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Feast of St. Crescentia

Feast of St. Crescentia, martyr at Lucania, companion of St. Vitus. Patron of actors, comedians, Czechoslovakia, dancers, dogs, epilepsy, oversleeping, Prague, Czech Republic, rheumatic chorea (Saint Vitus Dance), snake bites, storms, Zeven, Lower Saxony and E Clampus Vitus.

Feast of St. Anthony of Padua

Feast of St. Anthony of Padua, Portuguese Franciscan priest & Doctor of the Church. Patron of lost articles, Lisbon, amputees, animals, elderly people, fishermen, harvests, horses, mail, mariners, pregnant women, travelers, Portugal, runts of litters & seekers of lost articles.

Feast of St. Barnabas

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.