Santoral today: the list of saints to celebrate this Monday, March 13

A few decades, even centuries ago, the ancestors used to name their children with the name of the saint of the day of their birth, 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 Monday March 13.

In Persia, Santa Cristina, martyr, who, whipped with rods, consummated martyrdom in the time of Chosroas I, king of the Persians.

With this character is other saints and martyrs which are also celebrated this Monday, March 13 as follows:

San Ansovino

St. Eldrado

Saint Pierre

San Ramiro and his fellow martyrs

Saint Sabin of Egypt

Blessed Agnelius of Pisa

Blessed Francisca Trehet

Blessed Peter II, Abbot

The Catholic and Orthodox Church uses canonization to declare a deceased person a saint who during his life made sacrifices or was connected with a divine event in favor of the church.

This involves including the person’s name in the canon (list of recognized saints) and permission is granted by the Catholic Church 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 inquiry into the life of the person to be sanctified.

For the Catholic Church, there are four ways to achieve this: the way of heroic virtues; the path of martyrdom; that of exceptional causes, confirmed by an ancient cult and written sources; and the offer of life.

Additionally, it is considered whether the person lived the Christian virtues to a heroic degree or suffered martyrdom because of his faith, likewise, It is an essential requirement that you have performed at least two miracles (or one in the case of being a martyr).

Catholicism is one of the most practiced religions in the world. The most recent data from the Vatican – in particular from its Ecclesial Statistical Yearbook – indicate that there are more 1,360 million Catholics in the world.

The American continent is where the most Catholics predominate, with almost half of those registered by the Vatican, being more than a quarter located in South America.

In recent years, the Vatican has realized that the presence of Catholics has grown considerably on two continents: Asia -especially the Middle East- and Africa.

In contrast, religious rates in Europe declined, while in Oceania they remained stable.