Feast of St. Melania the Elder, Foundress, Desert Mother. Wealthy Roman married a Proconsul, influential in the Christian ascetic movement, spiritual mentor to Evagrius of Pontus.

Feast of St. Landulf of Yariglia, Benedictine Bishop of Asti, Italy. He studied at the Benedictine monastery of San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro in Pavia and joined Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan, on the Crusade of 1101. Landulf was elected Bishop of Asti in 1105.

Feast of St. Marcellin Champagnat, French Priest and Founder, The Marist Brothers of the Schools (the Little Brothers of Mary).  Patron of Education and Teachers.  Died 1840. Canonized in 1999.

Feast of St. Boniface of Mainz, First archbishop of Mainz, the “Apostle of the Germans”, reformer of the Frankish church and creator of the papal and Carolingian family alliance. Patron of brewers, World Youth Day and Fulda, Germany

Feast of St. Walter, Benedictine hermit, abbot, founder and first abbot of the monastery of Serviliano, Ancona, Italy. Died 1250.

Feast of St. Juan Grande Román, Spanish Brother, Hospitallers of St. John of God. He founded a hospital and devoted it to the Blessed Virgin Mary,  He died of the plague after tending those who suffered from it. Patron Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera.

Feast of St. John Baptist Scalabrini, Bishop. Patron of Catholic Action, Migrants.Named the “Father of Migrants” by Pope John Paul II.

Feast of St. Maximinus (Maximin) of Trier, fifth Bishop of Trier, opponent of Arianism. Patron of Trier. Invoked as protection against perjury, loss at sea and destructive rains.

Feast of St. Bernard of Montjoux, priest and founder of a canonry and hostel at the highest point of the pass named Great St. Bernard, 8,000 feet above sea level, in 1050. Patron of mountaineers, skiers, skateboarders and the Alps.  St. Bernard dog breed is named for him.

Feast of St. Melangell, Welsh virgin and abbess. Daughter of an Irish king, she became a hermit at Powys in central Wales. The prince of Powys, Brochwel Ysgithrog, granted her land to found a community of women. She served as abbess for 37 years. Patron of hares.