Feast of St. Clare of Assisi, founder, the Order of Saint Clare (the Poor Clares). Patron of eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry and television.
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Feast of St. Lawrence of Rome
Feast of St. Lawrence of Rome, deacon martyred by Emperor Valerian. Patron of comedians, librarians, students, miners, chefs, roasters, the poor, firefighters, Rome, Canada, Sri Lanka, Rotterdam Netherlands, Huesca Spain, San Lawrenz, Gozo and Birgu, Malta.
Feast of St. Candida
Feast of St. Candida Maria of Jesus, founder, Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus, a congregation for the education of children and the advancement of the women in Salamanca, Spain. Patron of Educators and Daughters of Jesus also known as Hijas De Jesus.
Feast of St. Dominic of Caleruega
Feast of St. Dominic of Caleruega, Castilian priest and founder, Dominican Order. Patron of Astronomers, astronomy, Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Valletta, Birgu (Malta), Managua and falsely accused people.
Feast of St. Cajetan
Feast of St. Cajetan, priest, lawyer, reformer, founder, Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence (Theatines). Patron of bankers, the unemployed, workers, gamers, gamblers, job seekers, Albania, Italy, Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Feast of St. Hormisdas
Feast of St. Hormisdas, Pope. Successor to St. Symmachus and father of Pope St. Silverius. Ended the Acacian Schism in 519. Died in 523.
Feast of St. Aspren
Feast of St. Aspren, First Neapolitan Bishop, cured and baptized by St. Peter. Patron of Naples, Italy and invoked against migraine.
Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola
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
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. Alphonsa
Feast of St. Alphonsa, sister of the Poor Clares, the first person of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint, born in Kudamaloor, Kottayam district, Kerala, India. Patron against illness.