Feast of St. Januarius (San Gennaro), Bishop of Benevento martyred during the Diocletanic persecution. Patron of blood banks, Naples, Italy and volcanic eruptions.
Feast of St. Satyrus of Milan
Feast of St. Satyrus of Milan, Born Trier, Germany. Brother of Sts. Ambrose and Marcellina. Patron of the 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 under the Diocletianic Persecution, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Church. Patron of actors, comedians, dancers, epileptics, dogs, epilepsy, oversleeping, Prague, rheumatic chorea (St, Vitus Dance), snake bites and storms.
Feast of St. Guy of Anderlech
Feast of St. Guy of Anderlecht, pilgrim. Patron of bachelors, animals with horns, epileptics, laborers, sacristans, sextons, workhorses.
Feast of St. Bodo
Feast of St. Bodo, Benedictine bishop of Toul, Founder of Etival, Affonville, and Bonmoutier monasteries in France. Brother of St. Salaberga.
Feast of St. Menodora
Feast of St. Menodora, virgin, martyred with her sisters Metrodora and Nymphodora. They were known as the Orphans of Bithynia. Condemned by Roman governor Frontonius, they were martyred in 311 a.d.
Feast of St. Peter Claver
Feast of St. Peter Claver, Jesuit missionary to the West Indian slave trade. Patron of slaves, Colombia, race relations and seafarers.
Feast of St. Adrian of Nicomedia
Feast of St. Adrian of Nicomedia, martyr, Roman Herculean Guard of the Emperor Galerius Maximian. Chief military saint of Northern Europe, 2nd only to Saint George, revered in Flanders, Germany and northern France. Patron of epilepsy, butchers, guards, soldiers and…
Feast of St. Gratus of Aosta
Feast of St. Gratus of Aosta, Bishop. Patron of Aosta and Invoked against: fear of insects, against dangerous animals, against fire, against hail, againstlightning, against rain and against storms.