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In Carthage (Tunisia), the Holy
martyrs Successus, Paul and Lucius, bishops,
who participated in the synod held there and were
put to death under the Emperor Decius. († 259)
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In Nicaea (now İznik, Türkiye),
the Holy martyrs Cosconius, Zeno and Melanippus.
(† 3rd/4th century)
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In Foix (France), the death of
Saint Volusian, bishop of Tours, driven out
by the Goths and died in exile. († c. 498)
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In Rome (Italy), the commemoration of
Saint Prisca, under
whose name a basilica was dedicated to God on the
Aventine Hill. († before 499)
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At the monastery of Lure (France),
Saint Deicola, abbot.
Irish by origin and a disciple of Saint Columban, he
was said to be the founder of this monastery. († 7th
cent.)
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* In Ferrara (Italy), Blessed
Beatrice d’Este, virgin and nun. After the
death of the one she was to marry, she renounced the
world and dedicated herself to God in the monastery
she had founded under the Rule of Saint Benedict. (†
c. 1262)
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Near Buda (Hungary), Saint
Margaret, virgin. Daughter of King Béla IV,
she was dedicated to God by her parents for the
liberation of their homeland from the power of the
Tartars and given as a child to the nuns of the
Order of Preachers. She made her profession at the
age of twelve and surrendered herself so completely
to the Lord that she unhesitatingly applied herself
to becoming like the crucified Christ. († 1270)
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* In Cremona (Italy), Blessed
Facius. A goldsmith, he left his native
Verona to live in this city, devoting himself to
penance, pilgrimages, and the care of the sick. (†
1272)
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* In Morbegno (Italy), Blessed
Andrea Grego from Peschiera, professed priest of the
Order of Preachers, who walked for a long time in
this region, living on little, spending the night
with the poor, sleeping on branches, and winning the
hearts of all. († 1485)
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* In L’Aquila (Italy), Blessed
Cristina Ciccarelli, virgin and nun of the
Order of Saint Augustine, humble, devoted to the
poor, and diligent in contemplation. († 1543)
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* In Braniewo (Poland), Blessed
Regina Protmann, virgin. Seized with love for
the poor, she ardently devoted herself to the
service of the needy and founded the Congregation of
the Sisters of Saint Catherine. († 1613)
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* In Avrillé (France), the
Blessed martyrs Félicité Pricet, Monique Pichery,
Charlotte Lucas and Victoire Gusteau, shot
during the French Revolution out of hatred for the
Christian faith. († 1794)
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In Tarragona (Spain), Saint
Jaume Hilari (Manuel) Barbal Cosán, professed
religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools,
martyr, sentenced to death out of hatred for the
Church and shot during the Spanish Civil War. (†
1936)
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* In Cascia (Italy), Blessed
Maria Teresa (Maria Giovanna) Fasce, abbess
of the monastery of the Order of Saint Augustine,
who joined asceticism and contemplation to action in
favor of pilgrims and the needy. († 1947)
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* In El Tablón (Guatemala),
Blessed Juan Barrera Méndez, child and
martyr, who was tortured and killed, hung on a tree
like Jesus crucified, out of hatred for the Church
and its work for justice and human dignity. († 1980)
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