In Perge in Pamphylia (now Aksu, Türkiye), the passion of Saint Nestor, Bishop of Magydos and martyr. Arrested during the persecution of Emperor Decius, the governor of the province condemned him to crucifixion, so that as he confessed the Crucified, so he should suffer the same penalty. († c. 250)

In Nazianzus (now Nenizi, Türkiye), Saint Caesarius, physician, brother of Saint Gregory Nazianzen. († 369)

* In Maubeuge (France), Saint Aldetrude, virgin and abbess. († 526)

At the monastery of Heidenheim (Germany), Saint Walburga, abbess, who, at the request of Saint Boniface and her saintly brothers Willibald and Winebald, travelled from England to Germany, where she brilliantly governed a double monastery for monks and nuns. († 779)

* In Agrigento (Italy), Saint Gerlando, bishop, who reorganized his Church after it was recovered from the Saracens. († 1100)

* At the priory of Orsan, in Maisonnais (France), the passing of Blessed Robert from Arbrissel, priest. Preaching the conversion of manners in the streets, he brought together men and women in the double monastery of Fontevrault, which was governed by an abbess. († 1116)

* In Lucca (Italy), Blessed Avertano, pilgrim, professed religious of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. († c. 1386)

* In Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico), Blessed Sebastián Aparicio. A shepherd, he went from Spain to Mexico where he amassed a remarkable fortune through his work which he used to assist the poor. Having been widowed twice, he was received as a brother in the Order of Friars Minor in which he died almost a hundred years old. († 1600)

* In Osaka (Japan), Blessed Didacus Yūki Ryōsetsu, professed priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr. After twenty years of surreptitious ministry, he was caught and condemned to die out of hatred for Christ by being hung upside down to die of suffocation. († 1636)

* In Lauria (Italy), Blessed Domenico Lentini, diocesan priest. Grounded in a life of humility, prayer and penance, he exercised a fruitful and varied ministry in his birthplace until his death. († 1828)

* In Mdina (Malta), Blessed Maria Adeodata (Maria Teresa) Pisani, virgin, professed nun of the Order of Saint Benedict and abbess of the Monastery of Saint Peter. Wisely managing her time, she fulfilled her office while showing concern for the poor and the abandoned, thus contributing to the good of the community. († 1855)

In Xilin, in the province of Guangxi (China), Saint Lawrence Bai Xiaoman, martyr, a recently baptized artisan who preferred to be flogged and beheaded rather than deny Christ. († 1856)

* In Toledo (Spain), Blessed Ciriaco María Sancha Hervás, Archbishop of Toledo, who, although a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, lived poorly and was father to the poor. He founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity bearing his name to provide human and spiritual warmth to orphans, the abandoned elderly and the disabled. († 1909)

In Tequila (Mexico), Saint Toribio Romo González, diocesan priest and martyr, who was assassinated during a period of religious persecution out of hatred for the priesthood. († 1928)

In Litouzui, along the Lianjiang River, in the province of Guangdong (China), the Holy martyrs Luigi Versiglia, bishop, and Callisto Caravario, priest, professed members of the Salesian Society of Don Bosco, who suffered martyrdom for giving Christian assistance to those entrusted to their pastoral care . († 1930)

* In La Plata (Argentina), Blessed Maria Ludovica (Antonina) De Angelis, virgin, professed religious of the Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy. With the heart of a mother, she gave herself diligently and generously to the care of children and the sick, becoming a powerful sign of Godʼs mercy. († 1962)

* At a roadside in Nachanbore Hill, near Indore (India), Blessed Rani Maria Vattalil, professed religious of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation and martyr, whose work to uplift the dignity of the marginalized drew the hatred of those who ordered her assassination out of hatred for the justice of  the Kingdom of God. († 1995)