Feast of Bernardino of Siena, (Bernardine), Italian priest, Franciscan missionary, and popular preacher “the Apostle of Italy”. Patron of Advertisers, advertising, Aquila, Italy, chest problems, Diocese of San Bernardino, California, gambling addicts and public relations work.
Feast of St. Ivo of Kermartin
Feast of St. Ivo of Kermartin, Franciscan priest in Louannec, France, Advocate of the Poor. Patron of Brittany, lawyers and abandoned children.
Feast of Theodotus of Ancyra
Feast of Theodotus of Ancyra, martyred with Thecusa, Alexandra, Claudia, Phaina, Euphrasia, Matrona and Julitta during the Diocletianic persecutions. Patron of innkeepers.
Feast of St. Thethmar
Feast of St. Thethmar, Premonstratensian canon and missionary. He was also known as Theodemar. Friend of St. Vicelinus, worked to convert the Wends, in Germany. Died 1152.
Feast of St. Ubald Baldassini
Feast of St. Ubald Baldassini (Ubald of Gubbio), medieval Bishop of Gubbio, Italy. Canonized in 1192 by Pope Celestine III. Patron of sick children, obsessive-compulsive disorder, autistics, against migraine, neuralgia and demonic possession.
Feast of St. Matthias
Feast of St. Matthias, the apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot following Judas’ betrayal of Jesus. Patron of alcoholics, carpenters, tailors, Gary Indiana, Great Falls-Billings Montana, smallpox, hope and perseverance.
Feast of St. Maria Dominic Mazzarello
Feast of St. Maria Dominic Mazzarello Co-founder, Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco or Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. Died 1881.
Feast of St. Servatus of Tongeren
Feast of St. Servatus of Tongeren, bishop of Tongeren for 37 years, one of the Ice Saints. Patron invoked against foot troubles, leg problems, 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 of Burgundy
Feast of St. Gangulphus of Burgundy, Martyr hermit. A landowner who renounced his wealth & become a hermit. Patron of husbands unhappily married, shoemakers, children, horses, invoked against knee pains, sicknesses affecting the eyes & skin and against marital difficulties.