Feast of St. Vitus, Sicilian Martyr under the Diocletianic Persecution, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Church. Patron of actors, comedians, dancers, epileptics, dogs, epilepsy, oversleeping, Prague, rheumatic chorea (St, Vitus Dance), snake bites and storms.

Feast of St. Guy of Anderlecht, pilgrim. Patron of bachelors, animals with horns, epileptics, laborers, sacristans, sextons, workhorses.

Feast of St. Bodo, Benedictine bishop of Toul, Founder of Etival, Affonville, and Bonmoutier monasteries in France. Brother of St. Salaberga.

Feast of St. Menodora, virgin, martyred with her sisters Metrodora and Nymphodora. They were known as the Orphans of Bithynia. Condemned by Roman governor Frontonius, they were martyred in 311 a.d.

Feast of St. Peter Claver, Jesuit missionary to the West Indian slave trade. Patron of slaves, Colombia, race relations and seafarers.

Feast of St. Adrian of Nicomedia, martyr, Roman Herculean Guard of the Emperor Galerius Maximian. Chief military saint of Northern Europe, 2nd only to Saint George, revered in Flanders, Germany and northern France.  Patron of epilepsy, butchers, guards, soldiers and arms dealers.

Feast of St. Gratus of Aosta, Bishop. Patron of Aosta and Invoked against: fear of insects, against dangerous animals, against fire, against hail, against lightning, against rain and against storms.

Feast of St. Onesiphorus, “bringing profit” or “useful”, Martyr, bishop at Colophon (Asia Minor), and later at Corinth. His mention in St. Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy was an early example of prayer for the dead.

Feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa), nun, missionary and founder, Missionaries of Charity. Recipient of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. Patron of World Youth Day, Missionaries of Charity and co-patron of the Archdiocese of Calcutta.

Feast of St. Bertinus, Benedictine abbot and founder, companion of St. Mommolinus. Sent with St. Omer to evangelize the Pas-de-Calais region.