Feast of St. Peter of Tarantaise, Cistercian abbot & archbishop. The 1st abbot of Tamie, Savoy, France. Died 1174. Started the May Bread custom.
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Feast of St. Domitian of Huy
Feast of St. Domitian of Huy, bishop of Tongeren, Apostle of the Meuse Valley. Patron of Huy, Belgium, invoked against fevers. Died 560.
Feast of St. Petronax
Feast of St. Petronax, Benedictine Abbot, “the Second Founder of Monte Cassino”. Rebuilt monastery after destruction by Lombards. Died 747.
Feast of St. Jutta of Kulmsee
Feast of St. Jutta of Kulmsee, German aristocrat, wife and mother. Died in 1260. Patron of Prussia
Feast of St. Florian
Feast of St. Florian, Roman Martyr. Patron of Linz, Austria; Krakow, Poland; chimneysweeps; firefighters. Died 304. The florian cross is the basis for Fire Department Crests.
Feast of St. James the Lesser
Feast of St. James the Lesser, author, 1st Catholic Epistle, son of Alphaeus of Cleophas & Mary, a close relative of the Blessed Virgin. Patron of hat makers.
Feast of St. Waldebert
Feast of St. Waldebert, Benedictine abbot. Born a Frankish count of Guines, Ponthieu & Saint-Pol, became abbot of Luxeuil, France. Died 668.
Feast of St. Peregrine Laziosi
Feast of St. Peregrine Laziosi, founder Servite house, Forli Italy. Patron of Cancer Victims. National Shrine located at Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica, Chicago.
Feast of St. Adjutor
Feast of St. Adjutor, Norman master of Vernon Sur-Seine, France. Knight of the First Crusade. Patron of swimmers, boaters, drowning victims. Died 1131.
Feast of St. Hugh the Great
Feast of St. Hugh the Great, Benedictine abbot. Elected abbot of Cluny Abbey, France, succeeded St. Odilo at twenty-five. Attended the Council of Reims. Patron against fever.