Monday night is my Quilt Group night. Our Parish Quilt Group makes a quilt every year that is raffled off with the money going to the Church. With quilting on my mind, I am choosing a patron in this area. There are many patron saints who are called on for intercession by people who enjoy needle craft or other arts and crafts. Tonight I have chosen St. Homobonus.
Saint who? you may ask. The name is derived from the Latin homo bonus, meaning "Good Man." St. Homobonus was born in Lombardy, Italy in the 12th century. He was a married layman and a merchant. He believed that God had allowed him to work in order that he would be able to support people living in poverty. He was able to pursue this calling because his father, a prosperous tailor and merchant, left him an inheritance. He practiced his business with scrupulous honesty and donated a large portion of his profits to the relief of the poor.
Homobonus was a frequent church goer and a daily communicant. He died on November 13, 1197, while attending Mass. He was canonized just 14 months later by Pope Innocent III. In the bull of canonization, the Pope called him "father of the poor", "consoler of the afflicted", "a man good in name and deed", among other things.
St. Homobonus' feast day is November 13. He is patron of tailors, shoemakers, clothworkers, and business people.
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