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PATRON SAINTS OF TRADE; Physicians Saints Cormas and Damlan, AND OF PROFESSIONS w*ho"studied medicine in Syria, where they Aeronauts-Our Lady of Loreto. d the Poorfree of charge: Septem- Architects St. Pucisus, martyr, super intendent of the buildings of King Sapor: April 21. Automobilists St. Christopher: July 25. Bakers St. Elizabeth of Hungary, who gave her all to the poor: November 19. Bookbinders St. Peter Celestine, who covered his books with leather: May 19. Builders St. Vincent Ferrer, said to have restored to life three persons who had fallen from heights: April 5. Butchers St. Aureliatus, who was orig- inally a heathen, and killed animals for sacrifice: May 8. Carpenters St. Joseph: March 19. Comedians St. Vitus: June 15. Dyers St. Lydia: August 3. Farmers St. George, signifying "tiller of the soil:" April 23. Fishermen St. Andrew: November 30. Florists and Gardeners St. Dorothy: February 6. Hatters St. Stevens ol Ravenna, who was a hatter before his election to the Bishopric of Ravenna: February 1. Hunters St. Hubert, who, passionately fond of hunting, was pursuing the sport in Holy Week, when a deer, with a cross be- tween its horns, passed him. He became fervent in religion, and eventually a Bishop: November 3. Jewellers St. Eligius, who displayed a great skill in the working of gold: Decem- ber 1. Journalists St. Frances de Sales: Janu- ary 29. Lawyers St. Ives, who studied in Paris, and pleaded the cause of poor people and widows: May 19. Merchants St. Francis of Assisi, who before his conversion was a noted mer- chant: October 4. Messengers St. Gabriel, "bearer of glad tidings": March 18. Millers St. Victor, who was condemned to death because he refused to offer sacrifice to idols, and was thrown across a mill wheel, which refused to turn: July 21. Musicians St. Cecilia: November 22. Notaries St. Mark: April 25. Painter:- St. Luke, who has given us in his Gospel the best picture of Our Lady: October 8. Philosophers St. Catherine of Alexan- dria: November 23. THE ROMAN MARTYROLOGY Smttatt PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF GREGORY XIII. REVISED BY THE AUTHORITY OP URBAN VIII, and CLEMENT X. Afterwards, in the year 1749, Augmented and Corrected by BENEDICT XIV. LAST EDITION, ACCORDING TO THE COPY PRINTED AT ROME IN 1914. TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE MOST REV. ARCHBISHOP OF BALTIMORE. EiMtiun. until tlie imprimatur of 3?ia Emiimtr* (Cardinal (ftibhana. JOHN MURPHY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, Printers to the Holy See and to the Cardinal Archbishop ofBaltimore. BALTIMORE. 1916. MOV 2 7 1942 imprimatur: J. CARD. GIBBONS, ARCHIEP. BALT. COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY JOHN MURPHY & Co.