Feast of St. Ivo of Kermartin, Franciscan priest in Louannec, France, Advocate of the Poor. Patron of Brittany, lawyers, abandoned children.
Feast of St. Thethmar
Feast of St. Thethmar, Premonstratensian canon and missionary. Friend of St. Vicelinus, worked to convert the Wends, in Germany. Died 1152.
Feast of St. Ubald Baldassini
Feast of St. Ubald Baldassini, Bishop, Gubbio, Italy. Patron of sick children, obsessive-compulsive disorder, against migraine, neuralgia.
Feast of St. Dymphna
Feast of St. Dymphna, Lily of Éire. Patron-neurological disorders, psychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, the emotionally disturbed.
Feast of St. Servatus
Feast of St. Servatus, bishop of Tongeren, one of the Ice Saints. Patron invoked against foot troubles, lameness, rheumatism, rats and mice.
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
Feast of St. Gangulphus, Martyred Burgundian hermit. Patron of husbands unhappily married, shoemakers, invoked against marital difficulties.
Feast of St. John of Avila
Feast of St. John of Avila, “Apostle of Andalusia”, advisor to St. Teresa, St. Francis Borgia. Patron of Andalusia, Spain.
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, Cistercian abbot and archbishop. The first abbot of Tamie, Savoy, France. Started the May Bread custom.