Saint of the Day for August 22
Saint of the Day
Liturgical calendar The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Queen of Heaven
Marian title
Queen of Heaven is a title given by the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodoxy, to Mary, mother of Jesus, and, to a lesser extent, in Evangelical Lutheranism and Anglicanism. The title has long been a tradition, included in prayers and devotional literature and seen in Western art in the subject of the Coronation of the Virgin from the High Middle Ages, long before the Church gave it a formal definition status.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- Symphorian2nd-century Christian martyr
- John KembleEnglish saint
- Fabriziobishop, martyr
- Antoninus of RomeRoman executioner and saint
- Andrew the ScotIrish archdeacon and saint
- Gwyddelan6th century Welsh Saint
Bible Verse of the Day
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
On August 22 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.