Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: November 16

On November 16, the church around the world remembers 8 saints and blesseds, including Agnes of Assisi, Alfonso Rodríguez Olmedo, Edmund of Abingdon.

Remembered on November 16

Agnes of Assisisaint
1197 to 1253
Alfonso Rodríguez Olmedosaint
1599 to 1628 · Spain
Edmund of Abingdoncanonized saint
1174 to 1240 · Kingdom of England
Philoumenos of Jacob's Wellsaint
1913 to 1979 · Cyprus
Saint Margaret of Scotlandsaint
1045 to 1093 · Kingdom of Scotland
Ælfric of Abingdonsaint
901 to 1005 · Kingdom of England
Mother Veronica of the PassionThe Venerable
1823 to 1906 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Pedro LandetaVenerable
1887 to 1963 · Spain

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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