Feast of Sts. Justa and Rufina, Virgin Martyrs, potters. The two saints are highly honored in the medieval Mozarabic Liturgy. Patrons of Seville, Spain, guilds of alfareros (potters) and cacharreros (sellers of pottery), protectors of the Giralda and the Cathedral of Seville.
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Feast of St. Camillus de Lellis
Feast of St. Camillus de Lellis, Priest and Founder, Order of Clerks Regular, Ministers of the Infirm (M.I.), better known as the Camillians. Director of St. Giacomo Hospital, Rome. Patron of the sick, hospitals, nurses and physicians.
Feast of St. Hedwig
Feast of St. Hedwig (Jadwiga) of Poland, the first queen regnant of the Kingdom of Poland, ascended the throne at age thirteen. Married Jagiello of Lithuania. Patron of Queens and United Europe. Canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1997.
Feast of St. Reineldis
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.
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. 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 missionary stoic philosopher, head of the catechetical school in Alexandria, Egypt. Pantaenus influenced the development of Christian theology.