He visited the Holy Land in 1964 and participated in Eucharistic Congresses in Bombay, India and Bogotá, Colombia. Saint Pope Paul VI was known as the “pope of firsts” because he was the first pope to ever fly on a plane, the first pope to visit Fatima, and the first pope to visit the Holy Land since St. Peter. His father, Giorgio, was a lawyer, editor, and eventually a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. In the case of Blessed Paul VI, it just happens that his feast day is also his earthly birthday. The day before Vatican II concluded, Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras revoked the excommunications that their predecessors had made in 1054. Image: Pope Paul VI | photo by Ambrosius007 Blessed Pope Paul VI Saint of the Day for September 26 (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978) Born near Brescia in northern Italy, Giovanni Battista Montini was the second of three sons. Feb 6, 2019 Vatican & Pope Francis. Pope Paul VI is pictured in a June 29, 1968, photo at the Vatican. By Catholic News Service. Pope approves adding feast day of St. Paul VI to universal calendar. And there are other feast days honoring each of these persons. Pope Paul VI became the first pope to visit six continents. The feast day for canonized saints is typically chosen as the date of their death, or "birth to eternal life," Sarah explained, but Pope Paul VI died on August 6, 1978, a date which is already celebrated in the Church as the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. Feast day of St. Paul VI added to universal calendar. His feast day is celebrated on September 26. Often, but not necessarily, a feast day is a saint’s “birthday into eternal life,” i.e., the day the saint died. Vatican City, Feb 6, 2019 / 05:53 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope St. Paul VI’s feast day will be celebrated annually on May 29 as an optional memorial. He was canonized on October 14, 2018. This feast day forecasts the blessed event of Christmas, and illustrates how the liturgical year is an endless circle of days. St. Maximilian Kolbe is an example (August 14). ... Pope Paul VI declared Margaret a saint. He travelled more widely than any of his predecessors, earning the nickname "the Pilgrim Pope". The pope worked very hard to ensure that bishops would approve the Council’s 16 documents by overwhelming majorities.