Saint Joachim and Saint Anne with the Child Mary
Feast Day: July 26
Patronage: Grandparents, Holy Families, and Marriages
Saint Joachim and Saint Anne are the parents of the Virgin Mary and grandparents of Jesus Christ. Saint Joachim, whose name means “Yahweh prepares”, was from Nazareth and probably rich. He married St. Anne from Bethlehem and Mary was promised to them by an Angel. They are honored as role models for parents.
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Saint James the Greater
Died 44 AD
Feast day: July 25
Patron of veterinarians,
equestrians, furriers, tanners, pharmacists
He was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus, the son of Zebedee & Salome & brother of John the Apostle, called the “sons of thunder”.
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Saint Camillus de Lellis
1550-1614
Feast Day: July 18
Patronage: the sick, physicians, nurses, hospitals, doctors
Saint Camillus de Lellis was an Italian soldier that overcame his gambling habit and other vices to become a Capuchin Priest. After he received permission from his confessor, St. Philip Neri, he founded the Camillian order to minister to the sick and wounded soldiers, building hospitals and the first field medical units in the battlefield. The red cross symbol was their sign of charity and service. After years of suffering from a battle wound, he died in Rome.
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Saint Bonaventure
Doctor of the Church
1221-1274
Feast Day: July 15 (New), July 14 (Trad)
Patronage: Intestinal disorders, Bagnoregio, Italy, Conchita Indian Pueblo, St. Bonaventure University, NYC
Saint Bonaventure was a Franciscan, theologian, philosopher, teacher, writer, cardinal and mystic, lovingly called the ”Seraphic Doctor.” He was close friends with St. Thomas Aquinas and King St. Louis IX. He’s considered the second founder of the Franciscans and spoke at the Council of Lyons. In wisdom and humility, he united the pastoral and practical aspects of life with the doctrines of the Church. Bonaventure died of natural causes.
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Saint Benedict of Nursia
480 - 543
Feast Day: July 11 (New), March 21 (Trad)
Patronage: Europe, farmers, against poison, against witchcraft
It is related by Saint Gregory the Great (+603) that in the wilderness Benedict fed a raven with some of a portion of his bread. When a jealous and wicked priest tried to kill Benedict with poisoned bread, Benedict coached the raven to take the deadly bread to a place where it couldn't harm another. The raven complied.
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Saint Amelia
741-772
Feast Day: July 10
Patronage: arm and shoulder pain, fevers, bruises, fishermen, farmers, and Ghent, Belgium
Saint Amelia was born into a religious family in the now Belgium-Luxembourg area. She was preparing to enter the Benedictine Abbey at Munsterbilsen when Charles, son of King Pepin became enamored with her beauty and virtue. He pursued her for several years and at one point broke her arm in a struggle in which it was miraculously healed. Charles then resigned himself to her religious calling. Many miracles are attributed to her before and after her death.
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Saint Veronica Giuliani
1660-1727
Feast day: July 9
Saint Veronica, an Italian Capuchin Poor Clare, whose baptismal name was Ursula, is one of the greatest mystics in the Church. Her life was one of the cross and pain, uniting her sufferings with Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection, eventually receiving the stigmata. In her Diary of 22,000 pages, we learn of her ecstatic visions of Jesus, saints, souls in purgatory and of the devil. St. Veronica was devoted to the Eucharist and Sacred Heart, trusting God totally, abandoning herself completely to His will. Her heart is incorrupt to this day.
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Saint Kilian
c.640 - c.689
Feast Day: July 8
Patron of Wurzburg, Germany
Saint Kilian, an Irish monk known as the Apostle of Franconia. He was consecrated Bishop, and in 686 with 11 companions went to evangelize Bavaria. He converted Gozbert, the Duke of Wurzburg. Kilian advised Gozbert that his marriage was unlawful, incurring the wrath of his pagan wife Geilana. She then had Kilian killed when the Duke was away on a military expedition. The site where Kilian was martyred became a pilgrimage site and many miracles occurred there.
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Saint Thomas the Apostle
1st century
Feast Day: July 3
Patronage: architects, builders, construction workers, stone masons, against doubt, against blindness, East Indies, India
One of the original 12 apostles, St. Thomas was ready to die with Jesus in Jerusalem but is best remembered for doubting the Resurrection until allowed to touch Christ's wounds. He preached in Parthia, Persia, and India. He formed many parishes and built many churches over a wide area and was eventually martyred for his faith.
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