Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: May 5

On May 5, the church around the world remembers 13 saints and blesseds, including Aventinus of Tours, Britto von Trier, Gerontius.

Remembered on May 5

Aventinus of Tourssaint
? to 1180 · France
Britto von Triersaint
400 to 380
GerontiusCatholic saint
400 to 465
Gotthard of Hildesheimcanonized saint
960 to 1038 · Germany
Hilary of Arlessaint
401 to 449 · Ancient Rome
Jutta of Kulmseesaint
1200 to 1260 · Holy Roman Empire
Maurontius of Douaisaint
634 to ?
Maximus of Jerusalemsaint
? to 350
Nunzio Sulpriziosaint
1817 to 1836
Sacerdos of LimogesCatholic saint
670 to 720 · France
Caterina Cittadiniblessed
1801 to 1857
Edmund Ignatius Riceblessed
1762 to 1844 · Ireland
Ephraim of Nea MakriReverend Martyr
1384 to 1426

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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