Feast of St. Amelberga of Susteren, Benedictine nun and abbess of Susteren Abbey, Netherlands. Died in 900.
Feast of St. Edmund the Martyr
Feast of St. Edmund the Martyr, King East Anglia. His shrine became the English town of Bury St. Edmund’s. Patron saint of England, pandemics, torture victims, wolves, the Roman Catholic diocese of East Anglia, the English county of Suffolk and…
Feast of St. Mechtildis
Feast of St. Mechtildis (Mechtilde) of Hackeborn, the Nightingale of Helfta, Saxon Benedictine nun and mystic. One of the authors of the Book of Special Graces, promoting the devotion to the superabundant divine mercy of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.…
Feast of St. Odo of Cluny
Feast of St. Odo of Cluny, Benedictine Abbot, canon of the Church of St. Martin in Tours, studied philosophy under Remigius of Auxerre. Second abbot of Cluny. He enacted various reforms in the Cluniac system of France and Italy. Patron…
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 children, sick people, shoemakers and swans.
Feast of St. Albert the Great
Feast of St. Albert the Great, 13th-century German Dominican bishop and Doctor of the Church. Scientist, philosopher, astrologer, theologian, spiritual writer, ecumenist and diplomat. Patron of scientists, medical technicians, natural sciences, philosophers and students.
Feast of St. Lawrence O’Toole
Feast of St. Lawrence O’Toole (Lorcán Ua Tuathail), Augustinian Abbot of Glendalough, archbishop of Dublin, at the time of the Norman invasion of Ireland. Patron of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. Died 1180.
Feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, founder, Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. First American citizen canonized. Patron of immigrants. The National Shrine of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini is at 2520 N Lakeview Ave, Chicago.
Feast of St. Renatus of Angers
Feast of St. Renatus of Angers (Saint-René d’Angers), Bishop of Angers, Anjou, France. One of the phallic saints invoked for fertility. Died 422.