Saint of the Day: St. Cloud, 522-560; heir to the Frankish throne, but deposed by his uncle; put himself under the discipline of St. Severinus, a recluse who lived near Paris; Cloud instructed the people of the neighboring country
St. Eleutherius; Sixth Century abbot of St. Mark's near Spoleto, favored with the gift of miracles; delivered one child from possession; prayed for the health of Pope St. Gregory the Great, who was then able to fast on Easter Eve; it's also said that he raised a dead man to life; died in St. Andrew's monastery in Rome, 585 A.D.
Saint of the Day: St. Teresa of Calcutta, 1910-1997; born to Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia; entered the Loreto Sisters of Dublin in 1928; discerned a "call within a call" in 1946 to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them; worked tirelessly for the poor in Calcutta for four decades; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, 540-604; elected pope at the age of 50; removed unworthy priests, forbade taking money for many services, and emptied the papal treasury to ransom prisoners of the Lombards and to care for persecuted Jews and victims of plague and famine; known for his reform of the liturgy
Saint of the Day: St. Ingrid of Sweden; born in the 13th Century, the first Dominican nun in Sweden; founded the first Dominican cloister in the country; died in 1282, and miracles through her intercession led to a popular cult of Ingrid, which ended at the Reformation, when her convent and relics were destroyed
Saint of the Day: St. Giles, 650-724; Athenian of noble birth; sailed for France, seeking solitude; conversed only with God for many years; admitted several disciples, and founded a monastery
Saint of the Day: St. Aidan of Lindisfarne; born in Ireland, asked by King Oswald of Northumbria to serve as bishop of Lindisfarne; known for his knowledge of scripture, learning, eloquent preaching, holiness, distaste for pomp, kindness to the poor, and miracles
Saint of the Day: St. Jeanne Jugan, 1792-1879; born in France, during the French Revolution; at 15, became a kitchen maid for family that also cared for poor, elderly people nearby; formed an association with other women, and began the Little Sisters of the Poor; by the time of her death, there were 2,400 Little Sisters of the Poor
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