Nov 05

Saint Isabel

November 5th

Isabel, mother of Saint John the Baptist who was relative, perhaps cousin, of the Virgin Mary. Isabel will deliver the famous words "blessed you among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb", when she is visited by the Virgin, adding: "happy who believed that the things that were said you would be fulfilled from God!".
Saints Zechariah and Elizabeth, parents of Saint John the Baptist. Roman martyrology