Saint of the Day for September 17
Saint of the Day
Liturgical calendar Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Abbess and Doctor of the Church · Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098-1179)
Hildegard of Bingen, also known as the "Sibyl of the Rhine", was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath, active during the High Middle Ages as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer. She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern history. A number of scholars have considered her to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- Lambert of Maastrichtbishop of Maastricht (635-705)
- Zygmunt Szczęsny FelińskiPolish archbishop
- Stanisław PapczyńskiPolish Roman Catholic priest and saint
- Pedro de ArbuésSpanish canon regular and inquisitor
- Sophia the Martyrsaint
- Satyrus of Milansaint
- AgathocliaPatron saint
Bible Verse of the Day
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
On September 17 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.