Feast of St. Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress, Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Patron, Diocese of Lafayette, Indiana

Feast of St. Leodegarius, Benedictine bishop and martyr. Abbott of St. Maxentius, Patron of millers; invoked against blindness, eye disease.

Feast of St. Romanus the Melodist, hymnographer of 1000 compositions, some master works of religious literature. Patron of church singers.

Feast of St. Jerome, the most learned of the Fathers of the Western Church. Patron of Librarians. Died in 420.

Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, leader of the forces of heaven in their triumph over the powers of hell. Patron of grocers, mariners, paratroopers, police.

Feast of St. Wenceslaus, martyr, raised by his grandmother, St. Ludmilla. Duke of Bohemia from 924-929, Patron of Bohemia, Czech Republic, Prague. Best known through the Christmas carol “Good King Wenceslaus.”

Feast of St. Vincent de Paul, The Apostle of Charity, founder, the Vincentians. Patron of charities; hospitals; prisoners; volunteers.

Feast of Sts. Cosmas & Damian, martyrs, twin brothers, patrons of surgeons, physicians, dentists, barbers, pharmacists, veterinarians, orphanages, day-care centers, confectioners.

Feast of St. Cadoc, Welsh bishop and martyr. Patron of Glamorgan; Llancarfan; famine victims; deafness; glandular disorders. Died in 580.

Feast of St. Gerard Sagredo, Bishop, martyred with Bystrik and Buldus. Taught Saint Emeric of Hungary. Patron of Hungary. Died in 1046.