Feast of St. Barnabas, Prophet, Disciple, Martyr. He appears in the Acts of the Apostles and in several of St. Paul’s epistles. Martyred at Salamis, Cyprus, in 61 A.D. Patron of Cyprus, Antioch, against hailstorms, invoked as a peacemaker.

Feast of St. Columba (Colmcille), Irish abbot, founder and missionary, one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. Founded Iona abbey. Patron of Derry, bookbinders, poets, Ireland, Scotland, against floods.

Feast of St. Boniface of Mainz, First archbishop of Mainz, the “Apostle of the Germans”, reformer of the Frankish church and creator of the papal and Carolingian family alliance. Patron of brewers, World Youth Day and Fulda, Germany.

Feast of St. Petronilla, Roman virgin and martyr. Patron of The Dauphins of France, mountain travelers and treaties between Popes and Frankish emperors. Invoked against fever.

Feast of St. Maximinus (Maximin) of Trier, fifth Bishop of Trier, opponent of Arianism.  Patron of Trier.  Invoked as protection against perjury, loss at sea and destructive rains

Feast of St. Bernard of Montjoux, priest and founder of a canonry and hostel at the highest point of the pass named Great St. Bernard, 8,000 feet above sea level, in 1050. Patron of mountaineers, skiers, skateboarders and the Alps.  St. Bernard dog breed is named for him.

Feast of St. Melangell, Welsh virgin and abbess. Daughter of an Irish king, she became a hermit at Powys in central Wales. The prince of Powys, Brochwel Ysgithrog, granted her land to found a community of women. She served as abbess for 37 years. Patron of hares.

Feast of St. David I of Scotland, Prince of the Cumbrians, King of the Scots, the youngest son of Malcolm III and St. Margaret of Wessex. He implemented of the ideals of Gregorian Reform and fostered the foundation of monasteries.

Feast of St. William of Rochester, (also known as St. William of Perth), Scottish baker, palmer (pilgrim returned from the Holy Land) and martyr, born in Perth, Scotland.  He was martyred in Rochester, England. Patron of adopted children.

Feast of St. Eugene de Mazenod, French priest, bishop of Marseille and founder, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Patron of dysfunctional families.