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Saint of the day

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Date 25 November

The Saint of the Day presents a daily calendar of Saints remembered by the Church. The pages feature the stories of the great witnesses of Christian life through the centuries, lighting our way on our journey of faith.

St. Moses, Martyr in Rome

St Peter of Alexandria, Bishop and Martyr

B. Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi, Spouses

St. Catherine of Alexandria

St. Catherine of Alexandria, Giovanni di Paolo

Fifty pagan philosophers are said to have debated with St Catherine, hoping to convince her to abjure her faith. Instead, Catherine converted them to Christianity. Furious, the Emperor ordered her to be put to death on a spiked wheel; but the wheel broke. Eventually, she was martyred by beheading.