Feast of St. Quirinus of Neuss, one of the Four Holy Marshals. Roman tribune martyred by Emperor Trajan, buried in the Catacomb of Prætextatus on the Via Appia. Patron of knights, soldiers and horsemen.  As St. Quirinus’ Day goes, so will the summer

Feast of St. Catherine of Siena, Dominican tertiary, Scholastic philosopher, theologian, doctor of the Church. Patron diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA, Europe, illness, Italy, miscarriages, sexual temptation, sick people, sickness and nurses, against fire and bodily ills.

Feast of St. Franca Visalta, Cistercian nun & foundress. Born in Piacenza, Italy, entered St. Syrus Benedictine Convent at age 7. Died 1218.

Feast of St. Mark the Evangelist, author of the Second Gospel, cousin of St. Barnabas, founder, the Church of Alexandria. Patron of Barristers, Venice, Egypt and Mainar, Spain.

Feast of St. William Firmatus, Norman Hermit, pilgrim, physician & canon at Saint-Venance, France. He was noted for his love of wildlife & unusual level of communication he seemed to have with animals.  Venerated at Mortain, Savigny & Mantilly, France. Patron against headache.

Feast of St. Beuno (anglicized as Bono) 7th-century Welsh abbot, confessor, missionary.  Born at Berriew in Powys, descended from Vortigern, King of Britain, ordained at Bangor, Wales, missionary to the kingdom of Gwynedd. Patron of sick children, against diseased cattle.

Feast of St. Pedro de San Jose Betancur, Franciscan tertiary, Spanish missionary & founder, Order of Our Lady of Bethlehem. “St. Francis of Assisi of the Americas”. 1st saint native to the Canary Islands,1st saint of Guatemala & Central America. Patron Canary Islands & Guatemala.

Feast of St. Stephen Harding, English Cistercian monk & abbot, one of the founders of the Cistercian Order. In 1119, he wrote the Carta Caritatis (Charter of Charity), an important document for the Cistercian Order, establishing its unifying principles. Died 1134. Canonized 1623

Feast of St. Zeno of Verona, Bishop and Martyr. A native of Mauretania (modern Morocco and Algeria), Zeno was a monk elected successor to Bishop Gricinus of Verona. Patron of fishermen, the city of Verona, newborn babies as well as children learning to speak and walk.

Feast of St. Stanislaus of Szczepanów, martyr and Bishop of Krakow.  Killed by King Boleslaw II the Bold in 1079. First native Polish saint. Patron of Poland, Krakow and moral order