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title: "St. Stephen Harding: Feast Day April 17 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-stephen-harding/
description: "St. Stephen Harding, Abbot. Remembered on April 17, died c. 1134. Read their life in Bless."
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Abbot · Remembered on April 17

# St. Stephen Harding

St. Stephen Harding is remembered on April 17 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [April 17](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/#17) |
| Title | Abbot |
| Died | c. 1134 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Saturday, April 17, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-stephen-harding/#calendar) |

## Life

An English monk, third abbot of the struggling new monastery of Cîteaux, who wrote the Charter of Charity that organized the Cistercian order — and who, when the house seemed dying, received at the gate a young noble named Bernard with thirty companions.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Stephen Harding. 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, April 17, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/04/17/) | Saturday of the Third Week of Easter | White | Acts 9:31-42 · Psalm 116:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 · See John 6:63c, 68c · John 6:60-69 |
| [Monday, April 17, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/04/17/) | Monday within the Octave of Easter | White | Acts 2:14, 22-33 · Psalm 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 · Psalm 118:24 · Matthew 28:8-15 |

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.

[April 16 St. Bernadette Soubirous](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bernadette-soubirous/) [April 18 St. Apollonius the Apologist](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-apollonius-the-apologist/)

[All the saints of April](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/) [Born on April 17?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#04-17) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Stephen Harding

Remembered on April 17

On this page

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

In the app

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