Saint of the Day for August 3
Saint of the Day
Salome
Biblical figure, mother of John and Jacob
Salome was a follower of Jesus who appears briefly in the canonical gospels and at greater length in apocryphal writings. Mark names her among the women present at the crucifixion and as one of the Myrrhbearers who found the empty tomb. Later interpretation identified her with women mentioned but not named elsewhere in the gospels, most often the wife of Zebedee and mother of the apostles James and John, and sometimes with the unnamed sister of Jesus's mother in John 19:25, which would make her Jesus's aunt.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- AsprenBishop of Naples
- Euphronios of Autunbishop of Autun in late antiquity
- Dalmatius of ConstantinopleByzantine saint
- Razhden the Protomartyrsaint
- Theoclite the WonderworkerOrthodox saint
- Saint Auratianpatron of České Budějovice
- DarbiledIrish anchoress and saint
Bible Verse of the Day
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
On August 3 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.