Feast of  St. Christopher, name means “Christ-bearer”.  Patron of bachelors, transportation, traveling, storms, gardeners and toothache

Feast of St. Liborius of Le Mans, Bishop. Second Bishop of Le Mans, died in the arms of his friend St. Martin of Tours.  Patron of Paderborn, Germany (cathedral and archdiocese), invoked against calculi, colic, fever and gallstones.

Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, witnessed Jesus’ crucifixion & resurrection, mentioned by name twelve times in the canonical gospels. Patron of Apothecaries, contemplative life, converts, glove makers, hairdressers, penitent sinners, pharmacists, sexual temptation, tanners, women.

Feast of St. Wilgefortis, virgin. Patron of relief from tribulations, of women wishing to be liberated (disencumbered) from abusive husbands

Feast of St. Camillus de Lellis, Priest and Founder, Order of Clerks Regular, Ministers of the Infirm (M.I.), better known as the Camillians. Director of St. Giacomo Hospital, Rome. Patron of the sick, hospitals, nurses and physicians.

Feast of St. Hedwig (Jadwiga) of Poland, the first queen regnant of the Kingdom of Poland, ascended the throne at age thirteen. Married Jagiello of Lithuania. Patron of Queens and United Europe. Canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1997.

Feast of St. Reineldis, virgin daughter of Count Witger and St. Arnalberga, sister of St. Gudula. Martyred by the Huns. Patron of open wounds and against eye disease.

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. 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. 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.