July 15 - Feast of St. Swithin

St. Swithin's Day in honor of an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester who died in 862 AD.  He served as bishop for the ten years before his death.  St. Swithin came into legendary fame a hundred years after his death when the Winchester cathedral was restored and he was named the patron saint.  He is best known for a weather legend:

St Swithun's day if thou dost rain

For forty days it will remain

St Swithun's day if thou be fair

For forty days 'twill rain nae mare

For this reason he has become the go to saint in times of drought.