Friday, May 2, 2025, 06:47
Today, Friday, May 2, the Christian Santoral celebrates San Ciriaco de Atalia. He changed his name to Ciriaco, toured Palestine and then was chosen Bishop of Jerusalem, where he was martyred along with the mother, Ana, during the persecution of Juliano El Apóstata. However, the tradition of anchon, corroborated by conspicuous worship testimonies and ancient monuments, and welcomed by Roman martyrology, adds more to its legend. According to this other tradition, Judas, already with the name of Ciriaco received in baptism, to flee his former co -religionists, left Palestine and took refuge in Ancona.
San Atanasio is also commemorated. He was Bishop and Doctor of the Church, who, preclaim for his holiness and doctrine, in Alexandria of Egypt he defended the Catholic faith courage from the time of the Constantine Emperor to Valente, supporting numerous rigging by the Arians and being banished several times. Finally, he returned to the Church that had been entrusted to him and, after many fighting and having achieved many victories for his patience, rested in the peace of Christ in the forty -sixth anniversary of his episcopal ordination.
From the north of Castilla we offer you the Santoral today, Friday, May 2, 2025:
Saints today
Why is the saint celebrated?
The day of the celebration of the Saints has its beginnings in Spanish lands thanks to the Christian tradition that was established centuries ago in Spain. But what does the saint really mean? Catholicism has taken every day of the year to remember (commemorate) those illustrious Christians who also suffered torments, on many occasions from those who repudiated the Catholic faith.
The linkage of the saint and birthday
There is a word associated with the congratulation of the saint. It is the word “onomastics”, which refers to the day in which according to the Catholic saint is the feast of the person with that name. It is common to also refer to a person as an onomastic, although they are not synonymous words. This happens because it was tradition to put people the name of the saint corresponding to the day they were born. In this way, holy and birthday coincided on a single date, commonly called onomastics.
