Feast of St. Werenfrid of England (Werenfrid of Arnheim), Benedictine monk. Priest. Confessor, Missionary in Frisia. Born in England, studied in Ireland under St. Egbert, sent to convert the Frisians. Patron of vegetable gardeners, invoked against gout, stiff joints.
Feast of St. Cassian of Imola
Feast of St. Cassian of Imola, Bishop of Brescia, teacher, Martyr. Stabbed to death by his students. Patron of schoolteachers, shorthand-writers, parish clerks, Imola & San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Italy, Mexico City and Las Galletas, Tenerife, Spain.
Feast of St. Clare of Assisi
Feast of St. Clare of Assisi, founder, the Order of Saint Clare (the Poor Clares). Patron of eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry, television.
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…
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…
Feast of St. Jean Baptist Marie Vianney
Feast of St. Jean Baptist Marie Vianney, the “Curé of Ars”, parish priest of Ars, France, confessor & director of souls. Patron of parish priests, confessors, Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Archdiocese of Kansas…
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. Dominguito del Val
Feast of St. Dominguito del Val, altar boy killed in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, martyred at age 7. Patron of Altar boys, acolytes and choirboys.