Feast of St. Amaswinthus of Malaga, Abbot of the Andalusian monastery of Silva de Malaga, Spain. Died in 982.

Feast of St. Peter Canisius, Dutch Jesuit, Doctor of the Church, “Second Apostle of Germany”, the first Dutchman to join the Society of Jesus, he led the Jesuits in restoring the Church after the Protestant Reformation. Patron of the Catholic press and Germany.

Feast of St. Dominic of Silos, Benedictine monk, priest, Master of Novices, prior and Abbott, Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos. Patron of captives, pregnant women, prisoners, shepherds, invoked against rabies, insects.

Feast of St. Bernard Valeara of Teramo, Bishop. A Benedictine monk at Monte Cassino Abbey, appointed Bishop of Teramo in 1115. Brother of Blessed Colomba of Mount Brancastello. Patron of Teramo, Italy.

Feast of St. Winebald, Benedictine Abbot, missionary, son of St. Richard the Pilgrim, brother of Sts. Willibald and Walburga, nephew of St. Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz.Founded the double monastery of Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm, Germany.

Feast of St. Jose Manyanet y Vives, Catalan priest.  Founder Congregation of the Sons of the Holy Family and the Missionary Daughters of the Holy Family. Born in Tremp, Lleida, Kingdom of Spain. Patron of the Sons of the Holy Family and Missionary Daughters of the Holy Family.

Feast of St. Adelaide, Holy Roman Empress and Founder of many monasteries. Patron of brides, exiles, in-law problems, parents of large families, princesses, prisoners, second marriages, stepparents and widows.

Feast of St. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa, founder of the Handmaids of Charity in Brescia, Italy, in 1839. Died in 1855

Feast of Pope Saint Damasus I, Pope and Confessor.  Pope from 366 to 384.  He commissioned St. Jerome to translate the Scriptures into Latin and encouraged the veneration of martyrs. Patron of Archaeologists and other popes named Damasus.

Feast of St. Eulalia of Merida, Virgin and Martyr. Roman Christian martyred in Emerita, the capital of Lusitania (Merida, Spain). Patron of snow days (inclement weather), Merida, Spain Oviedo, Spain, runaways, torture victims, widows. Died in 304.