Feast of St. Andrew, brother of Simon Peter, fisherman, disciple. Patron of Fishermen, Singers, Russia and Scotland.
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Feast of St. Francis Fasani
Feast of St. Francis Fasani, Franciscan mystic, friar of the Order of Conventual Friars Minor. He died in 1742 and was canonized in 1986.
Feast of St. Catherine Laboure
Feast of St. Catherine Laboure, virgin, Marian Visionary. Member, Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul in Paris, France.
Feast of St. Vergil of Salzburg
Feast of St. Vergil of Salzburg, Bishop of Salzburg & Abbot of St. Peter’s, born in Ireland. The Apostle to the Slovenes, canonized in 1233.
Feast of St. John Berchmans
Feast of St. John Berchmans, Belgian Jesuit. Wrote the devotion “The Little Rosary of the Immaculate Conception.” Patron of Altar Servers.
Feast of St. Catherine of Alexandria
Feast of St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin & Martyr. Patron of potters, spinners, archivists, educators, lawyers, librarians, mechanics.
Feast of St. Columbanus of Bobbio
Feast of St. Columbanus of Bobbio, Irish missionary, founder of many monasteries, taught Celtic monastic rule. Patron of motorcyclists.
Feast of St. Felicitas of Rome
Feast of Saint Felicitas of Rome, martyr. Patron of parents of a dead child, martyrs, sterility, widows, Isca sullo Ionio, Calabria, Italy.
Feast of St. Maurus
Feast of St. Maurus, Benedictine, 1st disciple of St. Benedict of Nursia. Patron of cripples, cobblers, coppersmiths, shoemakers, Azores.
Feast of St. Amelberga
Feast of St. Amelberga, Benedictine abbess of Susteren, Netherlands. Died in 900.