Feast of St. Reineldis, virgin daughter of Count Witger and St. Arnalberga, sister of St. Gudula. Martyred by the Huns. Patron of open wounds and against eye disease.
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Feast of St. Bonaventure
Feast of St. Bonaventure, Italian Franciscan, Doctor of the Church, Cardinal, Bishop of Albano, theologian and seventh Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor.
Feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha
Feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk Virgin, the first Native American to be declared a Saint. Patron of the environment and ecology.
Feast of St. Henry
Feast of St. Henry, Holy Roman Emperor, Oblate of Saint Benedict. Married to Cunigunde of Luxembourg (later canonized), patron saint of the childless, of Dukes, the handicapped and those rejected by Religious Orders.
Feast of St. Benedict of Nursia
Feast of St. Benedict of Nursia, father of western monasticism, wrote The Rule of Saint Benedict for monks. Patron of Agricultural workers, speleologists, Civil engineers, Dying people, Erysipelas, Europe, Farmers, Fever, Gall stones, Inflammatory disease, Kidney disease & Monks.
Feast of St. Amalberga of Maubeuge
Feast of St. Amalberga of Maubeuge, Merovingian nun, relative of Blessed Pepin of Landen, married to Witgar, and mother of five saints – Emebert, Reineldis, Pharaildis, Ermelindis and Gudula. Amalberga joined the Benedictine monastery in Maubeuge, Hainaut, France.
Feast of St. Arnulf of Soissons
Feast of St. Arnulf of Soissons, priest, abbot, Benedictine bishop and founder of the abbey of St. Peter in Oudenburg. France. Arnulf brewed beer and encouraged local peasants to drink beer, instead of water. Patron of hop-pickers and beer brewing.
Feast of St. Pantaenus the Philosopher
Feast of St. Pantaenus the Philosopher,Greek theologian and missionarystoic philosopher, headof the catechetical school in Alexandria, Egypt. Pantaenus influenced the development of Christian theology.
Feast of St. Maria Goretti
Feast of St. Maria Goretti, Italian virgin-martyr,one of the youngest canonized saints, canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1950. Patron of chastity, rape victims, girls, youth, teenage girls, poverty, purity and forgiveness.
Feast of St. Ulric of Augsburg
Feast of St. Ulric of Augsburg, bishop. Defended Augsburg against attacks by Magyars. First recorded canonization by a Pope in 993.Patron of diocese of Augsburg, Germany, happy death, weavers, against birth complications, against faintness, against fever, against mice & moles.