One of the twelve apostles and the author of the first Gospel. His symbol is a man or a man with wings. He is patron of bankers, accountants and the security corps, customs workers, lottery workers, tobacco distributors and tax collectors.
Celebrate today: Mateo, Mateu, Mathias, Matthew.
View moreAt Tronchiennes, in Flanders, of Austrasia (now Belgium), St. Gerulfo, martyr, teen (c. 750).
Commemoration of the character of the Bible St. Jonah, Prophet, son of Amitay (2Re 14, 25), whose name carries a book of the old testament, and his known expulsion from the belly of the whale is presented in the own Gospel as a sign of the resurrection of the Lord (Mt 12: 40).
In the monastery of Ettenheim, in the region of Baden, Germania, saint Landelino, monk, a native of Hibernia (Ireland today) (s. VII).
In Troyes, on the banks of the Seine, in the Gallia Lugdunensis (now France), saint Maura, Virgin, dedicated to works of piety and charity (c. 850).
In Rome, on the via Salaria, St. Pámfilo, martyr (s. inc.).