Category Archives: Saint of the Day

Feast of St. Juan of Capistrano

Feast of St. Juan of Capistrano, Franciscan friar, preacher, Soldier Saint. In 1456 at age 70, he led a crusade against the invading Ottoman Empire at the siege of Belgrade. Patron of Jurists and military chaplains, the namesake of the Franciscan mission San Juan de Capistrano.

Feast of St. John of Bridlington

Feast of St. John of Bridlington, novice master, almsgiver, preacher, sub-prior, Canon and Prior – Augustinian Canons Regular community of the Priory of Bridlington. Last English saint canonized before the English Reformation. Patron of fishermen and women in difficult labor.

Feast of St. Jean de Brebeuf

Feast of St. Jean de Brebeuf, Jesuit missionary in New France, martyred by Iroquois. He was canonized with Jérôme Lalemant and six other Jesuits who were killed in New France (collectively called the Canadian Martyrs or North American Martyrs) in 1930. Patron saint of Canada.