Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: October 23

On October 23, the church around the world remembers 10 saints and blesseds, including John of Capistrano, Saint Oda, Seven Sleepers.

Remembered on October 23

John of Capistranocanonized saint
1386 to 1456 · Kingdom of Naples
Saint Odasaint
680 to 726
Seven Sleeperssaint
? to 387
Severin of Colognecanonized saint
400 to 403 · Ancient Rome
Arnoldo Rècheblessed
1838 to 1890 · France
Giovannangelo Porroblessed
1451 to 1505
Josephine Lerouxblessed
1747 to 1794
Ambrose of Optinathaumaturge
1812 to 1891 · Russian Empire
Augustine John UkkenVenerable
1880 to 1956 · Dominion of India
Ignatius of Constantinopleprelate
797 to 877 · Byzantine Empire

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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