Feast of St. Hardulph, hermit of Leicester, England, possibly the recluse of Breedon, mentioned in the life of St. Modwenna.
Monthly Archives: August 2017
Feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercian abbot, Doctor of the Church. Patron of Cistercians, Burgundy, beekeepers, candle makers.
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 Hurtado Cruchaga
Feast of St. Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, Jesuit priest, lawyer, and writer. Patron of Chile, poor people, street children, social workers.
Feast of St. Mamas of Caesarea
Feast of St. Mamas of Caesarea, Martyred shepherd. Patron of breastfeeding babies, protector of sufferers of broken bones and hernias.
Feast of St. Hyacinth
Feast of St. Hyacinth, Dominican missionary, “Apostle of Poland”. Patron of St. Hyacinth’s Basilica, Chicago & 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. Werenfrid
Feast of St. Werenfrid of England, Benedictine monk. Priest. Missionary. Patron of vegetable gardeners, against gout, stiff joints.
Feast of St. Cassian of Imola
Feast of St. Cassian of Imola, Martyr. Stabbed to death by his students.Patron of schoolteachers, parish clerks, Imola, Italy, Mexico City.
Feast of St. Euplius
Feast of St. Euplius, deacon and martyr. Patron of Catania, Trevico, Francavilla di Sicilia.