Saint of the day May 26

 Saint of the day May 26

St. Becan, 6th century. Irish hermit in Cork. Becan lived in the time of St. Columba and was known for his sanctity.

St. Dyfan. Missionary to the Britons. He was sent by Pope St. Eleutherius when a local Briton king requested missionaries from the pope. Dyfan is remembered with a church at Merthyr-Dyfan, Britain. He is also called Deruvianus and Damian.

Sts. Fugatius and Damian, 2nd century. Reportedly missionaries sent by Pope St. Eleutherius to Britain. They are also listed as Phaganus and Diruvianus Fagan and Deruvian, or as Hager and Dyfan.

St. Oduvald, 695 A.D. Scottish abbot. A native of Scotland, he entered the monastic life and became abbot of Melrose, which was then a great spiritual center of the era.

St. Philip Neri, Roman Catholic Priest and known as the Apostle of Rome, founding a society of secular clergy called the "Congregation of the Oratory". Feast May 26

St. Mariana, Roman Catholic Holy recluse, Patron of Ecuador; Americas; bodily ills; loss of parents; people rejected by religious orders; sick people; sickness. Feastday May 26

St. Matthew Phuong a catechist & St. John Hoan a Priest, Roman Catholic Martyrs of Vietnam, arrested by government officials for their faith, tortured and then beheaded. Feastday May 26

Bl. Eva of Liege, Roman Catholic Holy recluse, Feastday May 26

ST. ELEUTERUS, POPE He was a deacon of the Roman Church under Pope Anicetus (c. 154-164), and evidently remained so under St. Soter, the following pope, whom he succeeded about 174. May 26