Feast of St. Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Patron of childbirth, pregnant women, kidney disease, nurses.

Feast of St. Justa and Rufina, Virgins and Martyrs. Patrons of Seville, Spain; potters; guilds of potters and sellers of pottery.

Feast of St. Camillus de Lellis, Founder, the Ministers of the Sick (Camellians). Patron of the sick; hospitals; nurses; doctors. Died 1614.

Feast of St. Hedwig of Poland, Queen, ascended the throne at age thirteen. Married Jagiello of Lithuania. Patron of Queens, united Europe.

Feast of St. Reineldis, daughter of Count Witger and St. Arnalberga. Sister of St. Gudula. Died in 700. Patron of open wounds, eye diseases.

Feast of St. Swithun, chaplain to Egbert of the Saxons, tutor to Ethelwulf. Superstition: if it rains today, it will rain for forty days!

Feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk Virgin, the first Native American to be declared a Saint. Patron of the environment and ecology

Feast of St. Teresa de los Andes, Discalced Carmelite mystic and the first Chilean to be canonized. Patron of young people. Died 1920.

Feast of St. John Gaulbert, Florentine Abbot, Founder, the Order of Vallombrosa. Patron of foresters; park rangers; and parks. Died 1073.

Feast of St. Benedict of Nursia, Father of Western monasticism, named protector of Europe by Pope Paul VI. Patron of speleologists.