Feast of St. Eugene de Mazenod, French priest and founder, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Patron of dysfunctional families.
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Feast of St. Austregisilus
Feast of St. Austregisilus, nobleman at the court of King Guntramnus, abbot, Nazaire Abbey, Lyon. Bishop of Bourges, France. Died 624.
Feast of St. Ivo of Kermartin
Feast of St. Ivo of Kermartin, Franciscan priest in Louannec, France, Advocate of the Poor, Patron of Brittany, lawyers, abandoned children.
Feast of St. Felix of Cantalice
Feast of St. Felix of Cantalice, Capuchin brother, friend of St. Philip Neri, helped St. Charles Borromeo revise the rule for Oblates. Died 1587
Feast of St. Thethmar
Feast of St. Thethmar, Premonstratensian canon and missionary. Friend of St. Vicelinus, worked to convert the Wends, in Germany. Died 1152.
Feast of St. Ubald Baldassini
Feast of St. Ubald Baldassini, Bishop, Gubbio, Italy. Patron of sick children, obsessive-compulsive disorder, against migraine, neuralgia.
Feast of St. Dymphna
Feast of St. Dymphna, Lily of Éire. Patron-neurological disorders, psychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, the emotionally disturbed.
Feast of St. Maria Dominic Mazzarello
Feast of St. Maria Dominic Mazzarello, Co-founder, Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco or Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. Died 1881.
Feast of St. Servatus
Feast of St. Servatus, bishop of Tongeren, one of the Ice Saints. Patron invoked against foot troubles, lameness, rheumatism, rats and mice.
Feast of St. Philip of Agirone
Feast of St. Philip of Agirone, early Christian confessor. Patron of Agira, Sicily, Ħaż-Żebbuġ, Malta, and the U.S. Army Special Forces.