Previous Episodes of Saint of the Day

Feb 23 – St Polycarp

Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey), disciple of St. John the Apostle and friend of St. Ignatius of Antioch was a revered Christian leader more »

Feb 22 – The Chair of St Peter

This feast commemorates Christ’s choosing Peter to sit in his place as the servant-authority of the whole Church.

Feb 21 – St Peter Damian

Saint Peter Damian, O.S.B. was a reforming monk in the circle of Pope Gregory VII and a cardinal. In 1823, he was declared a Doctor of the Church. Dante placed more »

Feb 20 – Bl Jacinta and Francisco

Between May 13 and October 13, 1917, three children, Portuguese shepherds from Aljustrel, received apparitions of Our Lady at Cova da Iria, near Fatima, a more »

Feb 19 – St Conrad of Piacenza

Saint Conrad (1290 – February 19, 1351) was a noble-born Piacenzan hermit of the Third Order of St. Francis.

Feb 18 – Bl John of Fiesole

The patron of Christian artists was born around 1400 in a village overlooking Florence.

Feb 17 – 7 Founders of the Servites

In 1240 seven noblemen of Florence mutually decided to withdraw from the city to a solitary place for prayer and direct service of God.Listen Now

Feb 16 – St Gilbert

When his parents died in 1130, Gilbert returned to England and began to spend his inheritance by founding Benedictine and Augustinian monasteries, and by providing for the poor… Listen Now

St Berard and Companions

Protomartyrs of the Franciscan Order.

Saint Berard was born in Carbio, Italy, and when he reached the appropriate age, joined the Franciscan Order under the direction of Saint Francis, himself. more »

Feb 15 – St Claude de Colombiere

The Jesuit Priest St. Claude de la Colombière was the first to believe in the mystical revelations of the Sacred Heart given to St. Margaret more »