Saints of the day january 28

Saint Thomas Aquinas (s. XIII)
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Saint José Freinademetz (s. XX)

In the Daijiazhuang city, in Shandong province, South of China, blessed José Freinademetz, priest of the society of the divine word, who worked tirelessly in the evangelization of that region.

Saint Amadeus of Lausanne (s. XII)
Saint Jacobo of Palestina (s. VI)

Commemoration of St. Jacob, hermit in Palestine, who long hid in a tomb to be penitent life (s. VI).

Blessed Bartholomew Aiutamicristo (s. XIII)

In the monastery of saint Frediano, near Pisa, in Tuscany (today Italy), blessed Bartholomew Aiutamicristo, religious of the order of the Camaldolite.

Saint Juan of Cuenca (s. XII)
Saint Julián of Cuenca (s. XIII)

In the city of Cuenca, in Castilla la Nueva, in Spain, saint Julian, Bishop. It was the second Bishop of this city, once recovered from the hands of the Muslims, and egregious by his way of life, is distinguished by distribute among the poor the goods of the Church, working with their hands to get the daily sustenance (c. 1207).

Saint Juan of Réome (s. VI)

In the monastery of Réôme, in the territory of Langres, in Neustria (today France), saint Juan, priest, male devotee of God, who presided for a time a monastic community according to the rule of St. Macarius (c. 554).

Blessed Julian Maunoir (s. XVII)
Blessed Maria Luisa Montesinos Orduna (s. XX)
Blessed Olympia Bida (s. XX)

In the concentration camp of Kharsk, near Tomsk, in the region of Siberia in Russia, blessed Olympia (Olga) Bida, Virgin and martyr, of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, who during the anti-religious persecution endured all sorts of evidence for Christ's sake.