SAINTS JANUARY 26

SAINTS JANUARY 26

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. 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. 

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

STS. TIMOTHY AND TITUS, BISHOPS, DISCIPLES OF ST. PAUL. Closest collaborators of Saint Paul, St. Timothy, born to a pagan father and a Jewish mother, was appointed by the Apostle to the Gentiles to lead the Church at Ephesus; while St. Titus was placed at the head of the Church of Crete. Their liturgical memory is kept on January 26th.  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.  She is the patroness of widows. Jan. 26

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/01/26/st--paula--roman-matron-.html