Feast of St. Hugh of Lincoln, Carthusian monk of the Grande Chartreuse, Bishop of Lincoln. Patron of sick children, sick people, shoemakers and swans.

Feast of St. Albert the Great, 13th-century German Dominican bishop and Doctor of the Church. Scientist, philosopher, astrologer, theologian, spiritual writer, ecumenist and diplomat. Patron of scientists, medical technicians, natural sciences, philosophers and students.

Feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, founder, Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. First American citizen canonized. Patron of immigrants.

Feast of St. Renatus of Angers (Saint-René d’Angers), Bishop of Angers, Anjou, France. One of the phallic saints invoked for fertility. Died 422

Feast of St. Martin of Tours, Bishop, founder, Abbey of Marmoutier, France. Patron of Soldiers, the poor, vintners, tailors, France, geese, horses and conscientious objectors.

Feast of St. Andrew Avellino, Theatine Priest and Theologian, friend of St. Charles Borromeo. Patron of Naples and Sicily invoked against sudden death.

Feast of St. Theodore of Amasea (Theodore Tyro), Roman warrior saint and Great Martyr. Venerated in the Eastern Church as one of the three “Soldier Saints,” with George and Demetrios.  Patron of soldiers, Brindisi, recovery of lost articles and against storms.

Feast of St. Willibrord, missionary archbishop, Apostle of Frisia. Patron of convulsions, epileptics, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Utrecht.

Feast of St. Sylvia, Mother of St. Gregory the Great. Native of Sicily, Italy. Patron of Pregnant Women.

Feast of St. Charles Borromeo, Cardinal  archbishop of Milan, Church reformer During the Counter-Reformation combating the Protestant Reformation.  Patron of learning, the arts, apple orchards, bishops, catechumens, seminarians, stomach diseases and against ulcers.