Feast of St. John Baptist de la Salle, French priest, founder, the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Patron of teachers.
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Feast of St. William of Æbelholt
Feast of St. William of Æbelholt, French Missionary & Abbot. Born in Paris, ordained subdeacon, 42nd abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Prés at Paris, received a prebend in the church of Sainte-Geneviève-du-Mont. Abbot, canonry of St. Thomas at Eskilsø, then abbot at Æbelholt, Denmark.
Feast of St. Vincent Ferrer
Feast of St. Vincent Ferrer, Valencian Dominican missionary and logician, born Valencia, Spain. Patron of Archdiocese of Valencia, Builders, Prisoners, Construction workers, Plumbers, Fishermen and Spanish orphanages. Died 1419.
Feast of St. Benedict the Moor
Feast of St. Benedict the Moor, Italian Franciscan lay brother. Although illiterate, he became the Master of novices, and later Guardian of the community in his Franciscan Friary. Patron of African missions, African Americans, black missions, Palermo and San Fratello, Sicily.
Feast of St. Richard of Chichester
Feast of St. Richard of Chichester also known as Richard de Wyche, Bishop of Chichester, chancellor of Canterbury. Richard was merciless to usurers, corrupt clergy and priests who mumbled the Mass. Patron of Coachmen, Diocese of Chichester & Sussex, England.
Feast of St. Urban of Langres
Feast of St. Urban of Langres, Bishop. Brother of St. Leodegaria. Patron of Langres, Dijon, vine-growers, vine-dressers, gardeners, vintners and coopers, invoked against blight, frost, storms, alcoholism and faintness.
Feast of St. Hugh of Châteauneuf
Feast of St. Hugh of Châteauneuf, Benedictine bishop and founder. Bishop of Grenoble, partisan of the Gregorian reform. Gave St. Bruno the land for the Grande Chartreuse monastery, starting the Carthusians. Patron of Grenoble, France and against headaches.
Feast of St. Balbina of Rome
Feast of St. Balbina of Rome, virgin martyr baptized by Pope St. Alexander, daughter of Quirinus, a Tribune in the Roman Army. Patron of Struma, Scrofulous Diseases, Goiter and Throat Diseases.
Feast of St. Leonard Muraildo
Feast of St. Leonard Muraildo, priest, leader in Catholic social work, founder of the Congregation of St. Joseph, also known as the Murialdines. In 1876 he founded the Association of the Good Press to improve Italian journalism, co-founded the newspaper The Voice of the Worker.
Feast of St. Gwynllyw Milwr
Feast of St. Gwynllyw Milwr (Gwynllyw Farfog), Welsh King of Gwynllwg, husband of St. Gwladys (Gladys), father of St. Cadoc the Wise, St. Cynidr, St. Bugi and St. Egwine. Patron of pirates, soldiers and Newport, Wales.