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. Amalberga of Maubeuge, Merovingian nun, relative of Blessed Pepin of Landen, married to Witgar and the mother of five saints – Emebert, Reineldis, Pharaildis, Ermelindis and Gudula. Amalberga joined the Benedictine monastery in Maubeuge, Hainaut, France.

Feast of St. Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, nun, founder, Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. The first Brazilian to be canonized. Proclaimed a saint in 2002, by Pope John Paul II. Patron of Diabetics.

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. St. Pantaenus influenced the development of Christian theology.

Feast of St. Maria Goretti, Italian virgin-martyr, one of the youngest canonized saints, canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1950. Patron of chastity, rape victims, girls, youth, teenage girls, poverty, purity and forgiveness.

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.

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. Phocas the Gardener, martyr. Phocas was a gardener living at Sinope, on the Black Sea, who aided persecuted Christians during the Diocletianic persecutions. Patron of gardeners, hospitality, agricultural workers, farmers, sailors and mariners.

Feast of St. Lidanus, Benedictine abbot, drained the Pontine Marshes, founded Sezze Abbey in the Papal States. Patron of Sezze, Italy