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Saturday, January 18, 2025

Memorial of Saints (January 18)

Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints

  • Margaret of Hungary, nun
  • Prisca, virgin and martyr
  • Volusian, bishop
  • Deicolus or Desle, abbot

St. Margaret of Hungary (1242-1270 A.D.) was the daughter of King Bela IV. She entered the convent at the age of thirteen and practiced great austerities. She died at the age of twenty-eight and a local cult developed almost immediately. Beatified in 1789 A.D., she was then canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1943 A.D. when Hungary was under Nazi domination.

Saints in the Byzantine Calendar [January 18]

  • Athanasius and Cyril, Archbishops of Alexandria

The Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches celebrate the feast of St. Athanasius of Alexandria and St. Cyril of Alexandria. The Roman Calendar commemorates St. Athanasius on May 2 and St. Cyril on June 27.

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