Saint of the Day
August 11
Clare of Assisi
Feast Day: August 11
Patron of: Poor Clare nuns, embroiderers, eye diseases, television, laundry workers
Visionary abbess who founded the Poor Clares and devoted her life to eucharistic contemplation.
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Philomena
Feast Day: August 11
Patron of: Infants, youth, difficult situations, healing, virgins
Virgin martyr of uncertain history whose miracles made her beloved protector of youth and the afflicted.
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