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title: "St. Angela Merici: Feast Day January 27 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-angela-merici/
description: "St. Angela Merici, Virgin, patron of educators of girls. Remembered on January 27, died 1540. Read their life in Bless."
---

Virgin · Remembered on January 27

# St. Angela Merici

St. Angela Merici is remembered on January 27 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of educators of girls.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [January 27](https://blessbible.app/saints/january/#27) |
| Title | Virgin |
| Died | 1540 |
| Patron of | [educators of girls](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#educators-of-girls) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Wednesday, January 27, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-angela-merici/#calendar) |

## Life

An orphan of the Italian lake country, a Franciscan tertiary who saw that the neglect of girls was the ruin of families — and did something no one had done: founded a company of women, under St. Ursula’s name, living consecrated lives in their own homes, teaching girls where they found them.

The Ursulines became the Church’s first great teaching order of women. Her testament breathes her method: her daughters were to be bound to one another by charity, esteeming, helping, and bearing with one another.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Angela Merici as patron of educators of girls.

[Educators of girls](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#educators-of-girls)

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Angela Merici. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Wednesday, January 27, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/27/) | Wednesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Hebrews 10:11-18 · Psalm 110:1, 2, 3, 4 · Mark 4:1-20 |
| [Thursday, January 27, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/01/27/) | Thursday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time | Green | 2 Samuel 7:18-19, 24-29 · Psalm 132:1-2, 3-5, 11, 12, 13-14 · Psalm 119:105 · Mark 4:21-25 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[January 26 Sts. Timothy and Titus](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-timothy-and-titus/) [January 28 St. Thomas Aquinas](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-aquinas/)

[All the saints of January](https://blessbible.app/saints/january/) [Born on January 27?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#01-27) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Angela Merici

Remembered on January 27

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-angela-merici/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-angela-merici/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-angela-merici/#calendar)

In the app

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