Solemnity of the Annunciation (Annunciata, incarnation, Encarna) of the Lord, when, in the city of Nazareth, the angel of the Lord announced to Mary: you will conceive and bear a son, and he will be called son of the most high. Mary answered: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; Let it be according to thy Word. And so, arriving at the fullness of time, he who was before the centuries the only begotten son of God, for us men and for our salvation became incarnate through the work of the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and became man.
View moreEvildoer crucified with Christ, who knew how to "steal" at the last moment a piece of heaven. He is the only Saint canonized in life.
Celebrate today: Dimas.
View moreIn Rome, in the cemetery of Ponciano, in via Portuense, saint Quirino, martyr (s. inc.).
In Sázava, in Bohemia, saint Procopio, who, leaving wife and son, he embraced the eremitical life and then presided over the Monastery founded there by himself, celebrating the divine praises in the Greek Rite and in Slavic language.
In Mammola, near Gerace in Calabria, saint Nicodemo, hermit, who was master of monastic life celebrated by the austerity of life and its virtues.
In Milan, in the region of transpadana, saint Mona, Bishop (c. 300).
In Thessaloniki, Macedonia, saint midwife, martyr, who, being a Hebrew slave, secretly gave cult to Christ, and discovered by her mistress, suffered many hardships, was whipped with rods and in the confession of Christ gave to God their uncorrupted spirit (s. inc.).
In York, England, saint Margarita Clitherow (Daisy Clitherow), martyr, who, with the consent of her husband, embraced the Catholic faith, who also raised their children, and worried about hiding in her house to priests who were persecuted, for which reason was arrested several times during the reign of Isabel I, and finally, refusing their cause was carried before the Court so that tempers of the advisers of the judge does not carry with the responsibility of his death sentence, condemned it, because of his faith in Christ, to be suffocated to death under a great weight.
In the Montefiascone, Tuscany, saint Lucía Filippini, founder of the Institute of the pious teachers, to promote Christian education of young people and women, particularly the lack of resources.
In the island of Antrum (today Aindre), near Nantes, France, saint Hermelando, in which, after serving in the Royal Court, became a monk of the monastery of Fontenelle and was finally appointed first Abbot of the place (c. 720).