Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola, Spanish knight, hermit, priest, theologian & founder, the Society of Jesus, 1st Superior General of the Jesuits in 1541. Wrote the Spiritual Exercises in 1548.  Patron of spiritual retreats, soldiers, Society of Jesus, Diocese of Buenos Aires.

Feast of St. Olaf (Olaf II Haraldsson), Norse pirate, King and Martyr. Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae who unified and converted Norway.  Canonized at Nidaros one year after his death in the Battle of Stiklestad. Patron of carvers, difficult marriages, Kings, Faroe Islands and Norway.

Feast of  St. Christopher, name means “Christ-bearer”.  Patron of bachelors, transportation, traveling, storms, gardeners and toothache

Feast of St. Liborius of Le Mans, Bishop. Second Bishop of Le Mans, died in the arms of his friend St. Martin of Tours.  Patron of Paderborn, Germany (cathedral and archdiocese), invoked against calculi, colic, fever and gallstones.

Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, witnessed Jesus’ crucifixion & resurrection, mentioned by name twelve times in the canonical gospels. Patron of Apothecaries, contemplative life, converts, glove makers, hairdressers, penitent sinners, pharmacists, sexual temptation, tanners, women.

Feast of St. Wilgefortis, virgin. Patron of relief from tribulations, of women wishing to be liberated (disencumbered) from abusive husbands

Feast of St. Camillus de Lellis, Priest and Founder, Order of Clerks Regular, Ministers of the Infirm (M.I.), better known as the Camillians. Director of St. Giacomo Hospital, Rome. Patron of the sick, hospitals, nurses and physicians.

Feast of St. Hedwig (Jadwiga) of Poland, the first queen regnant of the Kingdom of Poland, ascended the throne at age thirteen. Married Jagiello of Lithuania. Patron of Queens and United Europe. Canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1997.

Feast of St. Reineldis, virgin daughter of Count Witger and St. Arnalberga, sister of St. Gudula. Martyred by the Huns. Patron of open wounds and against eye disease.