SAINTS JANUARY 05

 SAINTS JANUARY 05

St. Cera, 7th century. An Irish abbess also called Ciar, Cior, Cyra, or Ceara. She was born in Tipperary and served as abbess of a monastery at Kilkeary and another one at Tehelly.  

ST. EDWARD, KING OF ENGLAND, Crowned King of England in 1043, beloved by the people, he was a mild and gentle sovereign of profound prayer: he promoted peace, abolished war taxes to help the poorest of the poor, and built a monastery out of which would grow the Abbey of Westminster Jan 5

Martyrs of Egypt, Two groups of martyrs, otherwise unknown, who were slain in Egypt. There were many other known martyrs who were put to death in Egypt, a large number of them dying in Alexandria Feastday January 5

Bl. Jacques Ledoyen, Roman Catholic Priest, in Angers, France and was martyred during the French Revolution. Feastday Jan.5

ST. JOHN N. NEUMANN, BISHOP OF PHILADELPHIA, UNITED STATES

A native of Bohemia, St. John lived in the United States (1811-1860), and ministered to the immigrant poor. He entered the Redemptorists and was named Bishop of Philadelphia, where he built churches and schools, especially on the outskirts of the city. He also wrote a catechism for young people. Jan 5