Saint of the Day for August 17
Saint of the Day
Carloman
Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia (710-754)
Carloman was the eldest son of Charles Martel, mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks, and his wife Chrotrud of Treves. On Charles's death (741), Carloman and his brother Pepin the Short succeeded to their father's legal positions, Carloman in Austrasia, and Pepin in Neustria. He was a member of the family later called the Carolingians and it can be argued that he was instrumental in consolidating their power at the expense of the ruling Merovingian kings of the Franks. He withdrew from public life in 747 to take up the monastic habit, "the first of a new type of saintly king", according to Norman Cantor, "more interested in religious devotion than royal power, who frequently appeared in the following three centuries and who was an indication of the growing impact of Christian piety on Germanic society".
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- Beatrice of SilvaPortuguese Catholic nun and saint, founder of the Order of the Immaculate Conception (Conceptionists)
- Tekle HaymanotEthiopian saint
- Clare of MontefalcoAugustinian nun and abbess
- Elias of EnnaItalian saint
- James the Deaconmissionary
- Jéron de Noordwijk
- Donatus of RipacandidaBenedictine monk
Bible Verse of the Day
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
On August 17 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.