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title: "St. Bernardine of Siena: Feast Day May 20 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bernardine-of-siena/
description: "St. Bernardine of Siena, Priest, patron of advertisers and communications. Remembered on May 20, died c. 1444. Read their life in Bless."
---

Priest · Remembered on May 20

# St. Bernardine of Siena

St. Bernardine of Siena is remembered on May 20 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of advertisers and communications.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [May 20](https://blessbible.app/saints/may/#20) |
| Title | Priest |
| Died | c. 1444 |
| Patron of | [advertisers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#advertisers), [communications](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#communications) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Thursday, May 20, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bernardine-of-siena/#calendar) |

## Life

A Sienese noble orphan who nursed plague victims at twenty and entered the Franciscans at twenty-two. For nearly forty years he crossed Italy on foot, preaching dawn sermons three hours long to crowds that filled the piazzas — funny, fierce, and unsparing of usury, faction, and vice.

He held up a tablet with the monogram IHS surrounded by rays, spreading devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus; accused of novelty, he was cleared by the pope. Offered three bishoprics, he refused them all and died preaching in the Abruzzi.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Bernardine of Siena as patron of advertisers and communications.

[Advertisers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#advertisers) [Communications](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#communications)

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. Bernardine of Siena. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Thursday, May 20, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/05/20/) | Thursday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Sirach 5:1-8 · Psalm 1:1-4, 6 · 1 Thessalonians 2:13 · Mark 9:41-50 |
| [Saturday, May 20, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/05/20/) | Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter | White | Acts 16:1-10 · Psalm 100:1b-2, 3, 5 · Colossians 3:1 · John 15:18-21 |

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.

[May 19 St. Celestine V](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-celestine-v/) [May 21 St. Christopher Magallanes and Companions](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-christopher-magallanes-and-companions/)

[All the saints of May](https://blessbible.app/saints/may/) [Born on May 20?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#05-20) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Bernardine of Siena

Remembered on May 20

On this page

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

In the app

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