Feast of St. Clare of Assisi, founder, the Order of Saint Clare (the Poor Clares). Patron of eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry and television.
Category Archives: Saint of the Day
Feast of St. Lawrence of Rome
Feast of St. Lawrence of Rome, deacon martyred by Emperor Valerian. Patron of comedians, librarians, students, miners, chefs, roasters, the poor, firefighters, Rome, Canada, Sri Lanka, Rotterdam Netherlands, Huesca Spain, San Lawrenz, Gozo and Birgu, Malta.
Feast of St. Candida Maria of Jesus
Feast of St. Candida Maria of Jesus, founder, Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus, a congregation for the education of children and the advancement of the women in Salamanca, Spain. Patron of Educators and Daughters of Jesus also known as Hijas De Jesus.
Feast of St. Dominic of Caleruega
Feast of St. Dominic of Caleruega, Castilian priest and founder, Dominican Order. Patron of Astronomers, astronomy, Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Valletta, Birgu (Malta), Managua and falsely accused people.
Feast of St. Cajetan
Feast of St. Cajetan, priest, lawyer, reformer, founder, Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence (Theatines). Patron of bankers, the unemployed, workers, gamers, gamblers, job seekers, Albania, Italy, Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Feast of St. Hormisdas
Feast of St. Hormisdas, Pope. Successor to St. Symmachus and father of Pope St. Silverius. Ended the Acacian Schism in 519. Died in 523.
Feast of St. Nonna of Nazianzus
Feast of St. Nonna of Nazianzus, the wife of St. Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder and mother of St. Gregory of Nazianzus (Gregory the Theologian), St. Caesarius and St. Gorgonia. She lived in Cappadocia, present-day Turkey. Patron of death of children and information services.
Feast of St. Jean Baptist Marie Vianney
Feast of St. Jean Baptist Marie Vianney, the “Curé of Ars”, parish priest of Ars, France, confessor and director of souls. Patron of parish priests, confessors, Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Archdiocese of Kansas City.
Feast of St. Aspren
Feast of St. Aspren, First Neapolitan Bishop, cured and baptized by St. Peter. Patron of Naples, Italy and invoked against migraine.
Feast of St. Peter Julian Eymard
Feast of St. Peter Julian Eymard, Apostle of the Eucharist, French priest and founder the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament and the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament.