At the Catacombs of Priscilla on the New Salarian Way, in Rome (Italy), the burial of Saint Marcellus I, Pope. According to Pope Saint Damasus, he was a true pastor, but bitingly mistreated by those who had failed in persecution and who did not want to submit to the established penance. Shamefully denounced by them before the tyrant Maxentius, he was driven out of the city and died in exile. († 309)

* In Aulon in Illyria (now Vlorë, Albania), Saint Danax, martyr. († date uncertain)

At Rhinocolura (now Al-’Arish, Egypt), Saint Melas, bishop. Under the Arian Emperor Valens, he endured exile and other ill-treatments for the orthodox faith, and then died in peace. († c. 390)

In Arles (France), Saint Honoratus, bishop, who founded a very celebrated monastery on the island of Lérins and then accepted the government of the Church of Arles. († 429)

* In La Tarentaise (France), Saint James, hermit, a disciple of Saint Honoratus from Lérins. († 5th cent.)

In Oderzo (Italy), Saint Titian, bishop. († 5th cent.)

* In Touraine (France), commemoration of Saint Leobat, abbot. Placed by his master, Saint Ursus, at the head of the monastery of Senevières which he had just founded, he lived there in great holiness and reached an advanced old age. († 5th/6th cent.)

* In the Dombes (France), Saint Triverius, priest, monk, and finally hermit. († c. 568)

In Mézerolles (France), the death of Saint Fursey, abbo. He founded and directed monasteries first in Ireland, then in England, and finally in Lagny-en-Brie in Gaul. He died while on the way to visit his confreres who had remained in England. († c. 650)

* In Bagno di Romagna (Italy), Saint Giovanna, virgin. She was received into the Camaldolese Order and excelled above all for her obedience and humility. († 1105)

In Marrakesh (Morocco), the passion of the first five martyrs of the Order of Minors: Saints Berardo de’ Leopardi from Calvi, Ottone de’ Petricchi from Stroncone, Pietro de’ Bonanti from Sangemini, priests, Accursio Vacuzio from Aguzzo and Adiuto from Narni, religious. Sent by Saint Francis to proclaim the Gospel of Christ to the Muslims, they were seized in Sevilla and soon taken to Marrakech, where the prince of the Moors ferociously cut their heads open with his scimitar. († 1226)

In Kandy (Sri Lanka), Saint Joseph Vaz, priest of the Congregation of the Oratory. With admirable ardor, in perilous routes through fields, he never ceased to confirm the faith of scattered and hidden Catholics, and to preach with zeal the Gospel of salvation. († 1711)

* In Gijón (Spain), Blessed Louis-Antoine Ormières, diocesan priest. He founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Guardian Angel to assist the underprivileged, convinced that where the poor are, the Church must also be. († 1890)

* In Brescia (Italy), Blessed Giuseppe Antonio Tovini. Father of a family and a schoolmaster, he opened many Christian schools and constructed social infrastructures. In all his works, he was a constant witness of prayer and virtue. († 1897)

* In Valencia (Spain), Blessed Juana María Condesa Lluch, virgin. Animated by dynamic charity and the spirit of sacrifice, she dedicated herself to humble work, coming to the aid of children and young workers. To protect and form them, she founded the Congregation of the Handmaids of Mary Immaculate, Protectors of Workers. († 1916)