Saint John of the Cross:
Born: June 24, 1542 Died: December 14, 1591 (aged 49)
Canonized: 27 December 1726, by Pope Benedict XIII
Patron Saint: contemplative life; contemplatives; mystical theology; mystics; Spanish poets
Saint of the Day – November 23 – Saint Clement I of Rome, Pope and Martyr
Saint Clement:
Born: 35; Died 99 (aged 63-64)
Papacy: 88-99
Patron Saint: Mariners, Stone-Cutters
Saint of the Day – November 21 – The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin at the Temple
Saint of the Day – November 20 – Saint Felix of Valois
Saint Felix:
Born: April 16, 1127 Died: November 4, 1212 (aged 85)
Canonized: May 1, 1262 by Pope Urban IV
Founder of the Trinitarian Order
Saint of the Day – November 19 – Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Widow
Saint Elizabeth: Born: 7 July 1207 Died: 17 November 1231 (aged 24)
Canonized: 27 May 1235 by Pope Gregory IX
Saint Elizabeth is the patron for: hospitals; nurses; falsely accused people; bakers; brides; countesses; dying children; exiles; homeless people; lace-makers; widows; Bogotá, Colombia; Archdiocese of Bogotá; Archdiocese of Jaro; Teutonic Order; Third Order of Saint Francis; Budapest, Hungary and Košice, Slovakia