Feast of St. Hardulph, hermit of Leicester, England, possibly the recluse of Breedon, mentioned in the life of St. Modwenna.
Monthly Archives: August 2016
Feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercian abbot, Doctor of the Church. Patron Cistercians, beekeepers, candle makers, Knights Templar.
Feast of St. Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz
Feast of St. Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz, Augustinian Recollect, Bishop of Pinara and Pasto, Colombia. Patron of cancer patients. Died 1906.
Feast of St. Alberto Cruchaga
Feast of St. Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, Jesuit priest, lawyer and writer. Patron of Chile, poor people, street children, and social workers.
Feast of St. Mamas
Feast of St. Mamas of Caesarea, Martyred shepherd. Patron of breastfeeding babies, protector of sufferers of broken bones and hernias.
Feast of St. Hyacinth of Poland
Feast of St. Hyacinth, Dominican missionary, the “Apostle of Poland”. Patron of St. Hyacinth’s Basilica, Chicago, and of those in danger of drowning.
Feast of St. Tarsicius
Feast of St. Tarsicius, martyred on the Appian Way while carrying the Eucharist to imprisoned Christians. Patron of first communicants.
Feast of St. Antonio
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
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.