Saint of the Day for January 18
Saint of the Day
Margaret of Hungary
Hungarian princess and saint (1242-1270)
Margaret of Hungary, OP was a Dominican nun and the daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina. She was the younger sister of Kinga of Poland (Kunegunda) and Yolanda of Poland and, through her father, the niece of the famed Elizabeth of Hungary. She also had an older sister with the same name, who died before she was born.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- Saint PriscaRoman saint
- Volusianus of ToursBishop of Tours from 491 to 498
- Đorđe BrankovićDespot of Serbia
- DeicolusBrother of St. Gall
Bible Verse of the Day
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
On January 18 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.