Petrana & Petronela

Friday, May 31 Petrana & Petronela have a nameday. Good luck! Your holy helper is St Petronela, a virgin and a martyr. She was a Roman martyr. There is not known the time of her death. Her grave was found in the Domitil's catacombs. She is the patron of the travellers. We have to strip … Continue reading Petrana & Petronela

Ferdinand

Thursday, May 30 Ferdinand has a nameday. Good luck! Your holy helpers are St Ferdinand, a king of Castilia. He founded the university in Salamanca in 1239. He began to built the cathedral in Toledo. He was lenient to the Jews and Arabs but to the heretics he was severe. He died 30.5.1252 in Sevilla. … Continue reading Ferdinand

Vilma

Wednesday, May 29 Vilma has a nameday. Good luck! Your holy helpers are St Maxim, a bishop in Trier. He was a defender of true belief in Jesus Christ in the dispute with Arians. He died about 29.5.346. St Ursula Ledóchowska, a virgin. She founded The association of the sisters ursulines from the Heart of … Continue reading Vilma

Iveta

Monday, May 27 Iveta has a nameday. Good luck! Your holy helper is St Augustine of Canterbury, a bishop. Gregory Great sent him with 40 benedictines to spread the gospel among the Anglo-Saxons. He died as the first archbishop in Canterbury in 604. He is an apostle of England. Why that rush? Take slowly, calmly … Continue reading Iveta

Dušan

Sunday, May 26 Dušan has a nameday. Good luck! Your holy helpers are St Philipe Neri, a clergyman. He founded the congregation of oratores. He is a very favourite saint in Roma (Smiling saint). The holy confession was the important means of gospel doing. He died in 1595 in Roma. St Eleuter, the pope. He … Continue reading Dušan

Ela

Friday, May 24 Ela has a nameday. Good luck! Your holy helper is the Virgin Mary Helper of the Christians. Pope Pius VII set this holiday in 1815. It was for the memory of freeing hisself from the hands of Napoleon I and his return to Roma. This holiday is a personal holiday of Saleses. … Continue reading Ela