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 Tuesday February 14.

Memory of Saints Cyril, monk and Methodius, bishop, brothers born in Thessalonica, who were sent to Moravia by Bishop Photius of Constantinople to preach the Christian faith and there they invented their own signs to translate the sacred books from Greek to the Slavic language. During a trip they made to Rome, Cyril, who was formerly called Constantine, fell ill and, having made his profession as a monk, rested that day in the Lord. They are co-patrons of Europe.

With this character is other saints and martyrs which are also celebrated this Tuesday, February 14 as follows:

Saint Methodius of Thessaloniki

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Saint Alexandra of Egypt

St. Anthony

Saint-Auxence

saint elucadio

San Juan Bautista de la Concepcion Garcia

Saint Nostrano

St. Vital

San Zeno

Pope Francis prays in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major for the end of the coronavirus pandemic, in Rome, Italy, March 15, 2020. (Vatican Media/Handout)

Saints are the group of people (women and men) who they are venerated by the Church when they are proclaimed saints or blessed on a certain calendar date.

On the path to canonization there are four stages: the first is to be named a servant of God, the second is to be venerable; the third step is to be blessed and finally the fourth step is to be a saint.

There beatification It can only be attained by the faithful who have died with the reputation of being saints in various places and this process can be achieved in two ways: by a cause of heroic virtues and the second is martyrdom, that is- ie if the person He died for his faith.

On another side, the process of becoming a saint This involves adding the name of the sanctified person in the canon (list of recognized saints) and with this the believing community is authorized to render public and universal worship to him, while a liturgical feast is assigned to him, altars, chapels and his power to intercede with God is recognized.

Although the Church has not given an exact figure, it is estimated that there are currently up to nine thousand recognized saints. According Roman Martyrologyupdated in 2005, the Catholic Church has at least seven thousand saintsalthough the martyrs are not counted, so many believe the figure could even be as high as 20,000.

In recent history, Pope John Paul II succeeded in canonizing 388 saints, while Pope Francis broke all records after that, to date, he canonized 898 saints, 800 of them at the same time.

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