Saint of the Day for January 31
Saint of the Day
Liturgical calendar Saint John Bosco, Priest
John Bosco
Priest
John Melchior Bosco, SDB, popularly known as Don Bosco, was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, and writer. While working in Turin, where the population suffered many of the ill effects of industrialization and urbanization, he dedicated his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth. He developed teaching methods based on love rather than punishment, a method that became known as the Salesian Preventive System.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- GeminianusBishop of Modena (d. 396/397)
- Julius of Novarasaint
- Máedóc of FernsIrish bishop and saint
- MelangellWelsh hermit and patron saint of hares
- Cyrus of AlexandriaEgyptian physician and missionary
- Marcella of Marseilledisciple of Jesus in Catholic tradition
- UlphiaFrench saint
Bible Verse of the Day
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
On January 31 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.