Feast of St. Mechtildis of Hackeborn, the Nightingale of Helfta, Saxon Benedictine nun and mystic. One of the authors of the Book of Special Graces. Died 1298.
Feast of St. Odo of Cluny
Feast of St. Odo of Cluny, Benedictine Abbot, reformed the Abbey of Cluny, which became the model of monasticism for over a century. Patron for rain.
Feast of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus
Feast of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus (Gregory the Miracle-Worker), bishop. Patron of desperate causes, floods, impossible causes, lost causes and against earthquakes.
Feast of St. Hugh of Lincoln
Feast of St. Hugh of Lincoln, Carthusian monk of the Grande Chartreuse, Bishop of Lincoln. Patron of sick people, shoemakers and swans.
Feast of St. Albert the Great
Feast of St. Albert the Great, teacher, expert in biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, geography, and mathematics. Patron of scientists.
Feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, founder, Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. 1st American citizen canonized. Patron of immigrants.
Feast of St. Martin of Tours
Feast of St. Martin of Tours, Bishop, founder, Abbey of Marmoutier, France. Patron of Soldiers, the poor, vintners, France, geese, horses.
Feast of St. Andrew Avellino
Feast of St. Andrew Avellino, Theatine Theologian, friend of St. Charles Borromeo. Patron of Naples & Sicily, invoked against sudden death.
Feast of St. Theodore Tyro
Feast of St. Theodore Tyro, Roman martyr. Venerated in the Eastern Church as one of the three “Soldier Saints,” with George and Demetrios.
Feast of St. Castorius
Feast of St. Castorius, one of the four crowned martyrs of Pannonia, Hungary. Patron of sculptors, stonemasons, stonecutters, against fever.