Saint Homobonus († 1197) was a cloth merchant from Cremona, northern Italy who believed that God had allowed him to work in order that he would be able to support people living in a state of poverty. He was able to pursue this calling in life easily as a result of the inheritance he received from his father, a prosperous tailor and merchant. He practiced his business at Cremona with scrupulous honesty. Though he and his wife were well off, they lived and dressed simply as Homobonus gave much of their money away. He devoted himself to the practice of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy, and attended to the burial of the abandoned dead. It was his custom every night to go to the church of St. Giles, a little before midnight, and to assist at matins. Homobonus would remain until the morning Mass. On November 13, 1197, Homobonus died.[6] Fourteen months after his death Homobonus was canonized by Pope Innocent III. His body is preserved in a crypt of the cathedral of Cremona. He is the patron saint of business people, tailors, shoemakers, and clothworkers, as well as of Cremona, Italy and his feast day is celebrated on November 13.
Saint Cassian of Imola, (also known as) Cassius was a Christian saint of the 4th century. Little is known about his life, although the traditional accounts converge on some of the details of his martyrdom. He was a schoolmaster at Imola, but rather than sacrifice to the Roman gods, as so ordered by the current emperor, Julian the Apostate, he was condemned to death and turned over to his own pupils.Since they were eager for revenge for the many punishments he had inflicted on them, they bound him to a stake and tortured him to death by stabbing him with their pointed iron styli, the devices then used to mark wooden or wax writing tablets. He was interred by the Christians at Imola, where afterwards his relics were honored with a rich mausoleum. Cassian is the patron saint of Mexico City, Imola (Italy), Sukošan (Croatia), and of parish clerks. Comacchio Cathedral and Cathedral of Brixen are dedicated to him. His feast day is August 13.
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