SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

WELCOME! Patron saint of   accountants :  Saint Matthew Patron saint of agriculture (esp. Catalonia):  Saint Galderic Patron of altar servers :  Saint John Berchmans Patron saint of anesthesists : Saint René Goupil Patron saint of bakers :  Saint Mengold Patron saint of beer : Saint Arnoul Patron saint of bridge builders :  Saint Benezet Patron saint for safe childbirth :  Saint Marian Patron saint of children suffering from epileptic fits :  Saint Scholastica Patron saint of children with foot ailments :  Saint Photinus Patron saint of cobblers and those in the shoe trade: Saint Theobald of Alba Patron of those suffering of Crohn's disease :  Saint Alfred the Great Patron saint of those suffering with chronic pain :  Saint Mary Frances of the Five Wounds Patron saint for the deaf & hard of hearing: Saint René Goupil Patron saint against demonic possession : Saint Martius Patron saint against all depleting illnesses : Saint...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 13th of April WELCOME! SAINT MARTIUS, ABBOT Saint Martius, Abbot;  April 13 (alternatively  April 7 or April 14 ). As a young man, he withdrew into solitude. Later, disciples joined him, and a monastery was established in the Auvergne, near Clermont, of which he became the abbot. He died 530. Represented as a hermit digging. He is invoked against demonic possession and intermittent fevers.  Source: Franz von Sales Doyé, Saints and Blesseds of the Roman Catholic Church: Their Identifying Attributes, Patronages, and Biographical Notes, Volume 1, Vier Quellen Verlag, Leipzig, 1929

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH   Saints celebrated on the 1st of March WELCOME! SAINT LEO, ARCHBISHOP OF ROUEN, MARTYR Saint Leo ( March 1 ), Archbishop of Rouen ( Rotomagus ) and martyr, is discussed by the  Bollandists * under March 1 ( I, 89-97 ), along with his two brothers - the holy martyr Gervasius and the holy confessor Philippus (referred to as Eleutherius by  Butler *, III, 329 ) - and is identified as the Apostle of Bayonne ( Baionensium ). He was born in the year 856 to noble, pious parents in Carentan ( Carentanum ), in the Diocese of Coutances ( Constantia ) in Lower Normandy. His father’s name is unknown; his mother was named Alicia, and it is said that she gave birth to him without any pain. Like Saint Nicholas, he practiced fasting from his very childhood; his self-denial made him an admirable example, to such an extent that King Louis the German heard of him, summoned the twelve-year-old boy to his presence, and sent him to Paris for further educa...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 6th of November WELCOME! SAINT TRIFINA, MARTYR Saint Trifina, commemorated on November 6, was a martyr in Brittany and mother of the hermit Tremorius , is listed in the Elenchus * and by Migne *, who adds that she was invoked in old English litanies and is venerated in a church near Corlai in Brittany.  (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 567) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Trifina may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 6th of November WELCOME! SAINT TREMORIUS, HERMIT Tremorius (Treuchmeur, Tremeur, Trichmorus ), commemorated on November 6), said to have been a hermit in Brittany, is mentioned in the Elenchus* . The French martyrology * lists two more hermits for that date: a prince from Ireland - Saint Efflam ( Inflanannus )—and Gestinus , both of whom are already included in the Heiligen-Lexikon (Encyclopedia of Saints). It should be added that, according to legend, Saint Honora - who is mentioned alongside them - was the betrothed of Saint Efflam . Their sacred remains rest in Plestin (department of Côtes-du-Nord ). Saint Gestinus is depicted there as a priest, while Saint Efflam is shown with a dragon at his feet . (Guerin) (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 565) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and A...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 16th of July WELCOME! SAINT VITALIAN, BISHOP OF CAPUA, CONFESSOR Saint Vitalian ( Vitalianus ), Bishop and Confessor, is commemorated on July 16 ; alternatively  January 10 or December 30 . This saintly Bishop of Capua ( Terra di Lavoro ) - whose name is also included in the  Roman Martyrology * - lived and died in the 7th century. Nothing, however, is known about his life. Around the year 1120, during the pontificate of Callixtus II , his relics were translated to Catanzaro. Legend has it that the miracles associated with these relics - which had occurred up until 1584, when a lady-in-waiting was buried in their vicinity - ceased from that time onward. His veneration is widespread throughout Southern Italy. As noted in Migne *, he is often depicted walking upon the water.  (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 740) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of S...