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Saturday, July 18, 2026
The Great Cloud of Witnesses

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Avitus Read more

St. Avitus

Saint Avitus was the child of a poor family of Orleans, France. From his youth he desired to consecrate himself to God, and he received the monastic habit at the abbey of Micy or Saint-Maximin in the diocese of Orleans, at that time still very small. Its first Superior, Saint Maximin, remarked the young monk's virtue when he observed that he deprived himself of a great portion of his food...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 669
Sts. Aureus and Justina Read more

Sts. Aureus and Justina

St. Aureus was the first named bishop of Mainz in Germany. When the Huns attacked the city, he went into exile but later returned to celebrate Mass in the cathedral. There, during the Eucharist, Aureus and his sister Justina and their companions were martyred.  There feast is kept on June 16.

Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 742
Saint Luigi Maria Palazzolo Read more

Saint Luigi Maria Palazzolo

Luigi was the youngest of eight boys born to Octavius and Theresa Antoine Palazzolo; his father died when Luigi was about 10 years old. He was ordained a priest in the diocese of Bergamo, Italy on 23 June 1850. As a parish priest, he would occasionally encounter children who were abandoned or orphaned and living on their own; he would take them in and care for them until he could get them...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 792
Saint Tryphillius of Leucosia Read more

Saint Tryphillius of Leucosia

St. Anthony of Padua is remembered every June 13. However, many more Saints are inscribed in the martyrology for that date. Saint Triphyllius was born in Constantinople in the early fourth century. He was educated in law at the school of Beirut. He converted to Christianity and was named bishop of Nicosia. Triphyllius was a follower of Saint Spyridon of Trimythous. He was also an ardent...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 830
St. Guy Vignotelli Read more

St. Guy Vignotelli

Guy was a wealthy layman known for his charity to the poor. After hearing a sermon by Saint Francis of Assisi, he gave away the rest of his riches and became a Franciscan tertiary, received into the order by Saint Francis himself in 1211. Subsequently, he was ordained as a priest. In later life he became a hermit near Cortona, Italy living in a cell on a bridge. He gained fame as a miracle...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 857
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