Feast of St. Januarius (San Gennaro), Bishop of Benevento martyred during the Diocletanic persecution. Patron of blood banks, volcanic eruptions and Naples, Italy

Feast of Joseph of Cupertino, Italian Franciscan friar and mystic. Patron of aviation, astronauts, mental handicaps, students, examinations and the City of Osimo, Italy.

Feast of St. Eugenia, Benedictine abbess, daughter of the Duke of Alsace. She succeeded St. Ottilia as abbess of Hohenburg Monastery, France.

Feast of St. Vitus, Sicilian Martyr under the Diocletianic Persecution, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Church. Patron of actors, comedians, dancers, epileptics, dogs, epilepsy, oversleeping, Prague, rheumatic chorea (St, Vitus Dance), snake bites and storms.

Feast of St. Menodora, virgin, martyred with her sisters Metrodora and Nymphodora. They were known as the Orphans of Bithynia. Condemned by Roman governor Frontonius, they were martyred in 311 a.d.

Feast of St. Peter Claver, Jesuit missionary to the West Indian slave trade. Patron of slaves, Colombia, race relations and seafarers.

Feast of St. Adrian of Nicomedia, martyr, Roman Herculean Guard of the Emperor Galerius Maximian. Chief military saint of Northern Europe, second only to St. George, revered in Flanders, Germany and northern France.  Patron of epilepsy, butchers, guards, soldiers and arms dealers.

Feast of St. Gratus of Aosta, Bishop. Patron of Aosta and Invoked against: fear of insects, against dangerous animals, against fire, against hail, againstlightning, against rain and against storms.

Feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa), nun, missionary and founder, Missionaries of Charity. Recipient of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. Patron of World Youth Day, Missionaries of Charity and co-patron of the Archdiocese of Calcutta.

Feast of St. Candida the Elder, woman cured of illness by St. Peter. Converted by St. Aspren. Patron of Naples, Hog Roasts and Dining Clubs.