Santoral today: what are the name days that are celebrated this Sunday, March 5

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 March 5.

In Caesarea of ​​Palestine, Saint Adrian or Adrian, martyr, who in the persecution under the Emperor Diocletian, on the day when the celebrations of the Fortune of the Caesarians were celebrated, by order of the procurator and for his faith in Christ was thrown before a lion and then beheaded by the sword.

With this character is other saints and martyrs which are also celebrated this Sunday, March 5 as follows:

Saint-Conon

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San Gerasimo, anchorite

Saint John Joseph of the Cross Gaetano

San Kierano

Saint Lucius, Pope

Saint Theophilus of Caesarea

Saint Virgil of Arles

Blessed Cristobal Macassoli

Blessed Jeremiah of Wallachia Kostistik

The Catholic and Orthodox Church uses canonization to declare a deceased person a saint who during his life made sacrifices or was linked to 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.