In Bēth Lapaṭ (now Gundeshapur, Iran), the passion of the Holy martyrs Sadoth, bishop of Seleucia, and one hundred and twenty-eight companion martyrs – priests, clerics and consecrated virgins. For refusing to worship the sun, they were thrown into prison and endured cruel tortures for a long time. Ultimately they were murdered on the orders of the king. († 342)

In Toledo (Spain), Saint Helladius. After holding administrative positions in the royal court and state, he was made abbot of Agali and later elevated to the see of Toledo, where gave witness to his outstanding charity. († 632)

In Constantinople (now Istanbul, Türkiye), Saint Tarasius, bishop, renowned for his piety and doctrine, who opened the Second Council of Nicaea, in which the Fathers defended the veneration of sacred icons. († 806)

* At the monastery of Centula (now Saint-Riquier, France), Saint Angilbert, abbot. On leaving his palace and military positions, with the consent of his wife Bertha, who later wore the sacred veil, he embraced the monastic life and happily governed the cenobium of Centula. († 814)

* In Coimbra (Portugal), Saint Teotónio. Having made the pilgrimage to Jerusalem twice and refused the custody of the Holy Sepulcher, he returned to his homeland where he founded the Order of the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross. († c. 1162)

* In Rome (Italy), Blessed Giovanni from Fiesole (or Fra Angelico), professed priest of the Order of Preachers. Always united to Christ, he expressed in his paintings what he inwardly contemplated to raise the minds of all to heavenly realities. († 1455)

* In London (England), Blessed William Harrington, diocesan priest and martyr. Originally from Yorkshire, he was condemned to death during the reign of Elizabeth I for exercising the priesthood in England. He obtained the crown of martyrdom in the gallows of Tyburn. († 1594)

* Also in London (England), Blessed John Pibush, diocesan priest and martyr. Confined in prison several times for prolonged periods during same reign of Elizabeth I, he was condemned to death for his priesthood. He died by hanging and quartering in the borough of Southwark. († 1601)

In Wuchang, in the province of Hubei (China), Saint François-Régis Clet, priest of the Congregation of the Mission and martyr, who proclaimed the Gospel amid extreme difficulties for thirty years. Betrayed by an apostate and subjected to cruel captivity, he was strangled for the name of Christ. († 1820)

In Kaiyang, in the province of Guizhou (China), Saint Jean-Pierre Néel, priest of the Paris Foreign Mission Society. Accused of preaching the faith, he was tied to the tail of a horse and viciously dragged around a racecourse. Subjected to every manner of mockery and torture, he was ultimately beheaded. With him suffered the Holy martyrs Martin Wu Xuesheng, catechist, John Zhang Tianshen, recently baptized, and John Chen Xianheng. († 1862)

In Bergamo (Italy), Saint Geltrude (Caterina) Comensoli, virgin, who founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for the adoration of the Holy Eucharist and the formation of youth. († 1903)

* In Rosica (then in Poland, now Belarus), Blessed Jerzy Kaszyra, priest of the Congregation of Marian Clerics and martyr, who, during the Second World War, was burned to death by the persecutors of the faith and died for Christ the Lord. († 1943)