Feast of St. Jean de Brebeuf, Jesuit missionary in New France, martyred by Iroquois. He was canonized with Jérôme Lalemant and six other Jesuits who were killed in New France (collectively called the Canadian Martyrs or North American Martyrs) in 1930. Patron saint of Canada.
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Feast of St. Luke
Feast of St. Luke, one of the Four Evangelists – author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. Patron of physicians, surgeons, artists, bachelors, farmers, brewers, butchers, glass makers, glaziers, lacemakers, notaries, painters, sculptors and stained glass artists.
Feast of St. Gerard Majella
Feast of St. Gerard Majella, Italian Redemptorist sacristan, gardener, porter, infirmarian and tailor. Patron of expectant mothers.
Feast of St. Teresa of Avila
Feast of St. Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church, Founder Discalced Carmelites. Patron of headache sufferers, Spanish Catholic Writers.
Feast of St. Calixtus
Feast of St. Calixtus, Pope and Martyr. Succeeded St. Zephyrinus as Pope. Patron of Cemetery workers.
Feast of St. Edwin of Northumbria
Feast of St. Edwin of Northumbria, Martyr King. Patron of converts, hobos, homeless people, kings and parents of large families.
Feast of St. Gummarus
Feast of St. Gummarus, an official in the court of Pepin the Younger, King of the Franks, later a hermit at Nivesdunc. Patron of childless people, courtiers, cowherds, difficult marriages, glove makers, hernia sufferers, separated spouses and woodcutters.
Feast of St. Ywi of Lindisfarne
Feast of St. Ywi of Lindisfarne, Northumbrian Benedictine monk and hermit at Lindisfarne Abbey, England. He was ordained a deacon by St. Cuthbert. Died in 690.
Feast of St. Justina of Padua
Feast of St. Justina of Padua, Virgin princess martyred in Padua during the Diocletanic persecution. Patron of Padua and Palmanova, Italy.
Feast of St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus
Feast of St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus, Franciscan tertiary, mystic and stigmatic. Patron of Naples, Italy. Died in 1791.