Saint of the Day for February 23
Saint of the Day
Liturgical calendar Saint Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr
Polycarp
Bishop and Martyr
Polycarp was a Christian bishop of Smyrna. According to the Martyrdom of Polycarp, he died a martyr, bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to consume his body. Polycarp is regarded as a saint and Church Father in the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- WilligisArchbishop of Mainz
- Lazarus Zographos9th-century Byzantine Christian saint (810-867) (c.810-867)
- MildburhAnglo-Saxon Benedictine Abbess
- Serenus the GardenerSaint
- GorgoniaChristianikí agía
- Marta d'AstorgaChristian martyr of the 3rd century
- Celsus of Trierlegendary bishop of Trier, saint
Bible Verse of the Day
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
On February 23 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.