Feast Day
2 saints in our library are celebrated on June 3.
1860 — 1886
Chief of the royal pages in the court of King Mwanga II of Buganda. He protected the young pages from the King's immoral advances and baptized them in secret. He was burned alive for his faith along with 21 distinguished companions.
Approx. 498 AD — June 3, 618 AD
Kevin of Glendalough founded one of Ireland's greatest monasteries, then walked away from it to live alone in a cave above a mountain lake. A bishop who slept on stone and wore animal skins, he held his arms outstretched in prayer so long that a blackbird laid an egg in his hand — and he did not move until the chick had fledged.