Feast of St. Quadragesimus, confessor and shepherd, known for miracles. He lived in Policastro, Italy.

Feast of Sts. Crispin & Crispinian, twins martyred c. 286. Crispin famous for St. Crispin’s Day Speech in Shakespeare’s play Henry V about the Battle of Agincourt..

Feast of St. Anthony Mary Claret, Claretian archbishop & founder, Claretians. Patron of Weavers, Savings, Technical & Vocational Educators.

Feast of St. John of Capistrano, Franciscan friar, preacher, Soldier Saint. Patron of Jurists. California mission San Juan de Capistrano famous for the Return of the Swallows.

Feast of St. Pope John Paul II, visited 129 countries in 27 years. Patron of World Youth Day, Young Catholics, Families. Canonized 4/27/14.

Feast of St. John of Bridlington, Augustinian Prior at Bridlington England . Patron of women in difficult labor, fishermen. Died in 1379.

Feast of St. Bertilla Boscardin, member, Congregation of Teachers of St. Dorothy, Daughters of the Sacred Heart. Canonized in 1961.

Feast of St. Jean de Brebeuf, Jesuit missionary in New France, martyred by Iroquois. Patron saint of Canada.

Feast of St. Luke, one of the Four Evangelists – the four authors of canonical Gospels of Jesus Christ. Patron of Physicians and Surgeons.

Feast of St. Marie Magdalen Desjardin, Ursuline martyr of the French Revolution. She was guillotined in Valenciennes. Beatified in 1920.