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							At the Catacombs of San Callisto on the Appian Way, 
							in Rome (Italy), Saint 
							Miltiades, pope. Originally from Africa, he 
							experienced the peace that Emperor Constantine 
							granted to the Church. Although strongly opposed by 
							the Donatists, he worked for their reconciliation 
							with wisdom. († 314) 
							
							In the Thebaid (Egypt), Saint 
							Paul, hermit, one of the first to embrace the 
							monastic life. († 4th cent.) 
							
							In Nyssa, Cappadocia (now probably Harmandalı, 
							Türkiye), Saint Gregory, 
							bishop. A brother of Saint Basil the Great, he was 
							illustrious for his life and doctrine. For 
							confessing the true faith, he was exiled from his 
							see during the reign of the Arian Emperor Valens. († 
							c. 400) 
							
							In Jerusalem (Israel), Saint 
							John, bishop. During the period of disputes 
							over orthodox doctrine, he strenuously worked for 
							the Catholic faith and the peace of the Church. († 
							417) 
							
							* In Die (France), Saint 
							Petronius, bishop, who initially led the 
							monastic life in the island of Lérins. († c. 463) 
							
							In Constantinople (now Istanbul, Türkiye),
							Saint Marcian, priest, 
							who devoted himself to adorning churches and helping 
							the poor. († c. 471) 
							
							* In Limoges (France), Saint 
							Valerius, who chose the life of a solitary. 
							(† 6th cent.)
							
							* In Melitene (now Malatya, Türkiye),
							Saint Domitian, bishop, 
							who devoted himself to the conversion of Persians. 
							(† c. 602) 
							
							In Rome, at the Basilica of Saint Peter (Italy), the 
							burial of Saint Agatho, 
							pope. He defended the integrity of the faith against 
							monothelitism and promoted the unity of the Church 
							through synods. († 681) 
							
							In Viviers (France), Saint 
							Arcontius, bishop. († c. 740) 
							
							At the monastery of Cuxa, in Codalet (France),
							Saint Pietro Orseolo, 
							who, having been the doge of Venice, embraced the 
							monastic life. Renowned for his piety and austerity, 
							he passed his life in a hermitage near the 
							monastery. († c. 987) 
							
							* At the monastery of Cava, in Cava de’ Tirreni 
							(Italy), Blessed Benincasa, 
							abbot, who sent a hundred monks to repopulate the 
							deserted monastery of Monreale in Sicily. († 1194) 
							
							In Bourges (France), Saint 
							Guillaume de Donjeon, bishop. Burning with 
							the desire for solitude and meditation, he became a 
							Cistercian monk in Pontigny, then abbot of Chaalis. 
							Although eventually elevated as bishop of Bourges, 
							he did not relax the austerity of his life. He 
							distinguishing himself for his charity towards the 
							clergy, captives, and the destitute. († 1209) 
							
							* In Amarante (Portugal), 
							Blessed Gonçalo, a priest from Braga who, 
							after a long pilgrimage to the Holy Land, entered 
							the Order of Preachers. He then lived as a hermit 
							and built a bridge for the inhabitants of the city 
							whom he supported with his prayers and preaching. († 
							1259) 
							
							* In Arezzo (Italy), the death of
							Blessed Gregory X, pope. 
							From archdeacon of Liège, he was elevated to the See 
							of Peter and worked to restore communion with the 
							Greeks. He called the Second Council of Lyon to 
							restore the unity of the Church and recover the Holy 
							Land. († 1276) 
							
							* In Laurenzana (Italy), 
							Blessed Egidio (Bernardino) Di Bello, 
							professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor, who lived as 
							a recluse in a cave. († 1518) 
							
							* In Arequipa (Peru), Blessed 
							Ana Monteagudo of the Angels, nun of the 
							Order of Preachers, who generously worked for the 
							good of the city through the gifts of counsel and 
							prophecy. († 1686) 
							
							* In Agen (France), Blessed 
							Marie de la Conception (Adèle de Batz de 
							Trenquelléon). Returning from exile after the 
							French Revolution, she founded the Institute of the 
							Daughters of Mary Immaculate to support the Society 
							of Mary of Blessed Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade through various forms of 
							apostolate. († 1828) 
							
							In Perugia (Italy), Saint 
							Françoise de Sales (Léonie) Aviat, virgin. 
							She devoted herself to young people with maternal 
							love and industriousness and founded the Oblates of 
							Saint Francis de Sales. († 1914) 
							
							* In Madrid (Spain), Blessed 
							María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña, virgin. She 
							gave an admirable testimony of charity by dedicating 
							herself to the most abandoned in the society of her 
							time, especially in the suburbs of large cities. She 
							founded the Sopeña Catechetical Institute for the 
							evangelization and social promotion of the poor and 
							workers. († 1918)  |  
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