Feast of St. Antonio Maria Zaccharia, medical doctor, priest and cofounder, Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (the Barnabites) in 1530. Popularized the 40 Hours devotion. Patron The Barnabite order.
Monthly Archives: July 2021
Feast of St. Ulric of Augsburg
Feast of St. Ulric of Augsburg, bishop. Defended Augsburg against attacks by Magyars. First recorded canonization by a Pope in 993. Patron of diocese of Augsburg, Germany, happy death, weavers, against birth complications, against faintness, against fever, against mice & moles.
Feast of St. Otto of Bamberg
Feast of St. Otto of Bamberg, medieval German bishop, missionary, chaplain to the Polish court, emperor’s chancellor and papal legate. Supervised the construction of Speyer Cathedral and negotiated the peace treaty – the Concordat of Worms. Called the Apostle of Pomerania.
Feast of St. Gall
Feast of St. Gall, Irish missionary, one of the twelve companions of Saint Columbanus, helped to found Luxeuil Monastery. Patron of birds, geese, poultry and Sweden.