Saint Basil the Great Quote

Faith and baptism are two kindred and inseparable ways of salvation: faith is perfected through baptism, baptism is established through faith, and both are completed by the same names. For as we believe in the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost, so are we also baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost; first comes the confession, introducing us to salvation, and baptism follows, setting the seal upon our assent.

– Saint Basil the Great

Saint Basil the Great's patronage: Cappadocia; hospital administrators; reformers; Russia.

Pope Saint Clement I Quote

Let us fix our eyes on the blood of Christ and understand how precious it is unto His Father, because being shed for our salvation it won for the whole world the grace of repentance.

– Pope Saint Clement 1 from his "Epistleto the Corinthians"

Pope Saint Clement 1's patronage: Boatmen; marble workers; mariners; sailors; sick children; stonecutters; watermen.

Saint Cecilia Quote

Stefano Moderno, "Saint Cecilia," 1599, church of St. Cecilia, Trastevere, Rome In the sculpture, St. Cecilia extends three fingers with her right hand and one with her left, testifying to the Trinity. The sculptor attested that this was how the saint's body looked when her tomb was opened in 1599. Photographed at the church of St. Cecilia, Trastevere, by Richard Stracke.

Arise, soldier of Christ, throw away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

– Saint Cecilia

Saint Cecilia's patronage: Albi, France; composers; martyrs; music; musicians; musical instrument makers; archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska; poets; singers; Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Trivia: Saint Cecilia is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass.

Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote

Him whom the heavens cannot contain, the womb of one woman bore. She ruled our Ruler; she carried Him in whom we are; she gave milk to our Bread.

– Saint Augustine of Hippo

Saint Augustine of Hippo's patronage: Brewers; diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Cagayan de Oro, Philippines; diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan; printers; city of Saint Augustine, Florida; diocese of Saint Augustine, Florida; sore eyes; diocese of Superior, Wisconsin; theologians; diocese of Tucson, Arizona.