Saint of the Day for August 23
Saint of the Day
Liturgical calendar Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin
Rose of Lima
Virgin
Rose of Lima, was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, Spanish Empire, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the poverty stricken of the city through her own private efforts.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- Philip Benizi de DamianiGeneral Superior of the Order of the Servites
- Zacchaeus of JerusalemRoman saint and Jewish bishop of Jerusalem
- Lupus of Novaeslave of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki
- TydfilWelsh saint
- Flavius of Rouen6th-century French bishop
- Sidoine d'AixFrench archbishop
- Abundius and Irenaeusmartyrs and saints
Bible Verse of the Day
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
On August 23 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.