Saint of the Day for March 29
Saint of the Day
Stephen IX
Pope
Pope Stephen IX was the Bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 3 August 1057 to his death on 29 March 1058. He was a member of the Ardenne-Verdun family, who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine, and started his ecclesiastical career as a canon in Liège. He was invited to Rome by Pope Leo IX, who made him chancellor in 1051 and one of three legates to Constantinople in 1054. The failure of their negotiations with Patriarch Michael I Cerularius of Constantinople and Archbishop Leo of Ohrid led to the permanent East, West Schism. He continued as chancellor to the next pope, Victor II, and was elected abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Montecassino.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- Diadochos of PhotikiByzantine bishop and saint
- Saint BertoldFrench crusader
- GwynllywWelsh sovereign (c. 450-500)
- Ludolph of RatzeburgPremonstratensian Bishop of Ratzeburg and saint
- Markus von Arethusa
- GwladysWelsh saint
- Géry of Senscount of Tonnerre, bishop of Sens
Bible Verse of the Day
The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
On March 29 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.