Feast of St. Vincent Kadlubek, Cistercian Bishop of Cracow. Author, Chronicles of the Kings and Princes of Poland. Patron of Sandomierz.
Monthly Archives: March 2017
Feast of St. Drausinus of Soissons
Feast of St. Drausinus of Soissons, bishop and founder. Built monastery, 2 churches, and convent at Soissons. Patron of champions.
Feast of St. Cadroe of Metz
Feast of St. Cadroe of Metz, 10th cent. Scottish monk & abbot. Abbott of St Felix’s Abbey, Metz, raised by his uncle St. Bean of Mortlach.
Feast of St. Piran
Feast of St. Piran, hermit near Padstow in Cornwall. Patron of Tin miners and Cornwall. Piran’s Day is the national day of Cornwall.
Feast of St. Katharine Drexel
Feast of St. Katharine Drexel, heiress, educator, founder – Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. Patron of racial justice and philanthropists.
Feast of St. Chad of Mercia
- Feast of St. Chad of Mercia, Anglo-Saxon churchman, abbot, Bishop of Northumbrians & Mercians. Patron of Mercia, astronomers. Died 672.
Feast of St. Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt
Feast of St. Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt, missionary bishop, founder. Apostle of the Frisians with St. Willibrord. Patron of Germany. Died 739.