1. The Memorial of Saint Agnes, virgin and martyr. Though still a girl, she offered the supreme witness of faith in Rome and consecrated by martyrdom her claim to chastity. Thus, she overcame both her age and the tyrant, acquiring the immense admiration of the people and obtaining an even greater glory from God. († 3rd/4th cent.)

2. The commemoration of Saint Publius, bishop of Athens, who bore witness to Christ as a martyr. († 2nd cent.)

3. In Tarragona (Spain), the passion of the Holy martyrs Fructuosus, bishop, and Augurius and Eulogius, deacons. During the reign of Valerian and Gallienus, after confessing their faith before the procurator Aemilianus, they were led into the amphitheater where the bishop, with a clear voice, addressed to the faithful present a prayer for the peace of the Church. Cast into the flames, their martyrdom was completed while praying on their knees. († 259)

4. In Troyes (France), Saint Patroclus, martyr. († 3rd cent.)

5. In Pavia (Italy), Saint Epiphanius, bishop. At the time of the barbarian invasions, he worked hard for the reconciliation of peoples, the liberation of prisoners, and the reconstruction of the destroyed city. († 496)

6. In the mountains around Lake Zurich (Switzerland), Saint Meinrad, priest. He first led the life of a monk, then that of a hermit, and was killed by brigands to whom he had given hospitality. († c. 864)

7. * In the monastic colony of Mercurion (within the massif of Pollino, Italy), Saint Zacharias Angelicus, master of the cenobitic life. († c. 950)

8. * In London (England), the Blessed martyrs Edward Stransham and Nicolas Wheeler, diocesan priests, condemned to death during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I for their priesthood and taken to the gallows at Tyburn. († 1586)

9. In London (England), Saint Alban Roe, professed priest of the Benedictine Order, and Blessed Thomas Green, diocesan priest. Imprisoned during the reign of King Charles I – the first for seventeen years, the second for fourteen years, and both already advanced in age – they were together hanged for Christ on the gallows at Tyburn. († 1642)

10. * In Benigánim (Spain), Blessed Josefa María Albiñana of Saint Agnes, virgin and nun of the Order of the Discalced Augustinians. († 1696)

11. * In Laval (France), Blessed Jean-Baptiste Turpin du Cormier and thirteen companions,^[1] priests and martyrs, guillotined during the French Revolution for refusing to take the oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. († 1794)

12. In Daegu (South Korea), Saint John Yi Yun-il, martyr. Father of a family, farmer, and catechist, he remained firm in the Christian faith despite beatings and dislocation of limbs. He finally obtained martyrdom through beheading. († 1867)

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[1] Their names are: (1) Jean-Baptiste Triquerie, professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual; and the diocesan priests (2) Jean-Marie Gallot; (3) Joseph Pellé; (4) René-Louis Ambroise; (5) Julien-François Morvin de la Gérardière; (6) François Duchesne; (7) Jacques André; (8) André Duliou; (9) Louis Gastineau; (10) François Migoret Lambardière; (11) Julien Moulé; (12) Augustin-Emmanuel Philippot; and (13) Pierre Thomas.