Santoral today: what are the name days that are celebrated this Sunday, February 12

Decades ago, one could even speak of centuries ago, parents used to assign the first names of their children according to the feasts of the saints of that day, even among Catholics and Orthodox the custom of congratulating people on Your saint’s day. Not in vain in the famous “Mañanitas” there is a stanza that says: “Today, because it’s your birthday, we sing them to you here…”.

He onomastic alludes to the day when a saint is celebrated, although it is common for many people to use it as a synonym for birthday, which is wrong, because when they talk about it, they only allude to the list of holy names.

Like every day of the year, today also commemorates the women and men who stood out for having special connections with the deities, who did good deeds for their neighbors and who had high ethics and morals, reasons that led them to to be canonized or beatified and be among the saints.

It is the day of the saint Sunday February 12.

Party of the day: Santa Eulalia in Barcelona

Eulalia de Barcelona lived near Barcina, Hispania (now Barcelona, ​​Spain) during the time of Emperor Diocletian (284-305) during the 3rd or 4th century, Marcellinus being pope.

During the persecution of Christians in the region, Eulalia, a young girl aged between 13 and 15, escaped from a country house where her parents had locked her up so as not to surrender to the authorities. She openly confessed her faith. and was delivered to martyrdom. . He was the victim of various torments and died on the cross.

According to tradition, one of these tortures consisted in throwing her by rolling in a barrel full of broken glass in the street (currently called Baixada de Santa Eulàlia -Bajada de Santa Eulalia-), where there is an image of the saint in a small chapel.

Legend has it that she was nailed naked to an ‘X’ shaped cross (a shape known as the cross of Santa Eulalia). At that time, to preserve his privacy, his hair grew and it started to snow.

At the end of his prayer for the Lord to take him to his kingdom, the people saw a white dove flying in the sky from his mouth.

She was canonized and is considered a saint by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

His remains were located in 878 by Bishop Frodoi and solemnly transferred to the cathedral.

With this character is other saints and martyrs which are also celebrated this Sunday, February 12, as follows:

Saint Antoine Cauleas

San Benito de Aniano

Saint Ludano, pilgrim

Saint Meletius of Antioch

Saint Saturnin and his fellow martyrs of Abitinie

The Catholic and Orthodox Church uses canonization to declare a deceased person a saint.which implies the inclusion of her name in the canon (list of recognized saints) and the authorization to venerate her, acknowledging her power before God.

During Christianity, people were recognized as saints without the need for a formal process; however, this changed in the Middle Ages.

In the case of Catholicism, the Church must make an exhaustive investigation of the life of the person to be sanctified and there are four ways to obtain the appointment: the path of heroic virtues; the path of martyrdom; that of exceptional causes, confirmed by an ancient cult and written sources; and the offer of life.

Moreover, it is an essential requirement who performed at least two miracles (or one in the case of being a martyr). Canonization is made in a solemn papal declaration and a feast day is assigned for liturgical veneration.

There is no set time limit for proceeding with the canonization of a character, since there is even cases like that of San Pedro Damián who was canonized up to 756 years after his death or, conversely, the case of San Antonio de Padua which was named up to 352 days after his death.

The last canonization took place in October 2019, when the pope declared Cardinal John Henry Newman and Sister Dulce of Brazil saints.