The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, called Hypapante by the Greeks. Forty days after His birth, Mary and Joseph brought the Lord Jesus to the Temple to fulfill the Mosaic law and, above all, to meet his believing and exultant people, a light to bring the nations from darkness and the glory of His people Israel. 

In Orléans (France), Saint Floscolus, bishop. († c. 500)

In Canterbury (England), Saint Lawrence, bishop, who governed this Church after Saint Augustine and greatly increased it by converting King Eadbald to the faith. († 619)

In Würzburg (Germany), Saint Burchard, bishop. Originally from England, he was ordained by Saint Boniface, the first bishop of this city. († 754)

* In Florence (Italy), Blessed Simone Fidati from Cascia, professed priest of the Order of Saint Augustine, who with his words and writings led many to a better Christian life. († 1348)

* In Susa (Italy), Blessed Pietro Cambiani from Ruffia, professed priest of the Order of Preachers and martyr, killed in the cloister by his opponents out of hatred for the Church. († 1365)

In Prato (Italy), Saint Caterina de’ Ricci, virgin of the Third Order Regular of Saint Dominic, who dedicated herself to the work of religious renewal and committed herself to assiduous contemplation of the mysteries of the passion of Jesus Christ, also deserving to make it a special mystical experience. († 1590)

In Bordeaux (France), Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac, who, as a young girl, rejected her mother’s invitations and bids to leave the Catholic Church and wisely provided for the education of her five children after the death of her spouse. She later founded the Company of the Daughters of Our Lady, modeled after the Society of Jesus, to promote the Christian formation of young women. († 1640)

In Rome (Italy), Saint Nicola Saggio from Longobardi, professed religious of the Order of Minims, who humbly and devoutly performed the office of porter. († 1709)

* In Genazzano (Italy), Blessed Stefano Bellesini, professed priest of the Order of Saint Augustine, who in a time of upheaval remained faithful to his Order in difficulty, dedicating himself to the education of children, preaching and pastoral care. († 1840)

In Hanoi (Vietnam), Saint Jean-Théophane Vénard, priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and martyr. After six years of clandestine ministry marked by fatigue and suffering, he was locked up in a cage, sentenced to death, and peacefully went to martyrdom during the reign of Emperor Tự Đức. († 1861)

In Dernbach (Germany), Saint Maria Katharina Kasper, virgin, who founded the Institute of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ to serve the Lord among the poor. († 1898)

* In Plancy (France), Blessed Louis Brisson, priest, who founded the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales and the Oblate Sisters of Saint Francis de Sales. († 1908)

* In Milan (Italy), Blessed Andrea Carlo Ferrari, bishop, who valued the religious tradition of his people and opened new ways to make Christ and the Church’s charity known in the world. († 1921)

* In Verona (Italy), Blessed Maria Domenica Mantovani, virgin, who was the first superior of the Institute of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, which she cofounded with Blessed Giuseppe Nascimbeni, to humbly serve the poor, orphans and the sick for the love of Christ. († 1934)

* In Mbahe (South Africa), Blessed Benedict Daswa, layman and martyr. Father of a family and a headmaster, he was scalded and then stabbed to death for refusing to participate in animist rites. († 1990)