Feast of St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus, Franciscan tertiary, mystic and stigmatic. Patron of Naples, Italy. Died in 1791.
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Feast of St. Flora
Feast of St. Flora, virgin, Hospitaller nun of St. John of Jerusalem. Patron of the abandoned, converts, single women, victims of betrayal.
Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Founder of the Franciscan Order. Patron saint of animals, ecologists and merchants.
Feast of St. Mother Theodore Guerin
Feast of St. Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress, Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Patron, Diocese of Lafayette, Indiana.
Feast of St. Leodegarius
Feast of St. Leodegarius, Benedictine bishop and martyr. Abbott of St. Maxentius, Patron of millers, invoked against blindness, eye disease.
Feast of St. Romanus
Feast of St. Romanus the Melodist, hymnographer of 1000 compositions, some master works of religious literature. Patron of church singers.
Feast of St. Jerome
Feast of St. Jerome, Geronimo in Italian, the most learned of the Fathers of the Western Church. Patron of Librarians. Died in 420.
Feast of St. Michael the Archangel
Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, triumphant leader of God’s armies against Satan. Patron of grocers, mariners, paratroopers and police.
Feast of St. Wenceslaus
Feast of St. Wenceslaus, martyr, Duke of Bohemia, “Good King Wenceslaus” of the Christmas carol. Patron of Bohemia, Prague, Czech Republic.
Feast of St. Vincent de Paul
Feast of St. Vincent de Paul, The Apostle of Charity, founder, the Vincentians. Patron of charities, hospitals, prisoners, volunteers.