All posts tagged: Saints

October 28 – St. Simon and St. Jude, Apostles – Jude is so named by Luke and Acts. Matthew and Mark call him Thaddeus. He is not […]

October 27 -St. Frumentius, Bishop – Amharic ABBA SALAMA (fl. 4th century), Syrian who introduced Christianity into Ethiopia. As first bishop of its ancient capital, Aksum, he […]

October 23, St. James of Jerusalem, Martyr – James of Jerusalem is referred to in the New Testament as the brother of Our Lord Jesus Christ. He […]

October 18 – St. Luke, Evangelist – Luke (Ancient Greek: Λουκᾶς, Loukás) was an Early Christian writer who the Church Fathers such as Jerome and Eusebius said […]

October 17 – St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, surnamed Theophorus, which in Greek means “God-Bearer,” (ca. 35 or 50-between 98 and 117), was probably a convert and […]

September 30 – St. Jerome, translator and teacher. He is known as the 4th-5th century scholar who translated the Bible into the language ordinary people could read. […]

September 29 St. Michael & All Angels – Also the Feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel, & Raphael, or Michaelmas, a day in the Western Christian calendar. Because […]

September 27 – St. Vincent DePaul – 24 April 1581–27 September 1660 – born in Pouy, Landes, Gascony, France, was a priest of the Catholic Church who […]

August 29 – Beheading of St. John the Baptist – The biblical account portrays the beheading of Saint John the Baptist by Herod Antipas. According to the […]