Feast of St. Theodore Tyro, Roman martyr. Venerated in the Eastern Church as one of the three “Soldier Saints,” with George and Demetrios.
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Feast of St. Castorius
Feast of St. Castorius, one of the four crowned martyrs of Roman Pannonia, (modern Hungary). Patron of sculptors, stonemasons, stonecutters, against fever.
Feast of St. Willebrord, Apostle of Frisia
Feast of St. Willibrord, missionary archbishop, Apostle of Frisia. Patron of convulsions, epileptics, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Utrecht.
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, Patron of Pregnant Women
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.
Feast of St. Mathurin
Feast of St. Mathurin, evangelist, confessor, exorcist. Patron of comics, clowns, plumbers. Invoked against mental illness and infertility.