Feast of St. Amalberga, relative of Blessed Pepin of Landen, married to Witgar, mother of Sts. Emembertus, Gudila, and Reinalda.

Feast of St. Paulina, nun, the first Brazilian to be canonized.   Proclaimed a saint in 2002, by Pope John Paul II. Patron of Diabetics.

Feast of St. Arnulf of Soissons, Benedictine bishop and founder of the abbey of Onendbourg, France. Patron of hop-pickers and beer brewing!

Feast of St. Pantaenus, stoic philosopher, head, catechetical school, Alexandria, Egypt. Influenced the development of Christian theology.

Feast of St. Maria Goretti, martyr, canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1950. Patron of youth, young women, purity, and victims of rape.

Feast of St. Antonio Maria Zaccharia, medical doctor, priest & cofounder. Popularized the 40 Hours devotion. Patron, The Barnabite order.

July 7 

Feast of St. Elizabeth of Portugal, tertiary, Franciscan Order, Spanish princess, queen of Portugal. Patron of the 3rd Order of St. Francis.

Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, one of the 12 apostles, called doubting Thomas. Preached in India. Patron of architects, India, Sri Lanka.

Feast of St. Otto of Bamberg, medieval German bishop, missionary and papal legate, called the Apostle of Pomerania. Died 1139.