Feast of St. Sebastian, Roman Soldier, Healer and Martyr. Shot with arrows, rescued and healed by St. Irene, later beaten to death. Patron of soldiers, athletes, archers and the plague-stricken.
Feast of St. Sebastian, Roman Soldier, Healer and Martyr. Shot with arrows, rescued and healed by St. Irene, later beaten to death. Patron of soldiers, athletes, archers and the plague-stricken.
Feast of St. Wulfstan, Benedictine, Bishop of Worcester, England. Patron of vegetarians & dieters. Born at Long Itchington, Warwickshire.
Feast of St. Deicola, Irish Monk, brother of Saint Gall. One of 12 disciples of St. Columbanus. Patron of childhood illnesses. Died 625.
Feast of St. Mildgytha, Benedictine nun, daughter of St. Ermenburg. Her sisters were Sts. Milburga and Mildrith. The sisters were likened to the 3 theological virtues: Milburga-faith, Mildgyth-hope, Mildrith–charity.
Feast of St. Honoratus of Arles, Bishop, founder, Lerins Abbey, France. Patron for rain, against drought; against misfortune; against rain.
Feast of St. Arnold Janssen, Founder, Society of the Divine Word, Servant Sisters of the Holy Ghost, and Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters.
Feast of St. Macrina the Elder, Mother of St. Basil the Elder, Grandmother of St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory of Nyssa, St. Peter of Sebaste, and St. Macrina the Younger. Trained by St. Gregory Thaumaturgis. Patron of widows, invoked against poverty.
Feast of St. Kentigern Mungo, First bishop of the Strathclyde Britons. Founded St. Asaph Monastery at Llanelwy, Scotland. Patron of Glasgow; Scotland; Salmon; against bullies. Mungo means “dear one” or “darling.”
Feast of Sts. Paldo, Tato and Taso. Benedictine founders, three brothers from Benevento, Italy. Â Founded San Vincenzo monastery, then each served as Abbot, succeeding the other.
Feast of St. Saethryth, Benedictine abbess, entered a convent in Gaul, now France. Sts. Ethelburga and Ethelfreda were half-sisters.