Feast of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, O.F.M. priest, theologian, Doctor of the Church, vicar general of the Capuchins, imperial chaplain for the army of Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor, led the liberation of Székesfehérvár, Hungary armed only with a crucifix. Patron of Brindisi.

Feast of St. Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Patron ofchildbirth, pregnant women, dying people, kidney disease, peasants, exiles, falsely accused people, Lowestoft, England, Queens’ College, Cambridge, nurses, Sannat and Bormla, Malta.

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.

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. Swithun, chaplain to Egbert of the Saxons, tutor to Ethelwulf.  Patron of the weather.  Tradition: if it rains on St. Swithun’s bridge  today, it will rain for forty days!

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. John Gaulbert, Abbott and founder, Florentine noble. Founder Vallumbrosan Order. Patron of forest workers, foresters, park ranger, parks, Badia di Passignano, Vallumbrosan Order, Florence, Italian Forest Corps, and Brazilian forests.

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. 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, Greek theologian and missionary stoic philosopher, head of the  catechetical school in Alexandria, Egypt. Pantaenus influenced the development of Christian theology