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Saints List: January
Colors of the Season
Colors of the Season
January
What do liturgical colors mean?
Saint Domenico di Sora
Solemnity of Mary
the Holy Mother of God
Solemnity of Mary
the Holy Mother of God
January 1
Saint Basil the Great
Saint Basil the Great
January 2
The Most Holy Name of Jesus
The Most Holy Name of Jesus
January 3
Saint Genevieve
Saint Genevieve
January 3
Patron Saint of Paris
The girl who stopped Attila and his army of Huns,
“Defender of Paris.”
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
January 4
Patron Saint of
in-law problems,
against the death of children, widows,
death of parents, and
opposition of Church authorities
Saint John Neumann
Saint John Neumann
January 5
Patron Saint
of Catholic Education
The Eve of the Epiphany
The Eve of the Epiphany
January 5
The night La Befana
arrives in Italy!
The Epiphany
The Epiphany, Three Kings Day, & the start of Mardi Gras
January 6
More Epiphany Traditions!
More Epiphany Traditions!
January 6
Saint Andre Bessette
Saint Andre Bessette
January 6
Saint Raymond of Penafort
Saint Raymond
of Penafort
January 7
Patron Saint of Canonists
Saint Thorfinn Of Hamar
Saint Thorfinn
Of Hamar
January 8
The Baptism of the Lord
The Baptism of the Lord: Christification
January 8
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
January 10
Saint Theodosius the Cenobiarch
Saint Theodosius
the Cenobiarch
January 11
Saint Tatiana
Saint Tatiana
January 12
Patron Saint of Students
Saint Hilary
Saint Hilary
January 13
Patron Saint of Lawyers
Saint Ita
Saint Ita
January 15
Patron Saint of
Roman Catholic Diocese
of Limerick, Ireland, Killeedy, Ireland
Saint Anthony the Abbot
Saint Anthony the Abbot,
The Great,
The Father of Monks
January 17
Patron Saint of animals...
Saint Margaret of Hungary
Saint Margaret
of Hungary
January 18
Saint Wulfstan
Saint Wulfstan
January 19
Patron Saint of vegetarians and dieters
Saint Sebastian
Saint Sebastian
January 20
Patron Saint of
Soldiers,
athletes,
plague-stricken,
archers,
holy Christian death,
and those who
desire a saintly death
Saint Fabian
Saint Fabian
January 20
Saint Agnes
Saint Agnes
January 21
Patron Saint of
young girls,
chastity,
rape survivors
Our Lady of Altagracia
Our Lady of Altagracia
January 21
Saint Vincent of Saragossa
Saint Vincent of Saragossa
January 22
Patron Saint of winemakers,
champagne,
wine,
vinegar-makers,
São Vicente,
Lisbon;
Vicenza, Italy
Saint Marianne Cope
Saint Marianne Cope
January 23
Patron Saint of lepers, outcasts, those with HIV/AIDS, the Hawaii
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis de Sales
January 24
Patron Saint of
Catholic press;
confessors;
deaf people;
educators;
writers;
journalists;
Saint Dwynwen, Dawn
Saint Dwynwen, Dawn
January 25
Patron Saint of Lovers (Wales)
Saint Timothy & Saint Titus
Saint Timothy & Saint Titus
January 26
Patron Saint of Stomach Disorders
Saint Angela Merica
Saint Angela Merica
January 27
Patron Saint of the sick, disabled and physically challenged people and those grieving the loss of parents
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Thomas Aquinas
January 28
Patron of students and all universities
Saint Blath of Kildare (Flora)
Saint Blath of Kildare (Flora)
January 29
Model of Christian
Service to Others
Proclamation of the
Kingdom of Heaven
Proclamation of the Kingdom of Heaven
January 30
Saint John Bosco
Saint John Bosco
January 31
More Epiphany Traditions!
Blessed Chalk, Blessed home!
January 6
Christus Mansionem Benedicat (Christ bless this house),
as well as the first initial of the names of the three Magi: Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar.
Up Helly Aa Day
Up Helly Aa Day
January
Fire festivals held annually in the Shetland Islands of Scotland,
in the middle of winter to mark the end of the yule season.
Saint Seraphim of Sarov
Saint Seraphim
of Sarov
January 2
he had a friend
named “Misha” and
she was a bear!
Saint Gregory of Nazianzus
Saint Gregory
of Nazianzus
January 2
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Saint Angela of Foligno
Saint Angela
of Foligno
January 4
Patron Saint of those afflicted by sexual temptation, widows
Saint Genoveva Torres Morales
Saint Genoveva
Torres Morales
January 5
Patron Saint of Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of the Holy Angels
Saint Syncletica of Alexandria
Saint Syncletica
of Alexandria
January 5
She was a Desert Mother who believed in simple things
Saint Balthazar
Saint Balthazar
He was a wiseman
who visited Jesus!
January 6
Patron Saint of Epilepsy, thunder, motorists, pilgrims, playing card manufacturers,
sawmen, sawyers, travellers, travelling merchants