Saint of the Day for November 6
Saint of the Day
Nuno Álvares Pereira
Portuguese nobleman
Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira, OCarm, known as Constable of Portugal, was a Portuguese general who played a decisive role in the 1383-1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile. He later became a mystic and was beatified by Pope Benedict XV in 1918, and canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- Leonard of NoblacFrankish saint
- Illtud6th-century Welsh saint
- Bertila de ChellesFrankish abbesses
- WinnocBreton saint
- MelaineMedieval bishop
- AdwenWelsh saint
- Protasius von Lausanne
Bible Verse of the Day
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
On November 6 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.