Feast of St. Servatus of Tongeren, bishop of Tongeren for 37 years, one of the Ice Saints. Patron invoked against foot troubles, leg problems, lameness, rheumatism, rats and mice.
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Feast of St. Philip of Agirone
Feast of St. Philip of Agirone, early Christian confessor. Patron of Agira, Sicily, Ħaż-Żebbuġ, Malta and the U.S. Army Special Forces.
Feast of St. Gangulphus of Burgundy
Feast of St. Gangulphus of Burgundy, Martyr hermit. A landowner who renounced his wealth & become a hermit. Patron of husbands unhappily married, shoemakers, children, horses, invoked against marital difficulties, knee pains, and sicknesses affecting the eyes and skin.
Feast of St. Cataldus
Feast of St. Cataldus, Archbishop. Irish monk in Lismore, County Waterford. Shipwrecked at Taranto while returning from the Holy Land. Elected Bishop, elevated to Archbishop. Patron of the Sicilian Normans & Taranto, Italy. Invoked for protection from plagues, droughts & storms.
Feast of St. George Preca
Feast of St. George Preca, Maltese priest, founder, Society of Christian Doctrine, “Second Apostle of Malta”. Patron of Malta. Died 1962.
Feast of St. Peter of Tarantaise
Feast of St. Peter of Tarantaise, French Cistercian abbot and archbishop of Tarentaise at the insistence of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. The first abbot of Tamie, France. Patron of Tarentaise, France.
Feast of St. Domitian of Huy
Feast of St. Domitian of Huy, Gaullic bishop of sixth century Tongeren, the Apostle of the Meuse Valley. Patron of Huy, Belgium, invoked against fevers. Died 560.
Feast of St. Petronax of Monte Cassino
Feast of St. Petronax of Monte Cassino, Italian monk and Benedictine Abbot, “the Second Founder of Monte Cassino”. Rebuilt monastery after destruction by Lombards. St. Willibald and Sturmius of Fulda were monks under Petronax. Died 747.
Feast of St. Jutta of Kulmsee
Feast of St. Jutta of Kulmsee, German aristocrat, wife and mother. Patron of Prussia. Died in 1260.
Feast of St. Florian
Feast of St. Florian, Roman Martyr. Commander of the imperial Roman army in Noricum. Patron of Kraków, Poland, chimneysweeps, soap boilers, Upper Austria and firefighters. The Florian cross is the basis of Fire Department symbols worldwide.