Saints of the day november 17

In Noaria, Sicily, saint Hugo, Abbot, who, sent by saint Bernardo de Claraval, established the Cistercian order there itself and in Calabria.

In Lincoln, England, St. Hugo, Bishop, who was a Carthusian monk when he was called to govern the Church of this city, where he made an excellent job in the defence of the liberties of the Church to start the Jews from the hands of their enemies.

In Vienne, of Burgundy, Saint Namacio, Bishop, Cuddles civilian trades that governed and honoured episcopal headquarters that he was straight.

In Constantinople, saint Lazaro, monk, born in Armenia, distinguished in the artistic painting of sacred images, by refusing to destroy his works by order of the iconoclastic Emperor Teofilo, tormented with cruel tortures, but then passivated disputes due worship to the images, the Emperor Miguel III sent him to Rome to secure harmony and unity of the whole Church (c. 867).

In Asuncion, Paraguay, saint Juan de el Castillo, priest of the society of Jesus and martyr, who was abused with cruel torments and finally in the town of reductions founded in the same year by saint Roque González and entrusted to their care, mandated by an individual fond of magic arts, stoned, dying for Christ.

In Remus, of the strong, saint Florino, priest, faithfully devoted to the parish priest.

In Cesarea of Palestine, Saints Alphaeus and Zacchaeus, martyrs, who by confess with all his strength to God and Jesucristo Rey, after many torments were sentenced to death, in the first year of persecution ordered by Emperor Diocleciano.

Whitby, Nortumbria, St. Hilda, Abbess, who, after embracing the faith and receive the sacraments of Christ, placed at the head of his monastery, both surrendered to the formation of the monks and nuns in the regular life, to the maintenance of peace and harmony, to work and to the reading of the divine Scriptures, who seemed to perform heavenly tasks on Earth.