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. 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. Cataldus
Feast of St. Cataldus, Archbishop. Irish monk in Lismore, County Waterford. Shipwrecked at Taranto while returning from the Holy Land. Elected Bishop, elevated to Archbishop. Patron of the Sicilian Normans & Taranto, Italy. Invoked for protection from plagues, droughts & storms.
Feast of St. Domitian of Huy
Feast of St. Domitian of Huy, Gaullic bishop of sixth century Tongeren, the Apostle of the Meuse Valley. Patron of Huy, Belgium, invoked against fevers. Died 560
Feast of St. Petronax of Monte Cassino
Feast of St. Petronax of Monte Cassino, Italian monk and Benedictine Abbot, “the Second Founder of Monte Cassino”. Rebuilt monastery after destruction by Lombards. St. Willibald and St. Sturmius of Fulda were monks under Petronax. Died 747.
Feast of St. James the Lesser
Feast of St. James the Lesser, first Bishop of Jerusalem, author of the first Epistle, son of Alphaeus and Mary, a relative of the Blessed Virgin. Patron of hat makers.
Feast of St. Waldebert
Feast of St. Waldebert, Benedictine abbot. Born a Frankish count of Guines, Ponthieu and Saint-Pol, became the third abbot of Luxeuil, France. Died 668