SAINT OF THE DAY JAN. 08 ST LAWRENCE GIUSTINIANI, ST. SEVERIN, ABBOTT, APOSTLE OF NORICO ST. SEVERINUS OF NORICUM

SAINT OF THE DAY JAN. 08 ST LAWRENCE GIUSTINIANI St Lawrence became the first Patriarch of Venice in 1451. He was a great reformer of the Church, especially through his writing and his example. A nobleman by birth, Lawrence did not hesitate to beg for alms, calling it a “victory over himself”. He was canonized by Alexander VIII in 1690. ST. SEVERIN, ABBOTT, APOSTLE OF NORICO ST. SEVERINUS OF NORICUM