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Feast of Bernardino of Siena

Feast of Bernardino of Siena, (Bernardine), Italian priest, Franciscan missionary and popular preacher “the Apostle of Italy”. Patron of advertisers, advertising, Aquila, Italy, chest problems, Diocese of San Bernardino, California, gambling addicts and public relations work.

Feast of St. Cataldus

Feast of St. Cataldus, Archbishop. Irish monk in Lismore, County Waterford. Shipwrecked at Taranto while returning from the Holy Land. Elected Bishop, elevated to Archbishop. Patron of the Sicilian Normans & Taranto, Italy.  Invoked for protection from plagues, droughts & storms.