Zachary, father of Saint John the Baptist, was a priest in the Temple in Jerusalem. After the appearance of the Archangel Gabriel, he would lose speech by his weak faith until he mentions the name of his future son: John (the Baptist).
Celebrate today: Za, Zaca, Zacarías, Zach.
View moreMary of the angels Guerrero Gonzalez, nun and foundress of the Sisters of the Cross. Canonized as Saint Angela of the Cross.
View moreIsabel, mother of Saint John the Baptist who was relative, perhaps cousin, of the Virgin Mary. Isabel will deliver the famous words "blessed you among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb", when she is visited by the Virgin, adding: "happy who believed that the things that were said you would be fulfilled from God!".
Celebrate today: Anabel, Annabel, Eli, Elisabet, Elisabeth, Elizabeth, Elizbeth, Elsa, Isa, Isabel, Isabela, Isabella, Izabela, Lisa, Liz, Liza, Mabe, Mabel.
View moreIn Apulia, saint Marcos-Ecano Bishop (now Tróia) (s. V).
In lower Brittany, saint Guetnocio, revered as a brother of Saints Winwaloe and Jacuto (s. VI).
In Béziers, of the Narbonnaise Galia, saint Geraldo, Bishop, a man of admirable honesty and simplicity, who, being regular Canon, was forced to accept the episcopate, whose dignity was even more humble.
In Trier, in the Rhineland, of Austrasia, St. Fibicio, Bishop.
In Cesarea of Palestine, Holy Domnino, martyr, young doctor, who at the beginning of the persecution under the Emperor Diocleciano, condemned him to be sent to the mines of Fanesia, where, after suffering cruel vexations, was handed over to the fire by order of the urban prefect, in the fifth year of persecution, have remained steadfast in the confession of faith.
Near the River Hung Yen, in Tonquin, saint Domingo Mau, priest of the order of preachers and martyr, that in the persecution under the Emperor Tu Duc, by urging Christians to the profession of the faith being the Rosary, for his faithfulness to Christ was led to the scaffold to be slashed, with folded hands, as up to the altar.
In the monastery of Chelles, near Meaux, in the Gallia Lugdunensis, saint Bertila, its first Abbess (s. VI).