Feast of Joseph of Cupertino, Italian Franciscan friar and mystic. Patron of aviation, astronauts, mental handicaps, students.
Feast of St. Satyrus of Milan
Feast of St. Satyrus of Milan, Born Trier, Germany. Brother of Sts. Ambrose & Marcellina. Patron, sacristans of the Archdiocese of Milan.
Feast of St. Eugenia
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
Feast of St. Vitus, Sicilian Martyr, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Church. Patron saint of actors, comedians, dancers, epileptics.
Feast of St. Notburga of Eben
Feast of St. Notburga of Eben, cook in the household of Count Henry of Rattenberg, Tyrol, Austria. Patron of poor peasants and servants.
Feast of St. Bodo
Feast of St. Bodo, Benedictine bishop of Toul, Founder Bonmoutier monastery, Val-et-Châtillon, Vosges, France. Brother of St. Salaberga.
Feast of St. Menodora
Feast of St. Menodora, virgin, martyred with her sisters Metrodora & Nymphodora. Orphans of Bithynia condemned by Roman governor Frontonius.
Feast of St. Adrian of Nicomedia
Feast of St. Adrian of Nicomedia, Roman Herculean Guard, martyr. Patron of plague, epilepsy, butchers, guards, soldiers, and arms dealers.
Feast of St. Gratus
Feast of St. Gratus, Bishop. Patron of vineyards. Invoked against: fear of insects, dangerous animals, fire, hail, lightning, rain, storms.
Feast of St. Onesiphorus
Feast of St. Onesiphorus, “useful”, Martyr. His mention in St. Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy was an early example of prayer for the dead.