Feast of St. Castorius, one of the four crowned martyrs of Pannonia, Hungary. Patron of sculptors, stonemasons, stonecutters, against fever.
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Feast of St. Willibrord
Feast of St. Willibrord, missionary archbishop, Apostle of Frisia. Patron of convulsions, epileptics, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Utrecht
Feast of St. Leonard of Noblac
Feast of St. Leonard of Noblac, hermit, abbot founder, abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France. Patron of political prisoners, prisoners of war, captives, women in labor and horses.
Feast of St. Jorandus
Feast of St. Jorandus, Benedictine hermit at Kergrist and Saint-Juhec in Pedernec, France. Died in 1340.
Feast of St. Mathurin
Feast of St. Mathurin (Maturinus), evangelist, confessor, exorcist. Patron of comic actors, jesters and clowns, sailors (in Brittany), tinmen (in Paris) and plumbers.Invoked against mental illness and infertility.
Feast of St. Arnulf
Feast of St. Arnulf, Benedictine monk martyred by Saracens at Novalese, in Piedmont, Italy. Died in 840.
Feast of St. Dorothy of Montau
Feast of St. Dorothy of Montau, mother of nine, widow and hermitess. Patron of brides, widows and parents of large families.
Feast of St. Jude Thaddeus
Feast of St. Jude Thaddeus (Jude the Apostle), Martyr, one of the twelve Apostles. Patron of Armenia, desperate cases, hospitals, lost causes and the Chicago Police Department.
Feast of St. Odhran of Iona
Feast of St. Odhran of Iona, Irish abbot and founder, Latteragh Abbey, Tipperary. Companion of St. Columba. Patron saint of Waterford, Ireland, Silvermines parish (Bellagowan), Tipperary.
Feast of Sts. Crispin and Crispinian
Feast of Sts. Crispin and Crispinian, martyrs during the Diocletanic persecutions. Patrons of shoemakers, cobblers, glove makers, lace makers, saddle makers, saddlers, tanners, weavers and leatherworkers. Immortalized by St. Crispin’s Day Speech in Shakespeare’s “Henry V”.