Feast of St. Adrian, martyr. Patron of plague, epilepsy, butchers, guards, soldiers, arms dealers. There is a patron saint of arms dealers!
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Feast of St. Gratus
Feast of St. Gratus, Bishop and patron saint of Aosta, Italy. Patron of Aosta and vineyards. Invoked against fear of insects; against dangerous animals, against fire, against hail, against lightning, against rain, against storms.
Feast of St. Onesiphorus
Feast of St. Onesiphorus, Martyr with Porphyrius. Onesiphorus was mentioned in St. Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy.
Feast of St. Bertinus
Feast of St. Candida the Elder
Feast of St. Hereswitha
Feast of St. Hereswitha, Benedictine princess of Northumbria, England, sister of St. Hilda and mother of Sts. Sexburga, Withburga, and Ethelburga. Died in 690.
Feast of St. Nonossus
Feast of St. Nonossus, Benedictine monk of Mt. Soracte. Invoked against physical defects, back pains, and school-related student crises.
Feast of St. Giles
Feast of St. Giles, Abbot. Patron of beggars; breast cancer; breast feeding; cancer patients; disabled people; epilepsy; noctiphobics; forests; hermits; lepers; mental illness; outcasts; poor people; rams; and sterility.