Saints of the day february 18

Saint Helladius (s. VII)

Celebrate today: Eladio.

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Saint Angilbert abbot (s. IX)
Saint Francisco Régis Clet (s. XIX)

In the city of Uchangfou, in the province of Hupei, in China, saint Francisco Régis Clet, presbyter of the Congregation of the mission and martyr, that for thirty years, and amid great difficulties, proclaimed the Gospel, but denounced by an apostate, after a long captivity he was strangled by his Christian status.

Blessed John of Fiésole Angélico (s. XV)
Blessed Gertrude (Catherine) Comensoli (s. XX)
Blessed John Pibush (s. XVII)
Saint Teotonio (s. XII)

At Coimbra, in Portugal, saint Teotónio, who twice made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and, after challenge the custody of the Holy Sepulchre, returned to his homeland and founded the Congregation of canons regular of the Holy Cross (c. 1162).

Saint Sadoth y compañeros (s. IV)

In Beth Lapat, the Kingdom of the Persians, passion of the Sadoth Saints, Bishop of Seleucia, along with one hundred and twenty-eight fellow martyrs, priests, clergy and consecrated virgins, who, refusing to worship the Sun, were imprisoned and, after cruel torments, suffered death by actual sentence.

Saint Tarasio (s. IX)

In Constantinople, saint Tarasio, Bishop, distinguished for his piety and his erudition, who initiated the Nicene Council II, in which parents defended the cult of Holy images.

Blessed William Harrington (s. XVI)
Blessed George Kaszyra (s. XX)
Saint Juan Pedro Néel y compañeros (s. XIX)

In Guizhou, China town, saint Juan Pedro Néel, priest of the society of foreign missions of Paris, that defendant for preaching the Christian faith, was tied to the tail of a horse and dragged a long trecho, subjected to all kinds of taunts and torments, and finally degollado. With the Saints Martín Wu Xuesheng, Catechist, Juan Zhang Tianshen, neophyte, and Juan Chen Xianheng suffered martyrdom.