Feast of St. Swithun, Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester, chaplain to Egbert of the Saxons, tutor to Ethelwulf.  Patron of Winchester Cathedral and  .  Tradition: if it rains on St. Swithun’s bridge today, it will rain for forty days!

Feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk Virgin, the first Native American to be declared a Saint. Patron of the environment and ecology.

Feast of St. Henry, Holy Roman Emperor, Oblate of Saint Benedict. Married to Cunigunde of Luxembourg (later canonized), patron saint of the childless, of Dukes, the handicapped and those rejected by Religious Orders.

Feast of St. John Gaulbert, Florentine noble,  Abbott and founder of the Vallumbrosan Order. Patron of forest workers, foresters, park rangers, parks, Badia di Passignano, the Vallumbrosan Order, Florence, Italian Forest Corps and Brazilian forests.

Feast of St. Benedict of Nursia, father of western monasticism, wrote The Rule of Saint Benedict for monks. Patron of agricultural workers, speleologists, civil engineers, dying people, erysipelas, Europe, farmers, fever, gall stones, inflammatory disease, kidney disease & monks.

Feast of St. Amalberga of Maubeuge, Merovingian nun, relative of Blessed Pepin of Landen, married to Witgar and the mother of five saints – Emebert, Reineldis, Pharaildis, Ermelindis and Gudula. Amalberga joined the Benedictine monastery in Maubeuge, Hainaut, France.

Feast of St. Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, nun, founder, Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. The first Brazilian to be canonized. Proclaimed a saint in 2002, by Pope John Paul II. Patron of Diabetics.

Feast of St. Arnulf of Soissons, priest, abbot, Benedictine bishop and founder of the abbey of St. Peter in Oudenburg. France. Arnulf brewed beer and encouraged local peasants to drink beer, instead of water. Patron of hop-pickers and beer brewing.

Feast of St. Pantaenus the Philosopher, Greek theologian and missionary stoic philosopher, head of the  catechetical school in Alexandria, Egypt. St. Pantaenus influenced the development of Christian theology.

Feast of St. Maria Goretti, Italian virgin-martyr, one of the youngest canonized saints, canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1950. Patron of chastity, rape victims, girls, youth, teenage girls, poverty, purity and forgiveness.