Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: October 26

On October 26, the church around the world remembers 9 saints and blesseds, including Alfred the Great, Amand de Strasbourg, Cedd.

Remembered on October 26

Alfred the Greatsaint
849 to 899 · Kingdom of Wessex
Amand de Strasbourgsaint
290 to 355 · Ancient Rome
Ceddsaint
620 to 664 · Kingdom of Northumbria
Demetrius of Thessalonikisaint
300 to 306
Eadfrith of LeominsterCatholic saint
Gwynnosaint
600 to ?
José Gregorio Hernándezcanonized saint
1864 to 1919 · Venezuela
Rusticus of NarbonneCatholic saint
301 to 461
Witta of BüraburgCatholic saint
700 to 760 · Kingdom of Wessex

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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