Feast of Fra Angelico, Dominican Friar, early Italian Renaissance painter. Born Guido di Pietro, in Vicchio, Tuscany. Patron of Artists.
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Feast of St. Hugh dei Lippi Uggucioni
Feast of St. Hugh dei Lippi Uggucioni. One of the seven founders of the Servite Order. Patron of the Servite Order. Died 1282.
Feast of St. Polyeuctus
Feast of St. Polyeuctus, Martyr, Roman soldier converted to Christianity by St. Nearchus. Patron of vows and treaty agreements. Died in 259
Feast of St. Julian the Hospitaler
Feast of St. Julian the Hospitaler, Patron of boatmen, clowns, circus workers, hunters, innkeepers, jugglers, pilgrims, shepherds, travelers.
Feast of St. Adolf of Osnabruck
Feast of St. Adolf of Osnabruck, Cistercian monk & bishop, member of the family of the Counts of Tecklenburg, Duchy of Westphalia, Germany.
Feast of St. William of Maleval
Feast of St. William of Maleval, hermit and founder, Hermits of Saint William, (Gulielmites), a branch of the Augustinians. Died in 1157.
Feast of St. Teilo
Feast of St. Teilo, Welsh abbot-bishop, taught by Sts. Dyfrig & Dubricius. Abbott of LLandaff monastery. Went to Jerusalem with St. David.
Feast of St. Peter Igneus
Feast of St. Peter Igneus, Vallombrosian Benedictine, Abbot of S. Salvatore in Fucecchio, & Cardinal Bishop of Albano, Italy. Died 1089.
Feast of St. Theodore of Heraclea
Feast of St. Theodore Stratelates, Roman general and martyr, also called Theodore of Heraclea. Patron of soldiers. Died in 319.
Feast of St. Amand
Feast of St. Amand, Bishop, missionary of Flanders. Patron of wine makers, beer brewers, merchants, innkeepers, bartenders, Boy Scouts.