Feast of St. James the Lesser, first Bishop of Jerusalem, author of the first Epistle, son of Alphaeus and Mary, a relative of the Blessed Virgin. Patron of hat makers.
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Feast of St. Waldebert
Feast of St. Waldebert, Benedictine abbot. Born a Frankish count of Guines, Ponthieu and Saint-Pol, became the third abbot of Luxeuil, France. Died 668.
Feast of St. Waldebert
Feast of St. Waldebert, Benedictine abbot. Born a Frankish count of Guines, Ponthieu and Saint-Pol, became the third abbot of Luxeuil, France. Died 668.
Feast of St. Peregrine Laziosi
Feast of St. Peregrine Laziosi, Servite priest and founder, Servite house in Forli, Italy. Patron of AIDS and cancer victims. The National Shrine of St. Peregrine is located at Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica, 3121 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago.
Feast of St. Adjutor
Feast of St. Adjutor, Norman master of Vernon Sur-Seine, France.Knight of the First Crusade. Patron of swimmers, boaters, drowning victims, bargemen, yachtsmen and Vernon, France.
Feast of St. Catherine of Siena
Feast of St. Catherine of Siena, Dominican tertiary, Scholastic philosopher, theologian, doctor of the Church. Patron diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA, Europe, illness, Italy, miscarriages, sexual temptation, sick people, sickness and nurses, against fire and bodil
Feast of St. Gianna Beretta Molla
Feast of St. Gianna Beretta Molla, Italian physician, working mother of four. Patron of Magenta, Italy, Mothers, Physicians, Wives, Families, Unborn children, World Meeting of Families 2015 (co-patron). Died 1962. Canonized 2004.
Feast of St. Zita
Feast of St. Zita, Italian servant. Patron of domestic servants, homemakers, lost keys, people ridiculed for their piety, rape victims, single laywomen, waiters, waitresses and the Italian City of Lucca. Died 1272.
Feast of St. Mark the Evangelist
Feast of St. Mark the Evangelist, author of the Second Gospel, cousin of St. Barnabas, founder, the Church of Alexandria. Patron of Barristers, Venice, Egypt and Mainar, Spain.
Feast of St. William Firmatus
Feast of St. William Firmatus, Norman Hermit, pilgrim, physician & canon at Saint-Venance, France. He was noted for his love of wildlife & unusual level of communication he seemed to have with animals. Venerated at Mortain, Savigny & Mantilly, France. Patron against headache.