Saints calendar of the day

In Marseille, in France, saint Emilia de Vialar, Virgin, that after working hard to spread the Gospel in faraway countries, founded the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the emergence and spread it widely.

On Mount Olympus, in Bithynia, saint Jorge Limniota, monk, who, having rebuked the wicked Emperor León III by destroying the sacred images and burn the relics of the Saints, by mandate of this and for this cause, having it amputated nose and burned the head, emigrated as a martyr to the Lord (c. 730).

In Naples, in Campania, saint Juana Antida Thouret, Virgin, where in time of the French revolution followed with some companions interrupted, and in Besaintçon religious life began a new society of Hermanas de la Caridad, dedicated to ensuring the civil and Christian formation of youth, attention to abandoned, the poor and the sick children, until he died in exile, suffering from great tribulations.

At Claudiopolis, Honoriade, St. Tación, martyr (s. inc.).