Saint of the Day for January 4
Saint of the Day
Liturgical calendar Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious
Elizabeth Ann Seton
First native-born American saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1774-1821)
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was an American Catholic educator, known as a founder of the country's parochial school system. Born in New York and reared as an Episcopalian, she married and had five children with her husband William Seton. She converted to Catholicism in 1805 and established the first Catholic girls' school in the nation in Emmitsburg, Maryland. There she also founded the first American congregation of religious sisters, the Sisters of Charity.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- seventy disciplesearly students of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke
- Achaicus of Corinthone of the seventy disciples
- Herodion of Patrasbishop and saint
- Crispus of Chalcedonmale human biblical figure in 1 Corinthians 1:14 and Acts 18:8
- QuartusEarly Christian
- Ferréol of UzèsBishop of Uzes
- PharaildisPatron saint of Ghent
Bible Verse of the Day
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
On January 4 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.