Feast of St. Maria Magdalen De Pazzi, discalced Carmelite mystic and healer. Patron of sick people, against bodily ills, against sexual temptation, against sickness. Co-patron of Naples.
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Feast of St. William of Rochester
Feast of St. William of Rochester, (also known as St. William of Perth), Scottish baker, palmer (pilgrim returned from the Holy Land) and martyr, born in Perth, Scotland. He was martyred in Rochester, England. Patron of adopted children.
Feast of St. Rita of Cascia
Feast of St. Rita of Cascia, Italian Augustinian nun, widow. Patron of lost & impossible causes, sickness, wounds, marital problems, abuse, mothers and the unofficial patron saint of baseball due to a reference made to her in the 2002 film The Rookie.
Feast of St. Ivo of Kermartin
Feast of St. Ivo of Kermartin, Franciscan priest in Louannec, France, Advocate of the Poor. Patron of Brittany, lawyers and abandoned children.
Feast of St. Thethmar
Feast of St. Thethmar, Premonstratensian canon and missionary. He was also known as Theodemar, Friend of St. Vicelinus, worked to convert the Wends in Germany. Died 1152.
Feast of St. Matthias
Feast of St. Matthias, the apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot following Judas’ betrayal of Jesus. Patron of alcoholics, carpenters, tailors, Gary Indiana, Great Falls-Billings Montana, smallpox, hope and perseverance.
Feast of St. Maria Dominic Mazzarello
Feast of St. Maria Dominic Mazzarello Co-founder, Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco or Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. Died 1881.
Feast of St. Servatus of Tongeren
Feast of St. Servatus of Tongeren, bishop of Tongeren for 37 years, one of the Ice Saints. Patron invoked against foot troubles, leg problems, lameness, rheumatism, rats and mice.
Feast of St. Philip of Agirone
Feast of St. Philip of Agirone, early Christian confessor. Patron of Agira, Sicily, Ħaż-Żebbuġ, Malta and the U.S. Army Special Forces
Feast of St. Cataldus
Feast of St. Cataldus, Archbishop. Irish monk in Lismore, County Waterford. Shipwrecked at Taranto while returning from the Holy Land. Elected Bishop, elevated to Archbishop. Patron of the Sicilian Normans & Taranto, Italy. Invoked for protection from plagues, droughts & storms