Saint of the Day for February 8
Saint of the Day
Liturgical calendar Saint Jerome Emiliani · Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin
Josephine Bakhita
Sudanese saint and former slave
Josephine Margaret Bakhita, was a Sudanese Catholic religious sister who joined the Canossians in 1896 after winning her freedom from slavery. She served in Italy for 50 years until her death in 1947. She was canonized in 2000, becoming the first female black Catholic saint in the modern era.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- Zechariahbiblical prophet
- Severus of AntiochPatriarch of Antioch
- Gerolamo EmilianiItalian humanitarian and saint
- Theodore StratelatesEastern Orthodox saint
- Stephen of MuretFrench abbot and saint
- Juventius of Paviapriest
- Jacut5th century Cornish and Welsh saint
Bible Verse of the Day
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
On February 8 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.