Feast of St. Droctoveus, monk and then abbot of St. Symphian Abbey at Autun, France. Disciple of St. Germanus of Paris. Died 580.

Feast of St. Kessog, Martyr, Prince, bishop, missionary active in the Lennox and southern Perthshire areas. Son of the King of Cashel in Ireland, he was a missionary bishop in Scotland. The Kessog oil field in the North Sea is named after the saint. Patron of Lennox and Scotland.

Feast of St. Vincent Kadlubek, Cistercian Bishop of Cracow. Author, Chronicles of the Kings and Princes of Poland. Patron of Sandomierz.

Feast of St. Drausinus of Soissons, bishop and founder. Built a monastery, 2 churches, and a convent at Soissons. Medieval legend says that to spend the night at Drausinus’ tomb made one invincible. Patron of champions and to thwart enemy plots.

Feast of Sts. Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba, Abbesses, relatives of King Penda of Mercia.  Kyneburga founded an abbey at Castor, in the Soke of Peterborough.  Kyneswide and Tibba became abbess in succession, after the death of Kyneburga.  Tibba is patron saint of falconers.

Feast of St. Piran (Pyran), Fifth-century Cornish abbot and hermit.  St. Piran’s Day is the National Day of Cornwall.  Patron of tin miners and Cornwall, although St .Michael and St. Petroc also have some claim to the title.

Feast of St. Casimir of Poland, crown prince of the Kingdom of Poland. Patron of Lithuania, Poland, youth, Knights of St. John. Died 1483

Feast of St. Katharine Drexel, American heiress, philanthropist, religious sister, educator, and founder – Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. The 2nd canonized saint born in the United States and the 1st to have been born a U.S. citizen. Patron of racial justice and philanthropy.

Feast of St. Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt, missionary bishop, founder. Apostle of the Frisians with St. Willibrord.  Converted pagans in North Brabant, Gelderland and Cleves. Patron of Germany. Died 739.