SAINTS’ DAYS
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Kunz, George Frederick
Keyne (Keyna). Cornish saint (died 689).
Kilian. July 8. Irish saint (died 689).
Lawrence. August 10. Patron of Nuremberg, Genoa, and of the Escorial.
Leonhardt. November 6. Patron of prisoners and slaves; in Bavaria, of cattle (died ca. 560).
Lucy (Lucia). December 13. Patron of Syracuse, and against eye-diseases.
Ludmilla. September 16. Patron of Bohemia. Queen of that country (died ca. 920).
Luke. October 18. Patron of painters.
Macaire the Elder. January 15. (Fourth century.)
Macaire the Younger. January 2. (Fourth century.)
Malo (Maclou). November 15. Patron of St. Malo, France (died 627).
Margaret. July 20. One of the patrons of Cremona and of women in childbirth (died fourth century).
Mark. April 25. Evangelist (died 68).
Martha of Bethany. July 29. Patroness of cooks and housewives (died 84).
Martin of Tours. November 11, Martinmas. Patron of Tours and of beggars, tavern-keepers and wine-growers (316–397).
Mary Magdalene. July 22. Patroness of Provence and of Marseilles as well as of penitent fallen women.
Matthias. February 24.
Maurice. September 22. Patron of Austria, Savoy, Mantua, and of foot-soldiers (fourth century).
Michael. September 29. Archangel.
Nicholas. December 6. Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, patron of Russia, and especially of serfs and serfdom (died 342).
Olaf. July 29. Patron of Norway. Not canonized but informally accepted.
Ouen (Ouine). August 24. Patron of Rouen (595–683).
Pantaleone. June 27. Patron of physicians (fourth century).
Patrick. March 17. Patron of Ireland (born ca. 386).
Paul. June 29 (with St. Peter), and January 25.
Peter. June 29; also August 1, St. Peter’s Chains, and January 18, Chair of St. Peter.
Philip. May 1. Patron of Brabant and Luxemburg.
Philip Neri. May 26. Founder of Oratorian Order (1515–1595).
Polycarp. January 26. Bishop of Smyrna (died 167).
Quietus. (No day.) Bones in church of Our Lady of Grau, Hoboken, enshrined June 1, 1856, Archbishop Bailey officiating.
Roche (Roch, Roque). August 16. Patron of prisoners and the sick, especially the plague-stricken (born ca. 1280–1327).
Romain. October 23. Patron of Rouen (died 639).
Romuald. February 7 (956–1027).
Rosalia. September 4. Patroness of Palermo (died 1160).
Rumald (Rumbald). November 3. Patron of Brackley and Buckingham, England. Son of King of Northumbria.
Scholastica. February 10. Sister of St. Benedict (died ca. 543).
Sebald. Son of a Danish king (eighth century).
Sebastian. January 20. Patron of Chiemsee, Mannheim, Oetting, Palma, Rome, Soissons, and of archers (fourth century).
Secundus. March 30. Patron of Asti (died 119).
Stephen. December 26. Patron of horses.
Swithin (Swithun). July 15. Patron of Winchester (died 862).