July 7
Saints of the Day

Saint Fermin of Pamplona, Spain
The popular Saint of the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain

    San Fermin was the son of a Roman Senator Firmus that rules in Pamplona in the 3rd century. His son was converted to Christianity, he was ordained as a priest in Toulouse France, came back to Pamplona as a bishop and was beheaded in Amiens on September 25th 303AD.

    The Capotico (the cloak) of San Fermin is thought to give one protection. When someone escapes a close situation people will say he was protected by the cape of San Fermin.

    The Fiesta of San Fermin is to honor Pamplona's Patron Saint. Many Fiestas through out Spain are centered around Saints. San Fermin has been taking place since the 1500's, and not until Hemingway's book The Sun Also Rises was the fiesta so popular.

    The Running of the Bulls was not the reason for the original fiesta but something that became part of the fiesta. Hundreds of thousands of people come every year now to Pamplona to take part in this fiesta and to run with the bulls.

http://www.pamplonaadventuretours.com/patron.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Fermin
http://www.villa.spain-property-costa-blanca.com/index.php?p=124 
http://www.pamplona.net/VerPag.asp?IdPag=763&Idioma=5

Blessed Maria Romero Meneses, 1902-1977

    The popular Salesian nun of Nicaragua and Costa Rica who had an apparition of Virgen Mary and was healed

    The female John Bosco; Daughter of Mary Help of Christians; Social Apostle of Costa Rica

Born 13 January 1902 at Granada, Nicaragua

Died 7 July 1977 in Las Peñitas, León, Nicaragua of a heart attack; Salesian chapel, San José, Costa Rica

Beatified 14 April 2002 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintm6e.htm