saint of the day :Dec,01,2025
This wealthy young French aristocrat gave up everything to live in the Algerian desert as an adorer in the wilderness and a “brother to the most abandoned.” He was murdered in 1916.
Saint Eligius, celebrated December 1, is the patron saint of goldsmiths and, by extension, ironworkers and metallurgical workers, hardware storekeepers, blacksmiths, horses, and hence farmers, carriers, mechanics and garage keepeers.