SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR June 21

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR June 21

St. John Rigby, 1600 A.D. Martyr of England, a layman executed at Southwark. He was born near Wigan, England, and was reconciled to the Church. Admitting that he was a Catholic, he was arrested and placed in Newgate Prison. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Southwark on June 21. John is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales and was canonized in 1970 by Pope Paul VI.

St. Corbmac, 6th century. An abbot and disciple of St. Columba, who made him the superior of Durrow Monastery.

St. Maine. Founder of Saint-Meon in Brittany, France. He was a disciple of St. Samson. Maine, who also is listed as Meen, Mevenus, Mavenus, or Mewan, was either Welsh or Cornish.

ST. LOUIS GONZAGA, JESUIT, PATRON OF THE CATHOLIC YOUNG-Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest. He served in a hospital during the plague of 1587 in Milan,