Feast of St. Joan Elizabeth Bichier des Ages, Founder, Daughters of the Holy Cross, Sisters of St. Andrew for teaching and hospital service.

Feast of St. Jean Baptist Marie Vianney, the “Curé  of Ars”, parish priest of Ars, France, confessor & director of souls. Patron of parish priests, confessors, Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Archdiocese of Kansas City.

Feast of St. Peter Julian Eymard, Apostle of the Eucharist, French priest and founder the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament and the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament.

Feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Italian bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, theologian & Doctor of the Church, founder, Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists). Patron of Theologians, confessors and moralists.

Feast of St. Peter of Tarantaise, French Cistercian abbot and archbishop of Tarentaise at the insistence of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. The first abbot of Tamie, Savoy, France. Patron of Tarentaise, France.

Feast of St. Florian, Roman Martyr.  Commander of the imperial Roman army in Noricum. Patron of Kraków, Poland, chimneysweeps, soap boilers, Upper Austria and firefighters. The Florian cross is the basis of Fire Department symbols worldwide.

Feast of St. Blaise, bishop, physician and martyr. Bishop of Sebastea in historical Armenia.  Patron of animals, builders, drapers, choking, veterinarians, throats, infants, Dalmatia, Dubrovnik, stonecutters, carvers, and wool workers. Blessing of the Throats is today.

Feast of St. Deicola, Irish Monk, brother of Saint Gall. One of 12 disciples of St. Columbanus. Patron of childhood illnesses. Died 625.

Feast of St. Thomas Becket, Martyr, Archbishop of Canterbury. Chancellor of England under King Henry II.  As archbishop of Canterbury, championed church rights over royal interests, murdered by followers of the king. Subject of the 1964 movie “Becket”. Patron –…