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Feast of St. Dominguito del Val, altar boy killed in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, martyred at age 7. Patron of Altar boys, acolytes and choirboys.

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Feast of St. Jeanne Jugan, Sister Mary of the Cross, L.S.P., French nun, Founder, Little Sisters of the Poor. Patron of the destitute elderly.

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Feast of St. Velleicus of Kaiserswerth, Anglo-Saxon Benedictine abbot, disciple of St. Swithbert, evangelized Germany, abbot of Kaiserswerth on the Rhine.

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Feast of St. Augustine of Hippo, Bishop of Hippo Regius in Roman North Africa. Theologian, one of the most important Church Fathers, formulated the doctrine of original sin, wrote The City of God, On Christian Doctrine and Confessions. Patron of brewers, printers, theologians.

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Feast of St. Margaret the Barefooted, wife and model of charity. Patron of brides, difficult marriages, victims of abuse and widows. Died 1395 in San Severino, Italy.

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

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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 Schools.

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Feast of St. Jane Antide Thouret, Foundress, Institute of the Daughters of Charity in Besancon, France. Patron - Sisters of Divine Charity.

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Feast of St. Rose of Lima, virgin, lay Dominican, first saint born in the Americas. Patron of gardeners, embroiderers, florists, India, for the resolution of family quarrels, indigenous peoples of the Americas, Peru, Philippines, against vanity, Santa Rosa, CA & Latin America.

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Feast of St. Sigfrid of Wearmouth, deacon and Abbott, disciple of St. Benedict Biscop, known for his knowledge of Scripture, his temperance and obedience. Named coadjutor abbot of Jarrow and abbot of Wearmouth on death of St. Erstwine. He died in 690.

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Feast of Pope Saint Pius X, Italian Pope, promoted Thomism, opposed modernism. Patron of first communicants, Catechists, pilgrims, Archdiocese of Atlanta, GA, Diocese of Des Moines, IA, Diocese of Great Falls-Billings, MT, Santa Luċija, Malta, Archdiocese of Zamboanga, PI.

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Feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, abbot, mystic, Doctor of the Church, preached the 2nd Crusade. co-founder of the Knights Templar, leader in the reformation of the Benedictine Order. Patron of Cistercians, Burgundy, beekeepers, Gibraltar, Algeciras, Knights Templar.

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Feast of St. Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz, Augustinian Recollect, missionary to the Philippines, Bishop of Pinara and later Pasto, Colombia. Died 1906. Patron of cancer patients, Sto. Niño De Molino Parish Church - Bacoor City and Recoletos Community.

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Feast of St. Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, founder and writer of Basque origin. Founder of the Hogar de Cristo foundation. Patron of Chile, poor people, street children and social workers.

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Feast of St. Mamas of Caesarea, Child-Martyr, shepherd. Patron of Langres, France, breastfeeding babies, protector of sufferers of broken bones and hernias in Murero, Zaragoza, Spain.

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Feast of St. Hyacinth, Dominican missionary, “Apostle of Poland”. Preached in Poland, Pomerania, Denmark, Prussia, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway, Russia, China, Tibet. Patron of Lithuania & St. Hyacinth's Basilica, 3636 W. Wolfram St., Chicago. Invoked by those in danger of drowning

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Feast of St. Tarsicius, martyred on the Appian Way while carrying the Eucharist to imprisoned Christians. Patron of first communicants.

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Feast of St. Werenfrid of England (Werenfrid of Arnheim), Benedictine monk. Priest. Confessor, Missionary in Frisia. Born in England, studied in Ireland under St. Egbert, sent to convert the Frisians. Patron of vegetable gardeners, invoked against gout and stiff joints.

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Feast of St. Cassian of Imola, Bishop of Brescia, teacher, Martyr. Stabbed to death by his students. Patron of schoolteachers, shorthand-writers, parish clerks, Mexico City, Imola & San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Italy,and Las Galletas, Tenerife, Spain.

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Feast of St. Euplius of Catania, deacon and Martyr, arrested for owning a copy of the Bible during the Diocletianic persecutions. Patron of Catania, Francavilla di Sicilia and Trevico, Sicily