Feast of St. Piran (Pyran), Fifth-century Cornish abbot and hermit. St. Piran’s Day is the National Day of Cornwall. Patron of tin miners and Cornwall, although St .Michael and St. Petroc also have some claim to the title.
Feast of St. Casimir of Poland
Feast of St. Casimir of Poland, crown prince of the Kingdom of Poland. Patron of Lithuania, Poland, youth, Knights of St. John. Died 1483.
Feast of St. Katharine Drexel
Feast of St. Katharine Drexel, American heiress, philanthropist, religious sister, educator and founder – Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. The 2nd canonized saint born in the United States and the 1st to have been born a U.S. citizen. Patron of…
Feast of St. Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt
Feast of St. Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt, missionary bishop, founder. Apostle of the Frisians with St. Willibrord. Converted pagans in North Brabant, Gelderland and Cleves. Patron of Germany. Died 739.
Feast of Oswald of Worcester
Feast of Oswald of Worcester, archbishop, monk at Fleury. Named Bishop of Worcester by Dunstan, then Archbishop of York. Died Feb. 29, 992.
Feast of St. Romanus of Condat
Feast of St. Romanus of Condat, hermit, founder, Lauconne, La Balme and Condat Abbeys, France and Romainmôtier Priory, Switzerland. Patron of drowning victims, insanity and the mentally ill.
Feast of St. Baldomerus
Feast of St. Baldomerus, sub-deacon, monk, at the monastery of St. Justus, Lyon, France. Known for his personal piety, charity and simple living, He was a locksmith and blacksmith before becoming a monk. Patron of locksmiths.
Feast of St. Nestor of Magydos
Feast of St. Nestor of Magydos, Hieromartyr (Eastern Church), Bishop of Magydos, Pamphylia, Turkey. Martyred in 250.
Feast of St. Betto
Feast of St. Betto, Benedictine monk at Saint-Colombe abbey, Sens, France. Bishop of Auxerre, France in 889. Died in 918.
Feast of St. Polycarp of Smyrna
Feast of St. Polycarp of Smyrna, martyr, 2nd-century bishop of Smyrna, Turkey, disciple of Saint John the Apostle and friend of Saint Ignatius of Antioch. One of earliest Christian writers. Patron against earache and dysentery.