February seems to have two feast days within a week of each other whose names are somewhat off-beat. On Feb. 17, we observed the optional memorial of the Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order, ...

He died on Feb. 29, 1856. Feb. 29 is also the feast day of St. Hilary. “Lives of the Saints” by Father Alban Butler notes that he was elected pontiff while still a deacon. Historians differ ...