Feast of St. Peter Julian Eymard, Apostle of the Eucharist, Founder-Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, Servants of the Blessed Sacrament

Feast of St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, sister of the Poor Clares, the first person of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint. Patron against illness.

Feast of St. AIban of Mainz, Martyr, preacher, companion of St. Ursus, slain by the Vandals. Patron of hernia, epilepsy, and kidney stones.

Feast of St. Barnabas, Prophet, Disciple. Patron of Cyprus, Antioch, against hailstorms, invoked as a peacemaker.

Feast of St. Landulf of Yariglia, Benedictine Bishop of Asti, Italy. Joined Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan, on the Crusade of 1101.

Feast of St. Petronax, Benedictine Abbot, “the Second Founder of Monte Cassino”. Rebuilt monastery after destruction by Lombards. Died 747.

Feast of St. Beatus, author. Monk at St. Martin’s Monastery, Santander, Spain and foe of the Adoptionist Archbishop Elipandus of Toledo.

Feast of St. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa, founder of the Handmaids of Charity in Brescia, Italy, in 1839. Died in 1855.

Feast of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess, Franciscan Tertiary. Patron of hospitals, nurses, brides, widows & The Third Order of St. Francis.

Feast of Sts. Crispin & Crispinian. Patrons of shoemakers, cobblers, and leatherworkers. Prominently mentioned in Shakespeare’s “Henry V”.