The Memorial of Saint Anthony, abbot. After the death of his parents, he distributed all his goods to the poor, following the precepts of the Gospel. He retired to the solitude of the Thebaid in Egypt, where he began to lead an ascetic life. He zealously worked to strengthen the Church by supporting the confessors of the faith during the persecution of Diocletian and helping Saint Athanasius against the Arians. He had so many disciples that he is called “the father of monks”. († 356)

In the region of Cappadocia (now in Türkiye), the Holy martyrs Speusippus, Elasippus, Melasippus, brothers, and their grandmother Leonilla. († date uncertain)

In the region of Osrhoene (now in Türkiye), the commemoration of Saint Julian, hermit, surnamed Sabas, meaning “the Old Man”. Although he hated the tumult of the city, he momentarily abandoned his beloved solitude for Antioch to confound with all his heart the partisans of the Arian heresy. († c. 377)

 In Die (France), Saint Marcellus, bishop. He became a defender of the city and, for his fidelity to the Catholic faith, was sent into exile by Gondebaud, the Arian King of the Burgundians. († 510)

In Bourges (France), Saint Sulpicius “the Pious”, bishop, who was promoted from the royal court to the episcopate. For him, nothing was more precious than to care for the cause of the poor. (†647)

* In Bavaria (Germany), Blessed Gamelbert, priest. He gave all his goods to Blessed Utto, whom he had once baptized, to build the monastery of Metten. († c. 800)

* In Fréjus (France), Saint Roseline, virgin. Prioress of the Carthusian monastery of Celle-Roubaud, she was renowned for her self-denial, fasting from food and sleep, and austerity of life († c. 1329)

In Tocolatlán (Mexico), Saint Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo, diocesan priest and martyr. During the religious persecution in Mexico, he was brutally beaten, stabbed with bayonets, and hanged from a tree, out of hatred for the Church. († 1927)  

* At the Hersbruck concentration camp, in Nürnberger Land (Germany), Blessed Teresio Olivelli, martyr. A law professor, he was deported because of his opposition to fascism. He was killed by a camp supervisor while trying to protect one of his fellow inmates. († 1945)