1. In Rome (Italy), on Via Tiburtina, the burial of Saint Hilarius, pope, who wrote letters on the Catholic faith, by which he confirmed the Councils of Nicaea, Ephesus and Chalcedon, extolling the primacy of the Roman See.  († 468)

2. In Worcester (England), Saint Oswald, bishop. Initially a canon and then a monk, he later governed the see of Worcester and then that of York. He introduced the Rule of Saint Benedict into many monasteries, and was an affable, generous, joyful teacher with great wisdom. († 992)

3. * In L’Aquila (Italy), Blessed Antonia of Florence, widow, founder and first abbess of the Monastery of Corpus Christi under the first Rule of Saint Clare. († 1472)

4. * At Mount Unzen, near Shimabara (Japan), Blessed Paul Uchibori Sakuemon, who after witnessing the martyrdom of his three sons seven days earlier, was scalded to death in the mountain’s sulfuric waters along with fifteen companions,^[1] offering their lives in testimony of Christ and of the Holy Roman Church. († 1627)

5. In Xilin, in the province of Guangxi (China), Saint Auguste Chapdelaine, priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and martyr. Arrested by soldiers with many newly baptized Christians for being the first to sow the faith in this region, he was caned with three hundred strokes, locked in a narrow cage, and finally beheaded.  († 1856)

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[1] Their names are: (1) Caspar Kizaemon; (2) Mary Mine; (3) Caspar Nagai Sōhan; (4) Louis Shinzaburō; (5) Dionysius Saekieki Zenka and (6) Louis Saeki Kizo, his son; (7) Damian Ichiyata; (8) Leo Nakajima Sōkan and (9) Paul Nakajima, his son; (10) John Kisaki Kyūhachi; (11) John Heisaku; (12) Thomas Uzumi Shingoro; (13) Alexius Sugi Shōhachi; (14) Thomas Kondō Hyōemon; and (15) John Araki Kanshichi.