Feast of St. Matilda, wife of King Henry I of Germany (Henry the Fowler). Mother of three – Otho, Emperor, Henry, Duke of Bavaria and St. Bruno, Archbishop of Cologne. She is buried in St. Servatius Church, Quedlinburg Abbey. Patron parents of large families.
Monthly Archives: March 2020
Feast of St. Ansovinus
Feast of St. Ansovinus, Bishop and confessor, counselor to Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor. Bishop of Camerino, Macerata, Marche, Italy. Patron of gardeners, invoked for good harvests. Died 840.
Feast of St. Paul Aurelian
Feast of St. Paul Aurelian, Bishop & Founder, first bishop of Quimper & Léon, one of the seven founder saints of Brittany. A pupil of Saint Illtud at Ynys Byr, established monasteries in Finistère, at Lampaul, Ushant Island & Batz Island, Brittany. Consecrated bishop at Ocsimor.
Feast of St. Catherine of Bologna
Feast of St. Catherine of Bologna, Italian artist, founder, abbess, cloistered nun of The Poor Clares and author Seven Spiritual Weapons Necessary for Spiritual Warfare. Patron of artists, Bologna, Italy Liberal arts and against temptations. Died 1463.
Feast of St. Vincent Kadlubek
Feast of St. Vincent Kadlubek, Cistercian Bishop of Cracow. Author, Chronicles of the Kings and Princes of Poland. Patron of Sandomierz.
Feast of St. Drausinus of Soissons
Feast of St. Drausinus of Soissons, bishop and founder. Built a monastery, 2 churches, and a convent at Soissons. Medieval legend says that to spend the night at Drausinus’ tomb made one invincible. Patron of champions and to thwart enemy plots.
Feast of Sts. Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba
Feast of Sts. Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba, Abbesses, relatives of King Penda of Mercia. Kyneburga founded an abbey in Castor, in the Soke of Peterborough.Kyneswide and Tibba became abbess in succession, after the death of Kyneburga. Tibba is patron saint of falconers.
Feast of St. Piran
Feast of St. Piran (Pyran), Fifth-century Cornish abbot and hermit. St. Piran’s Day is the national day of Cornwall. Patron of Tin miners and Cornwall, although Saint Michael and Saint Petroc also have some claim to the title.
Feast of St. Casimir of Poland
Feast of St. Casimir of Poland, crown prince of the Kingdom of Poland. Patron of Lithuania, Poland, youth, Knights of St. John. Died 1483.
Feast of St. Katharine Drexel
Feast of St. Katharine Drexel, American heiress, philanthropist, religious sister, educator, and founder – Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. The 2nd canonized saint born in the United States and the 1st to have been born a U.S. citizen. Patron of racial justice and philanthropy.