Feast of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus (Gregory the Miracle-Worker), bishop.  Patron of desperate causes, floods, impossible causes, lost causes and against earthquakes.

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. The National Shrine of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini is at 2520 N Lakeview Ave, Chicago.

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 and founder, Abbey of Marmoutier, France.  Patron of Soldiers, the poor, vintners, tailors, France, geese, horses and conscientious objectors.

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. Castorius, one of the four crowned martyrs of Pannonia, Hungary.  Patron of sculptors, stonemasons, stonecutters, against fever.

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.