa, Andrzej Bobola, Brendan the Navigator.

Remembered on May 16

Abdas of Susasaint
400 to 418 · Sasanian Empire
Andrzej Bobolasaint
1591 to 1657 · Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Brendan the Navigatorsaint
486 to 577 · Hibernia
Carantocsaint
Wales
Germeriussaint
Honoratus of Amienssaint
600 to 600
Peregrine of Auxerresaint
300 to 270 · Ancient Rome
Possidius of Calamasaint
370 to 437
Saint Genssaint
1104 to 1127 · County of Provence
Simon Stocksaint
1164 to 1265 · Kingdom of England
Ubaldsaint
1084 to 1160
Vladimir Ghikablessed
1873 to 1954 · Romania
Grégoire-Pierre AgagianianServant of God
1895 to 1971

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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