Feast of St. Edmund the Martyr, King. His shrine became the English town of Bury St. Edmund’s. Patron of torture victims, wolves.
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Feast of St. Mechtildis of Helfta
Feast of St. Mechtildis of Helfta, Benedictine nun and mystic. Aided St. Gertrude the Great with the Book of Special Graces. Died 1298.
Feast of St. Odo
Feast of St. Odo, Benedictine Abbot, reformed the Abbey of Cluny, France, which became the model of monasticism for over a century. Patron for rain.
Feast of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus
Feast of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, bishop. Patron of desperate causes, floods, impossible causes, lost causes and against earthquakes.
Feast of St. Hugh of Lincoln
Feast of St. Hugh of Lincoln, Carthusian monk of the Grande Chartreuse, Bishop of Lincoln. Patron of sick people, shoemakers, and swans.
Feast of St. Albert the Great
Feast of St. Albert the Great, teacher, expert in biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, geography, and mathematics. Patron of scientists.
Feast of St. Lawrence O’Toole
Feast of St. Lawrence O’Toole, Augustinian archbishop of Dublin, Ireland. Patron of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. Died 1180.
Feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, founder, Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. 1st American citizen canonized. Patron of immigrants.
Feast of St. Emilian Cucullatus
Feast of St. Emilian Cucullatus, hermit, priest. One of the Patron Saints of Spain. Founded a hermitage that became the Benedictine Abbey of La Cogalla. Patron of Castile.
Feast of St. Martin of Tours
Feast of St. Martin of Tours, Bishop, founder, The Abbey of Marmoutier, France. Patron of Soldiers; wine growers; wine makers.