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In Ancona (Italy),
Saint Marcellinus, bishop, who,
according to Pope Saint Gregory the Great, saved
this city from fire with divine power. († 6th cent.)
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* In Canterbury (England),
Saint Adrian, abbot. A native of Africa who
later went to Naples, he arrived in England and,
through his profound training in sacred and profane
sciences, taught many disciples the science of
salvation. († 710)
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* In Strathfillan (Scotland),
Saint Foellan, abbot of the Monastery of
Saint Andrew, who was distinguished for his life of
great austerity and solitude. († c. 710)
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* At the Bithynian Olympus (now Uludağ, Türkiye),
Saint Eustratius Thaumaturgus,
abbot of the monastery of Abgar. († 9th cent.)
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* In Thénezay (France), Saint
Honoré from Buzançais, martyr. A cattle
dealer who gave his money to the poor, he was killed
by some scoundrels whom he had reproached. († 1250)
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* In Certaldo (Italy), Blessed
Giulia della Rena, an Augustinian Secular,
who lived as a recluse solely for God in a small
cell next to a church. († 1367)
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* In Ancona (Italy), Blessed
Antonio Fatati, bishop, who carried out with
great prudence and serenity all the missions
entrusted to him by the Roman Pontiffs. He was
always austere towards himself, but magnanimous
towards the poor. († 1484)
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* In Nancy (France), Blessed
Marie-Thérèse of Jesus (Alice Le Clerc), who,
with Saint Pierre Fourier, founded the Congregation
of Our Lady, Canonesses of Saint Augustine, for the
formation of young women. († 1622)
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In
Seoul (South Korea), the Holy martyrs Agatha Yi,
virgin, whose parents also received the crown of
martyrdom, and Teresa Kim, widow, who were beheaded
for their faith in Christ after being cruelly beaten
for days in prison. († 1840)
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* At the Dachau
concentration camp, in Oberbayern (Germany),
Blesseds Józef Pawłowski and Kazimierz Grelewski,
diocesan priests and martyrs. During the invasion of
Poland, they were deported by their persecutors and
ended their martyrdom with the torture of the
gallows. († 1942)
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