Feast of St. Hugh of Lincoln, Carthusian monk of the Grande Chartreuse, Bishop of Lincoln. Patron of sick children, sick people, shoemakers and swans.

Feast of St. Albert the Great, 13th-century German Dominican bishop and Doctor of the Church.  Scientist, philosopher, astrologer, theologian, spiritual writer, ecumenist and diplomat. Patron of scientists, medical technicians, natural sciences, philosophers and students.

Feast of St. Lawrence O’Toole (Lorcán Ua Tuathail), Augustinian Abbot of Glendalough, archbishop of Dublin, at the time of the Norman invasion of Ireland. Patron of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. Died 1180.

Feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, founder, Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. First American citizen canonized. Patron of immigrants. The National Shrine of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini is at 2520 N Lakeview Ave, Chicago.

Feast of St. Martin of Tours, Bishop and founder, Abbey of Marmoutier, France.  Patron of Soldiers, the poor, vintners, tailors, France, geese, horses and conscientious objectors.

Feast of St. Andrew Avellino, Theatine Priest and Theologian, friend of St. Charles Borromeo. Patron of Naples and Sicily, invoked against sudden death.

Feast of St. Theodore of Amasea  (Theodore Tyro), Roman warrior saint and Great Martyr.  Venerated in the Eastern Church as one of the three “Soldier Saints,” with George and Demetrios.  Patron of soldiers, Brindisi, recovery of lost articles and against storms.

Feast of St. Castorius, one of the four crowned martyrs of Pannonia, Hungary. Patron of sculptors, stonemasons, stonecutters, against fever.

Feast of St. Willibrord, missionary archbishop, Apostle of Frisia. Patron of convulsions, epileptics, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Utrecht

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.