Saints of the day september 24
Our Lady of Mercy
Our Lady of Mercy (Mercè), patron saint of Barcelona and of the Order of the Mercedarians, who was devoted to free Christians enslaved by Muslims.
Celebrate today: Mercè, Mercedes, Merche.
View moreSaint Isarno of Marsella (s. XI)
In Marseille, Provence (today France), saint Isarno, Abbot, renewer of the regular life in the monastery of Saint Víctor, being austere with himself and comprehensive and peaceful with each other.
Saint Anathalon of Milan (s. II)
Saint Anthony González (s. XVII)
Saint Lupo of Lyon (s. VI)
In Lyon, in Gaul, saint Lupo, Bishop, who had previously lived as a hermit (post 528).
Saint Rústico of Auvernia (s. V)
In Auvergne, Aquitaine (now France), saint rustic, Bishop, who, being a priest in the same city, took the bishopric with great applause from the people (s. V).
Saint Pacífico of Saint Severino (s. XVIII)
In Saintseverino Marche, of the Piceno, Italy, saint Pacific of Saint Severino, priest of the order of Friars Minor, illustrious by their penances, love of solitude and prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.
Blessed José Raimundo Ferragud Girbés (s. XX)
Blessed Anton Martin Slomsek (s. XIX)
Blessed Columba Gabriel (s. XX)
Blessed Dalmacio Moner (s. XIV)
Blessed Encarnación Gil Valls (s. XX)
Saint Gerardo Sagredo (s. XI)
In Pannonia (today Hungary), saint Gerardo Sagredo, Bishop of the headquarters of Morisena (today Csaintád) and martyr, was preceptor of saint Emerico, Prince teenage son of the King boxing and in a sedition of pagan Hungarians died stoned near the Danube River.