Feast of St. Menodora, Martyr with her sisters Metrodora and Nymphodora. Orphans of Bithynia condemned by Roman governor Fronto.  Died in 306.

Feast of St. Peter Claver, Jesuit missionary to the West Indian slave trade. Patron Saint of Negro Missions

Feast of St. Adrian, martyr. Patron of plague, epilepsy, butchers, guards, soldiers, arms dealers.  There is a patron saint of arms dealers!

Feast of St. Gratus, Bishop and patron saint of Aosta, Italy. Patron of Aosta and vineyards. Invoked against fear of insects; against dangerous animals, against fire, against hail, against lightning, against rain, against storms.

Feast of St. Onesiphorus, Martyr with Porphyrius. Onesiphorus was mentioned in St. Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy.

Feast of St. Bertinus, Benedictine abbot and founder, companion of Sts. Mommolinus and Bertrand. Sent with St. Omer, the bishop of Therouanne, to evangelize the Morini people living in Pas-de-Calais.

Feast of St. Candida the Elder, An elderly woman of Naples, Italy, cured of illness by St. Peter. She became a Christian, converting St. Aspren, the first bishop of Naples. Patron of Naples, Hog Roasts, Dining Clubs.

Feast of St. Hereswitha, Benedictine princess of Northumbria, England, sister of St. Hilda and mother of Sts. Sexburga, Withburga, and Ethelburga. Died in 690.

Feast of St. Nonossus, Benedictine monk of Mt. Soracte. Invoked against physical defects, back pains, and school-related student crises.

Feast of St. Giles, Abbot. Patron of beggars; breast cancer; breast feeding; cancer patients; disabled people; epilepsy; noctiphobics; forests; hermits; lepers; mental illness; outcasts; poor people; rams; and sterility.