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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)
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In the Thebaid (Egypt), Saint
Paul, hermit, one of the first to embrace the
monastic life. († 4th cent.)
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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)
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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)
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* In Die (France), Saint
Petronius, bishop, who initially led the
monastic life in the island of Lérins. († c. 463)
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In Constantinople (now Istanbul, Türkiye),
Saint Marcian, priest,
who devoted himself to adorning churches and helping
the poor. († c. 471)
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* In Limoges (France), Saint
Valerius, who chose the life of a solitary.
(† 6th cent.)
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* In Melitene (now Malatya, Türkiye),
Saint Domitian, bishop,
who devoted himself to the conversion of Persians.
(† c. 602)
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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)
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In Viviers (France), Saint
Arcontius, bishop. († c. 740)
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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)
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* 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)
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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)
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* 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)
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* 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)
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* 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)
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* 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)
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* 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)
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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)
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* 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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