Christian feast day: Cynehelm

Saint Kenelm was an Anglo-Saxon saint, venerated throughout medieval England, and mentioned in the Canterbury Tales. William of Malmesbury, writing in the 12th century, recounted that "there was no place in England to which more pilgrims travelled than to Winchcombe on Kenelm's feast day".

July 17 is the 198th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 167 days remain until the end of the year.