Saint of the Day for June 23
Saint of the Day
Æthelthryth
Abbess of Ely
Æthelthryth was an East Anglian princess, a Fenland and Northumbrian queen and Abbess of Ely. She is an Anglo-Saxon saint, and is also known as Etheldreda or Audrey, especially in religious contexts. She was a daughter of Anna, King of East Anglia, and her siblings were Wendreda and Seaxburh of Ely, both of whom eventually retired from secular life and founded abbeys. Æthelthryth was "in turns, princess, wife, queen, nun and abbess, enjoying every possible position of power a woman could claim in early Anglo-Saxon England".
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- Marie of OigniesBelgian saint
- Agrippina of Mineosaint martyred in 258
- Artemy of VerkolaChild saint venerated in the Russian Orthodox Church
- Lanfranco Beccari
- Hydulphe of LobbesFrankish saint
- Valero di BouvignesBelgian presbyter
- Zenon of Philadelphiasoldier
Bible Verse of the Day
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
On June 23 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.