Feast of St. Salvator of Horta, Franciscan lay brother from Catalonia, Spain, miracle worker. Major shrine – Church of St. Rosalie, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Died 1567. Canonized 1938.
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Feast of St. Patrick and St. Gertrude of Nivelles
Feast of St. Patrick and St. Gertrude of Nivelles. St. Patrick is the well-known patron of Ireland. Today is also the feast day of St. Gertrude of Nivelles. St. Gertrude is the patron of travelers, gardeners and cats.
Feast of St. Louise de Marillac
Feast of St. Louise de Marillac, co-founder, (with St. Vincent de Paul), the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. Patron of disappointing children, loss of parents, people rejected by religious orders, sick people, social workers, Vincentian Service Corps and widows.
Feast of St. Matilda
Feast of St. Matilda, wife of King Henry I of Germany (Henry the Fowler). Mother of three – Otho, Emperor, Henry, Duke of Bavaria and St. Bruno, Archbishop of Cologne. She is buried in St. Servatius Church, Quedlinburg Abbey. Patron parents of large families.
Feast of St. Ansovinus
Feast of St. Ansovinus, Bishop and confessor, counselor to Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor. Bishop of Camerino, Macerata, Marche, Italy. Patron of gardeners, invoked for good harvests. Died 840.
Feast of St. Paul Aurelian
Feast of St. Paul Aurelian, Bishop & Founder, first bishop of Quimper & Léon, one of the seven founder saints of Brittany. A pupil of St. Illtud at Ynys Byr, he established monasteries in Finistère, at Lampaul, Ushant Island & Batz Island, Brittany. Consecrated bishop at Ocsimor.
Feast of St. Sophronius of Jerusalem
Feast of St. Sophronius of Jerusalem, monk, theologian and Patriarch. Called the Sophist, he wrote the Florilegium, the life of St. John the Almsgive, the life of St. Mary of Egypt and composed 23 anacreontic odes on the feasts of the church. Died 638.
Feast of St. Kessog
Feast of St. Kessog, Martyr, Prince, bishop, missionary active in the Lennox and southern Perthshire areas. Son of the King of Cashel in Ireland, he was a missionary bishop in Scotland. The Kessog oil field in the North Sea is named after the saint. Patron of Lennox and Scotland.
Feast of St. Catherine of Bologna
Feast of St. Catherine of Bologna, Italian artist, founder, abbess, cloistered nun of The Poor Clares and author Seven Spiritual Weapons Necessary for Spiritual Warfare. Patron of artists, Bologna, Italy Liberal arts and against temptations. Died 1463.
Feast of St. Vincent Kadlubek
Feast of St. Vincent Kadlubek, Cistercian Bishop of Cracow. Author, Chronicles of the Kings and Princes of Poland. Patron of Sandomierz