Memorial of Saints (September 13)

Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints for September 13

John Chrysostom (died 14 Sept. 407 A.D.): ascetic; became bishop of Constantinople (397 A.D.); outstanding preacher (thus surnamed "golden mouthed"); defended the poor; sought reform of the clergy; twice exiled due to royal opposition; authored ascetical, apologetic, and polemical treatises as well as letters; one of the four great doctors of the Eastern Church; patron of preachers and Istanbul (Constantinople).

More on St. John Chrysostom

• Patron Saint of Preachers
• Doctor of the Church of the First Millenium
• Father of the Greek Church, Early Pillar of the Church

Also on September 13

• Maurilius, bishop;
• Eulogius of Alexandria, bishop;
• Amatus, abbot