Feast of St. Domitian of Huy, Gaulish bishop of sixth century Tongeren, the Apostle of the Meuse Valley. Patron of Huy, Belgium, invoked against fevers. Died 560.
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Feast of St. Petronax of Monte Cassino
Feast of St. Petronax of Monte Cassino, Italian monk and Benedictine Abbot, “the Second Founder of Monte Cassino”. Rebuilt monastery after destruction by Lombards. St. Willibald and Sturmius of Fulda were monks under Petronax. Died 747.
Feast of St. Florian
Feast of St. Florian, Roman Martyr. Commander of the imperial Roman army in Noricum. Patron of Kraków, Poland, chimneysweeps, soap boilers, Upper Austria and firefighters. Florian cross is the basis of Fire Dept. symbols worldwide.
Feast of St. James the Lesser
Feast of St. James the Lesser, first Bishop of Jerusalem, author, first Epistle, son of Alphaeus & Mary, a relative of the Blessed Virgin. Patron of hat makers.
Feast of St. Peregrine Laziosi
Feast of St. Peregrine Laziosi, Servite priest and founder, Servite house in Forli, Italy. Patron of AIDS and cancer victims. The National Shrine of St. Peregrine is located at Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica, 3121 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago.