Long before his official declaration as Patron of the Universal Church by Pope Pius IX in 1870, Canada was already consecrated to St. Joseph (feast day: March 19), the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster-father of Jesus.
“The Angelic Doctor” is the title given to one of the most gifted teachers and theologians in the whole history of the Catholic Church: St. Thomas Aquinas, whose feast day is Jan. 28.
He is considered the “Marian Doctor of the Church” and was declared the “Patron of all confessors and moral theologians” by Ven. Pope Pius XII. He is St. Alphonsus Liguori, whose feast we celebrate on August 1.
Imagine being so eloquent, you're remembered more than a thousand years later as Peter "of the Golden Words." Meet St. Peter Chrysologus, whose feast day is July 30.
Saint Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and Doctor of the Church, whose feast day we celebrate on June 27, was a man of strong character, great devotion to orthodoxy, and faithful service to the Holy Father.
