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title: "Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin: Feast Day July 12 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-louis-and-zelie-martin/
description: "Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin, Married Laypeople. Remembered on July 12. Read their life in Bless."
---

Married Laypeople · Remembered on July 12

# Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin

Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin is remembered on July 12 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [July 12](https://blessbible.app/saints/july/#12) |
| Title | Married Laypeople |
| Died | 1894 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Monday, July 12, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-louis-and-zelie-martin/#calendar) |

## Life

A watchmaker and a lacemaker of Alençon, both once refused by religious orders, who married and raised nine children — losing four small — in a home of daily Mass, honest work, and open-handed charity. All five surviving daughters became nuns; the youngest was Thérèse. They are the first married couple canonized together.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Monday, July 12, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/07/12/) | Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Exodus 1:8-14, 22 · Psalm 124:1b-3, 4-6, 7-8 · Matthew 5:10 · Matthew 10:34—11:1 |
| [Wednesday, July 12, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/07/12/) | Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12 · Psalm 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 · Mark 1:15 · Matthew 10:1-7 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[July 11 St. Benedict of Nursia](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-benedict-of-nursia/) [July 13 St. Henry](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-henry/)

[All the saints of July](https://blessbible.app/saints/july/) [Born on July 12?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#07-12) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin

Remembered on July 12

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-louis-and-zelie-martin/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-louis-and-zelie-martin/#calendar)

In the app

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