SAINTS JANUARY 26

 SAINTS JANUARY 26

Bl. Michal Kozal, Roman Catholic Priest and Bishop. Polish Martyr and 220 other priests of the diocese, who died in Dachau Concentration camp .Feastday Jan 26

St. Conan, 648 A.D. A bishop of Ireland, possibly from Scotland. It is believed that Conan taught St. Fiacre before going to the Isle of Man, where he served as a missionary and was consecrated bishop. 

 

St. Robert of Newmister, 1000-1159 A.D. Cistercian abbot. Born in Yorkshire, England, he entered the Benedictines at Whitby and soon joined the monks at Fountains Abbey who were adopting the harder rule which was gaining prominence at the time. This community embraced the Cistercian rule, and the monastery became one of the spearhead communities for the Cistercians in England. In 1137, Robert helped to found Newminster Abbey, in Northumberland, serving as its first abbot.

St. Timothy, Roman Catholic Saint. Timothy was probably with Paul when the Apostle was imprisoned at Caesarea and then Rome, and was himself imprisoned but then freed. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/01/26/sts--timothy-and-titus--bishops--disciples-of-st--paul.html

ST. PAULA, ROMAN MATRON, Paula is an exemplary figure among the Saints of the early centuries of Christianity. From the dignity of her noble birth - and the luxurious life it afforded her - she came to pursuit of the Gospel and to charity toward the poor. Her feast day is January 26, the day she died in Bethlehem. Roman Catholic Saint. She is the patroness of widows. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/01/26/st--paula--roman-matron-.html