Feast of St. Patrick and St. Gertrude of Nivelles. St. Patrick is the well-known patron of Ireland. Today is also the feast day of St. Gertrude of Nivelles. St. Gertrude is the patron of travelers, gardeners and cats.

Feast of St. Benedict Biscop, Anglo-Saxon Benedictine Abbot, founder, Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory, Jarrow, England. Former thegn of King Oswiu. Patron of English Benedictines, musicians, painters, Sunderland, England.

Feast of Saints Romulus and Conindrus, Missionaries and Bishops. They were contemporaries of St. Patrick and the first evangelizers of the Isle of Man.

Feast of St. Peter Canisius, Dutch Jesuit, Doctor of the Church, “Second Apostle of Germany”, the first Dutchman to join the Society of Jesus, he led the Jesuits in restoring the Church after the Protestant Reformation. Patron of the Catholic…

Feast of St. Odhran of Iona, Irish abbot and founder, Latteragh Abbey, Tipperary. Companion of St. Columba. Patron saint of Waterford, Ireland, Silvermines parish (Bellagowan), Tipperary.

Feast of St. Januarius (San Gennaro), Bishop of Benevento martyred during the Diocletanic persecution. Patron of blood banks, volcanic eruptions and Naples, Italy.

Feast of St. Joseph Calasanctius, Spanish priest, theologian, confessor, synodal examiner, procurator, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools and the Piarists (Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools).  Patron of Catholic…

Feast of St. Dominic of Caleruega, Castilian priest and founder, Dominican Order. Patron of Astronomers, astronomy, Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Valletta, Birgu (Malta), Managua and falsely accused people.

Feast of St. William of Rochester, (also known as St. William of Perth), Scottish baker, palmer ( pilgrim  returned from the Holy Land) and martyr, born in Perth, Scotland.  He was martyred in Rochester, England.  Patron of adopted children.

Feast of St. Paula of Rome, married Toxotius, had 5 children, Blaesilla, Paulina, Eustochium, Toxotius and Rufina. Widowed, built a hospice, monastery and a convent with St. Jerome in the Holy Land.  Patron of widows, Order of St. Jerome, monks…