Feast of St. Rose of Lima, virgin, lay Dominican, first saint born in the Americas. Patron of gardeners; florists; India and Latin America.

Feast of St. Sigfrid, Benedictine deacon and coadjutor of Wearmouth Abbey, elected abbot in 688 on the death of St. Erstwine.  Died in 690.

Feast of St. Hardulph, hermit of Leicester, England, possibly the recluse of Breedon, mentioned in the life of St. Modwenna.

Feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercian abbot, Doctor of the Church. Patron of Cistercians, Burgundy, beekeepers, candle makers.

Feast of St. Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, Jesuit priest, lawyer, and writer. Patron of Chile, poor people, street children, social workers.

Feast of St. Mamas of Caesarea, Martyred shepherd. Patron of breastfeeding babies, protector of sufferers of broken bones and hernias.

Feast of St. Hyacinth, missionary, the “Apostle of Poland”. Patron of St. Hyacinth’s Basilica, Chicago, and of those in danger of drowning.

Feast of St. Antonio Primaldo, Martyr. Trapped by a Turkish invasion in 1480. Forced to choose- convert to Islam or die. Patron of Otranto.

Feast of St. Cassian of Imola, Martyr. Patron of schoolteachers, shorthand-writers, parish clerks. Died 363.

Feast of St. Euplius, deacon and martyr. Patron of Catania; Trevico; Francavilla di Sicilia.