Feast of St. Lawrence O’Toole (Lorcán Ua Tuathail), Augustinian Abbot of Glendalough, archbishop of Dublin, at the time of the Norman invasion of Ireland. Patron of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. Died 1180.
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Feast of St. Martin of Tours
Feast of St. Martin of Tours, Bishop and founder, Abbey of Marmoutier, France. Patron of Soldiers, the poor, vintners, tailors, France, geese, horses and conscientious objectors.
Feast of St. Andrew Avellino
Feast of St. Andrew Avellino, Theatine Priest and Theologian, friend of St. Charles Borromeo. Patron of Naples and Sicily, invoked against sudden death.
Feast of St. Theodore of Amasea
Feast of St. Theodore of Amasea (Theodore Tyro), Roman warrior saint and Great Martyr. Venerated in the Eastern Church as one of the three “Soldier Saints,” with George and Demetrios. Patron of soldiers, Brindisi, recovery of lost articles and against storms.
Feast of St. Castorius
Feast of St. Castorius, one of the four crowned martyrs of Pannonia, Hungary. Patron of sculptors, stonemasons, stonecutters, against fever.
Feast of St. Willibrord
Feast of St. Willibrord, missionary archbishop, Apostle of Frisia. Patron of convulsions, epileptics, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Utrecht.
Feast of St. Leonard of Noblac
Feast of St. Leonard of Noblac, hermit, abbot founder, abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France. Patron of political prisoners, prisoners of war, captives, women in labor and horses.
Feast of St. Sylvia
Feast of St. Sylvia, Mother of St. Gregory the Great. Native of Sicily, Italy. Patron of Pregnant Women.
Feast of St. Hubert
Feast of St. Hubert, Apostle of the Ardennes, one of the Four Holy Marshals. Patron of hunters, mathematicians, opticians and metalworkers.
Feast of St. Jorandus
Feast of St. Jorandus, Benedictine hermit at Kergrist and Saint-Juhec in Pedernec, France. Died in 1340.