Overview
- San Diego de Alcalá is honored as a Franciscan lay brother who served as a missionary in the Canary Islands and was canonized in 1588 by Pope Sixtus V, noted as the first canonization after the creation of the Sacred Congregation of Rites.
- San Abón of Fleury is remembered as a scholar and abbot who led the monastery school, taught at Ramsey in England, became abbot in 988, defended his abbey from higher clergy influence, served as a diplomat for King Robert II of France, and authored works on grammar, astronomy, philosophy, and mathematics.
- The published list for the day also includes Pope Nicholas I, Saint Brice of Tours, Saint Callistus Caravario, Saint Dalmatius of Rodez, Saint Homobonus, Saint Leonian of Vienne, Saint Louis Versiglia, and others.
- The item explains onomástica as the observance of a person’s name day according to the Catholic calendar, a usage linked to the former practice of naming children after the saint of their birth date.
- The piece frames the saint-day practice as rooted in Christian tradition in Spain and presents it as a routine daily reference for Thursday, November 13, 2025.