Feast of St. Domitian of Huy, bishop of Tongeren, Apostle of the Meuse Valley. Patron of Huy, Belgium, invoked against fevers. Died 560.
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Feast of St. Petronax
Feast of St. Petronax, Benedictine Abbot, “the Second Founder of Monte Cassino”. Rebuilt monastery after destruction by Lombards. Died 747.
Feast of St. Jutta of Kulmsee
Feast of St. Jutta of Kulmsee, German aristocrat, wife and mother. Patron of Prussia. Died in 1260.
Feast of St. James the Lesser
Feast of St. James the Lesser, author, 1st Catholic Epistle, son of Alphaeus & Mary, a relative of the Blessed Virgin. Patron of hat makers.
Feast of St. Waldebert
Feast of St. Waldebert, Benedictine abbot. Born a Frankish count of Guines, Ponthieu & Saint-Pol, became abbot of Luxeuil, France. Died 668
Feast of St. Peregrine Laziosi
Feast of St. Peregrine Laziosi, Servite priest and founder, Servite house in Forli, Italy. Patron of cancer, AIDS Victims. Died 1345.