Feast of St. Willibrord, missionary archbishop, Apostle of Frisia. Patron of convulsions, epileptics, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Utrecht.
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Feast of St. Leonard of Noblac
Feast of St. Leonard of Noblac, Hermit-abbot. Patron of political prisoners, prisoners of war, captives, women in labor, and horses.
Feast of St. Sylvia
Feast of St. Sylvia, Mother of St. Gregory the Great. Native of Sicily, Italy. Patron of Pregnant Women.
Feast of St. Charles Borromeo
Feast of St. Charles Borromeo, Cardinal, Church reformer. Patron of learning, the arts, seminarians, spiritual directors, stomach diseases.
Feast of St. Martin de Porres
Feast of St. Martin de Porres, Peruvian Dominican lay brother. Patron of hair stylists, Peru, poor people, public education, social justice, Mexico.
Feast of St. Jorandus
Feast of St. Jorandus, Benedictine hermit at Kergrist and Saint-Juhec in Pedernec, France. Died in 1340.
Feast of St. Mathurin
Feast of St. Mathurin, evangelist and confessor, Patron of comics, clowns, and plumbers. Invoked against mental illness and infertility.