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title: "St. Marianne Cope: Feast Day January 23 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-marianne-cope/
description: "St. Marianne Cope, Virgin. Remembered on January 23, died 1918. Read their life in Bless."
---

Virgin · Remembered on January 23

# St. Marianne Cope

St. Marianne Cope is remembered on January 23 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [January 23](https://blessbible.app/saints/january/#23) |
| Title | Virgin |
| Died | 1918 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Saturday, January 23, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-marianne-cope/#calendar) |

## Life

A Franciscan hospital administrator of Syracuse, New York, who answered the plea no one else would: she led six sisters to the leper settlements of Hawaii, nursed the dying Fr. Damien, and mothered the exiles of Molokai for thirty years — never catching the disease.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Marianne Cope. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Saturday, January 23, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/23/) | Saturday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Hebrews 9:2-3, 11-14 · Psalm 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 · See Acts 16:14b · Mark 3:20-21 |
| [Sunday, January 23, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/01/23/) | Third Sunday in Ordinary Time | Green | Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 · Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 15 · 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 · Cf. Luke 4:18 · Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 |

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.

[January 22 St. Vincent of Saragossa](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-vincent-of-saragossa/) [January 24 St. Francis de Sales](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-de-sales/)

[All the saints of January](https://blessbible.app/saints/january/) [Born on January 23?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#01-23) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Marianne Cope

Remembered on January 23

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-marianne-cope/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-marianne-cope/#calendar)

In the app

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