Saint of the day

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Date 27 December

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. John, Apostle and Evangelist

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The “beloved disciple” was an impetuous fisherman who became a disciple of Jesus, the only one of the apostles not to be martyred. Tradition holds him to be the author not only of the fourth Gospel, but of the Johannine letters and the Book of Revelation.  

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St. Fabiola, Roman widow, disciple of St. Jerome

St. Fabiola was twice married. Being widowed the second time, she converted to Christianity, and gave up her possessions to build a hospice for the needy sick. She Became a disciple of St. Jerome in Palestine. Then she returned to Rome, to live as a hermit and help the poorest of the poor.