Ferial–G (IV)
ST. EPHREM is the light and glory of the Syriac Church. A mere youth, he entered on the religious life at Nisibis,
The Seven Holy Brothers, Martyrs, and Sts. Rufina & Secunda, Virgins, Martyrs–R (III)
The Roman widow Felicitas and her seven sons were martyred in about the year 162. Pope Gregory the Great said of her,
Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV) – St. Pius I, Pope, Martyr–R (Comm.)
St Pius I governed the Church in the middle of the 2nd century during the reigns of the Emperors Antoninus Pius and
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) – St. John Gualbert, Abbot
John Gualbert became a Benedictine monk at San Miniato. He fought actively against simony, of which both his abbot, Oberto, and the
Ferial–G (IV)
ST. EUGENIUS, Bishop. THE episcopal see of Carthage had remained vacant twenty-four years, when, in 481, Huneric permitted the Catholics on certain
St. Bonaventure, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor–W (III)
Bonaventure was born in the Papal States in 1221, and became a Franciscan at the age of 20. He is called by
St. Henry, Emperor, Confessor–W (III)
Henry, the son of Henry, Duke of Bavaria, was chosen Emperor in 1002, upon the death of his cousin, Otto III. He
Ferial–G (IV) – Our Lady of Mount Carmel–W (Comm.)
Simon Stock, a holy youth of the County of Kent in England, was told by Our Lady that he would join a
Ferial–G (IV) – St. Alexius, Confessor–W (Comm.)
St. Alexius, the son of the Senator Euphemian, renounced all earthly things and departed as a pilgrim to Palestine. He returned after
St. Camillus de Lellis, Confessor–W (III) – St. Symphorosa & her Seven Sons, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
Popularly, Camillus is the patron saint of the sick, hospitals, nurses and physicians. His assistance is also invoked against gambling. His mortal