Feast of St. Cucuphas (Cucufate, Cugat, Guinefort or Qaqophas). A Barcelonian merchant martyred during the Diocletianic Persecutions. Benedictine abbey of St. Cugat de Valles stands on the site of his martyrdom. Patron of hunchbacks and petty thieves.

Feast of St. Kinga of Poland (Kunegunda), Hungarian Princess who married Bolesław V (“the Chaste”) and performed charitable works visiting the poor and helping lepers. Widowed, she became a Poor Clare nun in the monastery at Sandec. Patron of Poland and Lithuania.

Feast of St. Liborius of Le Mans, Bishop. Second Bishop of Le Mans, died in the arms of his friend St. Martin of Tours.Patron of Paderborn, Germany (cathedral and archdiocese), invoked against calculi, colic, fever and gallstones.

Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, witnessed Jesus’ crucifixion & resurrection, mentioned by name twelve times in the canonical gospels. Patron of Apothecaries, contemplative life, converts, glove makers, hairdressers, penitent sinners, pharmacists, sexual temptation, tanners, women.

Feast of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, O.F.M. priest, theologian, Doctor of the Church, vicar general of the Capuchins, imperial chaplain for the army of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II. He led the liberation of Székesfehérvár, Hungary armed only with a crucifix. Patron of Brindisi.

Feast of St. Wilgefortis, virgin. Patron of relief from tribulations, of women wishing to be liberated (disencumbered) from abusive husbands

Feast of Sts. Justa and Rufina, Virgin Martyrs, potters. The two saints are highly honored in the medieval Mozarabic Liturgy. Patrons of Seville, Spain, guilds of alfareros (potters) and cacharreros (sellers of pottery), protectors of La Giralda and the Cathedral of Seville.

Feast of St. Camillus de Lellis, Priest and Founder, Order of Clerks Regular, Ministers of the Infirm (M.I.), better known as the Camillians. Director of St. Giacomo Hospital, Rome. Patron of the sick, hospitals, nurses and physicians.

Feast of St. Hedwig (Jadwiga) of Poland, the first queen regnant of the Kingdom of Poland, ascended the throne at age thirteen. Married Jagiello of Lithuania. Patron of Queens and United Europe. Canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1997.

Feast of St. Reineldis, virgin daughter of Count Witger and St. Arnalberga, sister of St. Gudula. Martyred by the Huns. Patron of open wounds and against eye disease.