Feast of St. Marcellin Champagnat, French Priest and Founder, The Marist Brothers of the Schools (the Little Brothers of Mary). Patron of Education and Teachers. Died 1840. Canonized in 1999.
Monthly Archives: June 2022
Feast of St. Boniface of Mainz
Feast of St. Boniface of Mainz, First archbishop of Mainz, the “Apostle of the Germans”, reformer of the Frankish church and creator of the papal and Carolingian family alliance. Patron of brewers, World Youth Day and Fulda, Germany.
Feast of St. Walter
Feast of St. Walter, Benedictine hermit, abbot, founder and first abbot of the monastery of Serviliano, Ancona, Italy. Died 1250.
Feast of Juan Grande Román
Feast of Juan Grande Román, Spanish Brother, Hospitallers of St. John of God. He founded a hospital and devoted it to the Blessed Virgin Mary, He died of the plague after tending those who suffered from it. Patron Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera.