Feast of St. Hardulph, hermit of Leicester, England, possibly the recluse of Breedon, mentioned in the life of St. Modwenna.
Monthly Archives: August 2015
Feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercian abbot, Doctor of the Church. Patron of Cistercians, Burgundy, beekeepers, candle makers.
Feast of St. Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga
Feast of St. Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, Jesuit priest, lawyer, and writer. Patron of Chile, poor people, street children, social workers.
Feast of St. Mamas of Caesarea
Feast of St. Mamas of Caesarea, Martyred shepherd. Patron of breastfeeding babies, protector of sufferers of broken bones and hernias.
Feast of St. Hyacinth
Feast of St. Hyacinth, missionary, the “Apostle of Poland”. Patron of St. Hyacinth’s Basilica, Chicago, and of those in danger of drowning.
Feast of St. Antonio Primaldo
Feast of St. Antonio Primaldo, Martyr. Trapped by a Turkish invasion in 1480. Forced to choose- convert to Islam or die. Patron of Otranto.
Feast of St. Cassian of Imola
Feast of St. Cassian of Imola, Martyr. Patron of schoolteachers, shorthand-writers, parish clerks. Died 363.
Feast of St. Euplius
Feast of St. Euplius, deacon and martyr. Patron of Catania; Trevico; Francavilla di Sicilia.
Feast of St. Philomena
Feast of St. Philomena, martyr, called the New Light of the Church Militant. Patron – Babies, Infants, and Youth.
Feast of St. Agilberta
Feast of St. Agilberta, Abbess and related to Sts. Ebrigisil, Ado, and Agilbert. She was the 2nd abbess of Jouarre monastery, founded in 660