Feast Day of St. Julian, February 12

That dashing figure is St. Julian the Hospitaler, whose feast day we celebrate today. Interesting fellow, if the stories are to be believed. On the day he was born, his dad saw some pagan witches put a curse on the kid so he would eventually kill his parents. When Julian turned 10, he left so he wouldn't kill his parents. He walked for 50 days, settled down and eventually got married. One day while Julian was hunting, his parents showed up at his house. Julian's wife welcomed them and took them in. Meanwhile, "the enemy" told Julian his wife was cheating on him at that very moment. He raced home, saw a man and woman in his bed, and killed them both. Oops. Sorry, mom and dad.

So he went to Rome to ask forgiveness and ended up building seven hospitals and twenty-five houses for poor people.

.Julian is the patron saint of boatmen, carnival workers, childless people, circus workers, clowns, ferrymen, fiddlers, fiddle players, hospitallers, hotel-keepers, hunters, innkeepers, jugglers, knights, murderers, pilgrims, shepherds, to obtain lodging while traveling, travelers