Feast Day: October 4th Patron Saint of Animals, Ecology, Franciscan Order, Italy Artist: Giotto di Bondone. Date: ca. 1297–1300. Location: Basilica of San Francesco, Assisi. Credit: “Giotto, Stigmatization of St. Francis, ca. 1297–1300. Public Domain image via WikiArt.” Pope St. Gregory the Great Faith Journey Born in Assisi in 1181/82 to a prosperous merchant family,…
Feast Day: September 26th Patron Saints of Physicians, Surgeons, Pharmacists, and Twins. A Byzantine-style icon painted in Syria in 1778. The saints are shown side by side, halos, holding medical-instruments or attributes of healing. Rich colors (gold, green, red), very much in the Eastern Orthodox iconographic tradition. Pope St. Gregory the Great Faith Journey Sts….
Saint Gregory the Great Feast Day: September 3rd Patron Saint of Teachers, Students, Musicians This artwork depicts Pope St. Gregory the Great, one of the four great Doctors of the Latin Church. He is shown wearing papal vestments and a halo, symbolizing his sainthood. The dove represents the Holy Spirit, said to have inspired his…
“The most deadly poison of our times is indifference. And this happens, although the praise of God should know no limits. Let us strive, therefore, to praise Him to the greatest extent of our powers.” Saint Maximilian Kolbe Feast Day: August 14th Patron of Journalist, Pro-Life Movement, Addiction, and Families in Crisis “The most deadly…
