May 18 - Saints of the Day!

St Alexandria

(Martyr.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Anastaso

( African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Andrew

(Martyr.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Benedimus

(Martyr.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Christina

(Another Ascetic martyr.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Claudia & St Pudens

(Daughter of King Caractacus, wife of St Aulus Pudens, and mother of Pope St Linus .  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St David

(Another Ascetic martyr.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Dionysius

(Martyr.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

Queen St Elgiva & King Edmund I

(Abbess of Shaftsbury, 1st wife & Widow of King Edmund.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Euphrasia of Ancyra

(Martyr.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Felix of Spoleto

(Bishop in Italy.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Feredarius of Iona

(Abbot in Scotland.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Galactia

(Martyr.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Heraclius

( martyr.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Julia

(Virgin martyr.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Julius

(Martyr.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Martinian

(Ascetic. African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Matrona

(Virginmartyr.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Merililaun

(Also known as Merolilaun.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Paul

(Another Ascetic martyr.  African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Paul

(Ascetic martyr. Latin Roman Catholic Rite. African Latin Catholic Rite. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Paulinus & Teresia of Nola

(Bishop & his wife. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite. African Latin Catholic Rite)

St Peter

(Martyr. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite. African Latin Catholic Rite)

St Phaena

(Martyr. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite. African Latin Catholic Rite)

St Stephen I

(Patriarch of Constantinople. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite. African Latin Catholic Rite)

St Tarechan of Georgia

(Martyr. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite. African Latin Catholic Rite)

St Tecusa

(Martyr. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite. African Latin Catholic Rite)

Pope St Theodore

(Holy See of St Peter . Latin Roman Catholic Rite. African Latin Catholic Rite)

St Theodota

(Virgin martyr. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite. African Latin Catholic Rite)

St Venantius

(Martyr. Greek Byzantine Catholic Rite. African Latin Catholic Rite)

Pope St John I

(Pope. Latin Roman Catholic Rite. African Latin Catholic Rite)

Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra

(Latin Roman Catholic Rite. African Latin Catholic Rite. Ukrainian Byzantine Catholic Rite)

St Thomas Son Cha-Son

(layperson from Korea ~1866. Latin Roman Catholic Rite. African Latin Catholic Rite)

Blessed Burkard Von Beinwil

(Priest from Switzerland. Latin Roman Catholic Rite. African Latin Catholic Rite)

St Erik IX of Sweden & Christina of Denmark, queen of Sweden & their 4 kids

(Swedish King Erik Jedvardsson and his wife, Queen Christina and their children; Canute I of Sweden, Filip Eriksson of Sweden, Catherine Eriksdotter, Margaret Eriksdotter later Queen of Norway . Latin Roman Catholic Rite. African Latin Catholic Rite)

Our Lady of Bon-Port 

(Devotion from Montreux, Switzerland. Latin Roman Catholic Rite. African Latin Catholic Rite)