#SaintoftheDay is Thomas a Becket, known turbulent priest.
December 29, 2024 at 11:38 AM
#SaintoftheDay is Thomas a Becket, known turbulent priest.
#SaintoftheDay is Anastasia of Sirmium. Pray to her and she'll exorcise spirits and cure poisons. High value saint.
December 22, 2024 at 10:42 AM
#SaintoftheDay is Anastasia of Sirmium. Pray to her and she'll exorcise spirits and cure poisons. High value saint.
#SaintoftheDay is James Intercisus, who was cut to pieces. Lol, that rhymes.
November 27, 2024 at 9:03 AM
#SaintoftheDay is James Intercisus, who was cut to pieces. Lol, that rhymes.
#SaintoftheDay is Hilda of Whitby, who was frequently sought out by the kings of 7th century Britain's warring Saxon realms for her sage advice and counsel. Pretty unique individual.
November 17, 2024 at 9:24 AM
#SaintoftheDay is Hilda of Whitby, who was frequently sought out by the kings of 7th century Britain's warring Saxon realms for her sage advice and counsel. Pretty unique individual.
#SaintoftheDay is Hugh of Lincoln, who is almost always depicted with his best friend, a swan, whom he raised from a cygnet.
November 16, 2024 at 7:57 AM
#SaintoftheDay is Hugh of Lincoln, who is almost always depicted with his best friend, a swan, whom he raised from a cygnet.
#SaintoftheDay is Themistocles, who was beheaded after refusing to give up another believer in the midst of Roman persecutions. Solid.
December 21, 2024 at 10:11 AM
#SaintoftheDay is Themistocles, who was beheaded after refusing to give up another believer in the midst of Roman persecutions. Solid.
#SaintoftheDay is Corentin of Quimper, who supposedly had a magic fish who'd feed himself little bits of it each day (they grew back).
December 12, 2024 at 9:19 AM
#SaintoftheDay is Corentin of Quimper, who supposedly had a magic fish who'd feed himself little bits of it each day (they grew back).
#SaintoftheDay is Emiliana, who prayed so hard and so often, her elbows and knees were found to heavily calloused upon her passing.
December 24, 2024 at 10:53 PM
#SaintoftheDay is Emiliana, who prayed so hard and so often, her elbows and knees were found to heavily calloused upon her passing.
#SaintoftheDay is Dominic of Silos, a Spanish monk who, if you believe the stories, freed slaves from the Arabs and interceded to help women get pregnant. What a guy.
December 20, 2024 at 12:06 PM
#SaintoftheDay is Dominic of Silos, a Spanish monk who, if you believe the stories, freed slaves from the Arabs and interceded to help women get pregnant. What a guy.
#SaintoftheDay is Barbara, patron saint of everyone working with explosives.
That's because her father, who had just carried out her martyrdom, was turned into a fine red mist by a particularly powerful bolt of lightning.
That's because her father, who had just carried out her martyrdom, was turned into a fine red mist by a particularly powerful bolt of lightning.
December 4, 2024 at 8:15 AM
#SaintoftheDay is Barbara, patron saint of everyone working with explosives.
That's because her father, who had just carried out her martyrdom, was turned into a fine red mist by a particularly powerful bolt of lightning.
That's because her father, who had just carried out her martyrdom, was turned into a fine red mist by a particularly powerful bolt of lightning.
#SaintoftheDay is Lucy, who is always depicted with a sword in her neck (because that's how she died), or holding a pair of eyes (because she lost hers somehow, depending on the story). Grim.
December 13, 2024 at 7:58 AM
#SaintoftheDay is Lucy, who is always depicted with a sword in her neck (because that's how she died), or holding a pair of eyes (because she lost hers somehow, depending on the story). Grim.
#SaintoftheDay is Saint Euphrosyne of Alexandria, who if you believe the stories, spent most of her life dressed as a monk - only revealing her birth sex on her deathbed.
January 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
#SaintoftheDay is Saint Euphrosyne of Alexandria, who if you believe the stories, spent most of her life dressed as a monk - only revealing her birth sex on her deathbed.
#SaintoftheDay is Columba of Sens, who apparently had a she-bear protecting her from those nasty Romans.
December 31, 2024 at 12:32 PM
#SaintoftheDay is Columba of Sens, who apparently had a she-bear protecting her from those nasty Romans.
#SaintoftheDay is Nicasius of Rheims, who bought some time for his flock to escape the Huns. He lost his head.
In the unlikely event you get smallpox, he's also the one to pray to. After informing the authorities.
In the unlikely event you get smallpox, he's also the one to pray to. After informing the authorities.
December 14, 2024 at 12:35 PM
#SaintoftheDay is Nicasius of Rheims, who bought some time for his flock to escape the Huns. He lost his head.
In the unlikely event you get smallpox, he's also the one to pray to. After informing the authorities.
In the unlikely event you get smallpox, he's also the one to pray to. After informing the authorities.
#SaintoftheDay is Eligius, who supposedly amputated part of the leg of a horse, pulled out a demon which had been possessing it, and reattached the limb.
Who writes this stuff?
Who writes this stuff?
December 1, 2024 at 12:21 PM
#SaintoftheDay is Eligius, who supposedly amputated part of the leg of a horse, pulled out a demon which had been possessing it, and reattached the limb.
Who writes this stuff?
Who writes this stuff?
#SaintoftheDay is Nemesius, who was flame-grilled after being denounced as a Christian. In Alexandria.
December 19, 2024 at 8:44 AM
#SaintoftheDay is Nemesius, who was flame-grilled after being denounced as a Christian. In Alexandria.
#SaintoftheDay is Bibiana, patron saint of hangovers.
I thought it was because she was martyred by being beat around the head in a particularly severe way, but apparently it's because her name sounds like 'drinking' in Spanish. #BadEurope
I thought it was because she was martyred by being beat around the head in a particularly severe way, but apparently it's because her name sounds like 'drinking' in Spanish. #BadEurope
December 2, 2024 at 11:28 AM
#SaintoftheDay is Bibiana, patron saint of hangovers.
I thought it was because she was martyred by being beat around the head in a particularly severe way, but apparently it's because her name sounds like 'drinking' in Spanish. #BadEurope
I thought it was because she was martyred by being beat around the head in a particularly severe way, but apparently it's because her name sounds like 'drinking' in Spanish. #BadEurope
#SaintoftheDay is Fabiola, a Roman who escaped an awful marriage to found a hospital for pilgrims coming to Rome in the fourth century. She was also great buddies with Saint Jerome, who translated the Bible into Latin.
December 27, 2024 at 10:09 AM
#SaintoftheDay is Fabiola, a Roman who escaped an awful marriage to found a hospital for pilgrims coming to Rome in the fourth century. She was also great buddies with Saint Jerome, who translated the Bible into Latin.
#SaintoftheDay is Alypius, who supposedly spent 53 years standing on a pillar - this was a thing in the early mediaeval period, believe it or not. Such ascetics were known as stylites.
November 26, 2024 at 8:27 AM
#SaintoftheDay is Alypius, who supposedly spent 53 years standing on a pillar - this was a thing in the early mediaeval period, believe it or not. Such ascetics were known as stylites.
#SaintoftheDay is St Homobonus, an Italian businessman from Cremona, known for his scrupulous honesty, his works of charity and the ability to turn water into wine.
They don't make 'em like they used to.
They don't make 'em like they used to.
November 13, 2024 at 12:11 PM
#SaintoftheDay is St Homobonus, an Italian businessman from Cremona, known for his scrupulous honesty, his works of charity and the ability to turn water into wine.
They don't make 'em like they used to.
They don't make 'em like they used to.
#SaintoftheDay is, of course, Nicholas of Myra, THE proto-Santa Claus, who became bishop after wandering into a church to pray. Talk about a plot twist.
There's many miracles attributed to him, but the most... vivid involves him resurrecting three children a butcher was trying to pass off as ham.
There's many miracles attributed to him, but the most... vivid involves him resurrecting three children a butcher was trying to pass off as ham.
December 6, 2024 at 11:23 AM
#SaintoftheDay is, of course, Nicholas of Myra, THE proto-Santa Claus, who became bishop after wandering into a church to pray. Talk about a plot twist.
There's many miracles attributed to him, but the most... vivid involves him resurrecting three children a butcher was trying to pass off as ham.
There's many miracles attributed to him, but the most... vivid involves him resurrecting three children a butcher was trying to pass off as ham.
Saint Godric of Finchale was an English merchant turned hermit who found holiness in solitude by the Ricer Wear. He heard the wild #whimper of the world and answered not with noise, but silence, and prayer. Even kings sought his counsel. A saint of stillness in a clamorous age #SaintOfTheDay #vss365
May 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Saint Godric of Finchale was an English merchant turned hermit who found holiness in solitude by the Ricer Wear. He heard the wild #whimper of the world and answered not with noise, but silence, and prayer. Even kings sought his counsel. A saint of stillness in a clamorous age #SaintOfTheDay #vss365
July 25, St James with his pilgrim's staff and characteristically Christ-like face.
Detail from an altarpiece by Ghirlandaio, 1493, the year before the painter died at age 45.
Galleria dell'Accademia
#Painting #SaintOfTheDay
Detail from an altarpiece by Ghirlandaio, 1493, the year before the painter died at age 45.
Galleria dell'Accademia
#Painting #SaintOfTheDay
July 25, 2026 at 4:10 AM
July 25, St James with his pilgrim's staff and characteristically Christ-like face.
Detail from an altarpiece by Ghirlandaio, 1493, the year before the painter died at age 45.
Galleria dell'Accademia
#Painting #SaintOfTheDay
Detail from an altarpiece by Ghirlandaio, 1493, the year before the painter died at age 45.
Galleria dell'Accademia
#Painting #SaintOfTheDay
#SaintoftheDay is Simon the Athonite, a Greek hermit of the 13th century who established a very precariously located monastery, up Mount Athos.
His nickname is 'Myrhh-gusher', as his bones were supposed to issue the perfume.
What a moniker.
His nickname is 'Myrhh-gusher', as his bones were supposed to issue the perfume.
What a moniker.
December 28, 2024 at 11:01 AM
#SaintoftheDay is Simon the Athonite, a Greek hermit of the 13th century who established a very precariously located monastery, up Mount Athos.
His nickname is 'Myrhh-gusher', as his bones were supposed to issue the perfume.
What a moniker.
His nickname is 'Myrhh-gusher', as his bones were supposed to issue the perfume.
What a moniker.
#SaintoftheDay is Liberalis of Brice, who retreated from society to become a hermit and was promptly declared a bishop. Some people just can't win.
November 21, 2024 at 8:12 AM
#SaintoftheDay is Liberalis of Brice, who retreated from society to become a hermit and was promptly declared a bishop. Some people just can't win.