Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr, who suffered martyrdom for being a Christian in Sebaste in Armenia (now Sivas, Türkiye) during the reign of Emperor Licinius. († c. 320)

Saint Ansgar, Bishop of Hamburg-Bremen in Saxony. A monk of Corbie, he was appointed by Pope Gregory IV as his legate throughout the Northern Europe. In Denmark and Sweden, he proclaimed the Gospel to a multitude of peoples and established there the Church of Christ. He overcame many difficulties with fortitude until, exhausted by fatigue, he found eternal rest in Bremen (Germany). († 865)

In Jerusalem (Israel), the commemoration of Saints Simeon and Anna, the first a righteous and pious elder, the second a widow and prophetess. When the child Jesus was brought to the Temple to be presented according to the custom of the law, they greeted him as Messiah and Savior, blessed hope and redemption of Israel. († 1st cent.)

In Carthage (Tunisia), Saint Celerinus, lector and martyr. In prison, unconquered by whips, fetters, and various tortures, he confessed Christ, following in the footsteps of his grandmother Celerina, already crowned by martyrdom, of his paternal uncle Lawrence and his maternal uncle Ignatius, who were once active soldiers in the military, but then became the true soldiers of God, obtained with their glorious passion the palm and crown from the Lord. († 3rd cent.)

* In Poitiers (France), Saint Leonius, priest, who was a disciple of Saint Hilary. († 4th cent.)

In Gap (France), Saints Teridius and Remedius, bishops. († 4th/5th cent.)

In Lyon (France), Saint Lupicinus, bishop at the time of the Vandal persecution. († end of 5th cent.)

* At the monastery of Celle, in Hainault (Belgium), Saint Hadelin, priest and abbot. († c. 696)

* In Chester (England), Saint Werburga, abbess of Ely, founder of various monasteries. († c. 700)

* In Meerbeke (Belgium), Saint Bellendis, virgin, who led a religious life of poverty and charity in this city. († 9th/10th cent.)

* At the Cistercian monastery of Froidmont, in Hermes (France), Blessed Helinand, monk. Once a famous wandering troubadour, he later chose the humble and hidden life of the cloister. († after 1230)

* In London (England), Blessed John Nelson, professed priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who denied Queen Elizabeth I supreme power in spiritual matters and, condemned to death for this, died in Tyburn by hanging. († 1578)

* In Manila (Philippines), Blessed Justus Takayama Ukon, layperson and martyr. A Japanese feudal lord who embraced Christianity, he renounced honors and comforts once the persecution of the faith began. Forced into exile to the Philippines, he died not long after, weakened by diseases contracted during his deportation. († 1615)

In Lyon (France), Saint Marie of Saint Ignatius (Claudine) Thévenet, virgin. Moved by charity and the strength of the Spirit, she founded the Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary for the Christian formation of young women, especially the poor. († 1837)

* In Bourg-Saint-Andéol (France), Blessed Marie Rivier, virgin, who, at the time of the French Revolution, when all religious orders and institutes were suppressed, founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary to instruct the Christian people in the faith. († 1838) * 

In the village of Steyl in Holland, Blessed Maria Helena Stollenwerk, virgin. She collaborated with Saint Arnold Janssen in founding the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit. After leaving the post of superior general, she gave herself over to a life of Eucharistic praise among the Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration. († 1900)

* At the Dachau concentration camp, in Oberbayern (Germany), Blessed Alois Andritzki, diocesan priest and martyr. Arrested by the Gestapo for publicly denouncing the persecutions carried out against the Church by the Nazis, he was killed out of hatred for the faith through lethal injection. († 1943)