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St Boniface Feast Day: June 5th Patronage: Brewers; Fulda; Germany; World Youth Day St Boniface was the first archbishop of Mainz and the “Apostle of the Germans”. He was an English Benedictine monk who gave up being elected abbot to devote his life to the conversion of the Germanic tribes. In 719 at the request

St Augustine Feast Day: May 27th Patronage: England St Augustine of Canterbury  was the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the “Apostle to the English” and a founder of the English Church. St Augustine was the prior of a monastery in Rome when Pope Gregory the Great chose him in 595 to lead a mission, usually known as the Gregorian

Saint Matthias Feast Day: May 14th Patronage: Alcoholism, carpenters, small pox, tailors, hope, perseverance Saint Matthias was known as the ‘new apostle’ as he was the one chosen to replace Judas after his betrayal and suicide. Matthias was chosen by the remaining eleven apostles. In the scripture this is the first and the last we

Saint Isidore Patronage: Patron of Madrid, protector of farmers and day labourers. Feast Day: May 15th Isidore was born to very poor parents in Madrid. Isidore later married Maria Torribia, Isidore and Maria had one son.On one occasion, their son fell into a deep well and, at the prayers of his parents, the water of