Saint of the Day for July 1
Saint of the Day
Liturgical calendar Saint Junípero Serra, Priest
Junípero Serra
Christian missionary
Junípero Serra Ferrer, popularly known simply as Junipero Serra, was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Order. He is credited with establishing the Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. He founded a mission in Baja California and established eight of the 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco, in what was then Spanish-occupied Alta California in the Province of Las Californias of New Spain.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- Thierry du Mont d'Horabbot of Saint-Thierry Abbey
- Nicasius of SicilySaint and Knight Hospitaller
- Carileph of AnilleFrench hermit and catholic saint
- Julius and AaronChristian martyr in Britain, traditionally British
- Saint Cybard6th-century monk and hermit who inhabited a cave beneath the walls of Angoulême for forty-four years
- GwenafwyWelsh pre-congregational saint
- Martin of Viennebishop of Vienne
Bible Verse of the Day
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
On July 1 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.