The Martyrdom of St Agatha by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Born – 231
Martyred – 251
Feast Day – February 5th.
Saint Peter Healing Agatha, by the Caravaggio-follower Giovanni Lanfranco, ca 1614
Tag: Saints in Art
St. Vincent of Saragossa
St Vincent of Saragossa
Feast Day January 22, 2016
Born 3rd Century
Died 304
St Agnes of Rome
St Agnes of Rome
Virgin Martyr
Born 291 – Died 304
Feast Day January 21.
Images: St Agnes by Corrado Giaquinto and St Agnes of Rome by Domenichino
St John Neumann
Born: March 28, 1811
Died: January 5, 1860
Feast Day: January 5th
“As Christ has His work, we too have ours; as He rejoiced to do His work, we must rejoice in ours also.” ~St John Neumann
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Portrait of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – The Filicchi Portrait
Born: August 28, 1774
Died: January 4, 1821
Feast Day: January 4th
The first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized.
“The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills it; and thirdly to do it because it is his will. -St. Elizabeth Ann Seton “
St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nazianzus
St Basil the Great ~ Born 329 Died 379 ~ Feast Day January 2nd.
“Troubles are usually the brooms and shovels that smooth the road to a good man’s fortune; and many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away hunger.” + St. Basil the Great
St Gregory of Nazianzus ~ Born 329 Died 390 ~ Feast Day January 2nd.
Let us treasure up in our soul some of those things which are permanent – not of those which will forsake us and be destroyed, and which only tickle our senses for a little while.
+ Gregory of Nazianzus
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