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  1. In Ancona (Italy), Saint Marcellinus, bishop, who, according to Pope Saint Gregory the Great, saved this city from fire with divine power. († 6th cent.)

  2. * 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)

  3. * 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)

  4. * At the Bithynian Olympus (now Uludağ, Türkiye), Saint Eustratius Thaumaturgus, abbot of the monastery of Abgar. († 9th cent.)

  5. * 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)

  6. * 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)

  7. * 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)

  8. *  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)

  9. 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)

  10. * 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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