Feast of St. Blaise, bishop, physician and martyr. Bishop of Sebastea in historical Armenia. Patron of animals, builders, drapers, choking, veterinarians, throats, infants, Dalmatia, Dubrovnik, stonecutters, carvers and wool workers. Blessing of Throats is today.

Feast of St. Jeanne de Lestonnac, founder, The Company of Mary Our Lady. Patron of abuse victims, people rejected by religious orders and widows.

Feast of St. Brigid of Kildare, Irish nun. Abbess and foundress. Patron of Ireland, babies, blacksmiths, boatmen, brewers, children with abusive fathers, Clan Douglas, Florida, fugitives, infants, Leinster, nuns, poets, sailors, scholars, travelers, watermen.

Feast of St. John Bosco, Italian priest, educator & writer, worked for the betterment of street children & juvenile delinquents. Founder, Salesians of Don Bosco, Patron of Christian apprentices, editors, publishers, schoolchildren, young people, magicians & juvenile delinquents.

Feast of St. Aldegunais, Frankish Virgin, Founder and Abbess, member, Merovingian royal family, daughter of St. Walbert, Count of Guînes and St. Bertila de Mareuil. Founded Maubeuge Abbey. Died of breast cancer in 684. Patron of breast cancer and wounds.

Feast of St. Blath of Kildare, lay sister and cook in St. Brigid’s convent in Kildare, Ireland. She was renowned for her simple, personal sanctity, holiness and for her loyalty to Saint Brigid. Died in 523.

Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, Italian Dominican priest, Doctor of the Church, philosopher, theologian, jurist, the father of Thomism.  Patron of Academics, book sellers, Catholic academies, schools, universities, chastity, learning, pencil makers, publishers and students.

Feast of St. Angela Merici, Franciscan tertiary, founder, the Company of St. Ursula (Order of Ursulines). Patron of the sick, disabled and physically challenged and those grieving the loss of parents.

Feast of St. Paula of Rome, married Toxotius, had 5 children, Blaesilla, Paulina, Eustochium, Toxotius and Rufina. Widowed, built a hospice, monastery and a convent with St. Jerome in the Holy Land.  Patron of widows, Order of St. Jerome, monks and nuns.

Feast of St. Francis de Sales, Bishop, Founder, Doctor of the Church. Patron of Catholic writers, the Catholic press, the deaf, journalists.