Saint Vincent, deacon of Zaragoza and martyr. In Valencia (Spain), during the persecution of the Emperor Diocletian, after suffering imprisonment, starvation, the rack, and heated gridiron, he departed to heaven in reward for his martyrdom. († 304)

The commemoration of Saint Valerius, bishop of Zaragoza (Spain). He was brought to Valencia together with Saint Vincent and sent into exile. He later participated in the first synod of Elvira. († 305/315)

In Novara (Italy), Saint Gaudentius, considered as the first bishop of that see. († c. 418)

In Sergiopolis (now Resafa, Syria), the passion of Saint Anastasius, monk and martyr. Having suffered many torments at Caesarea in Palestine, he was further tortured by Khosrow, King of the Persians. After seventy of his companions were drowned in a river, he was finally beheaded. († 628)

* In Romans-sur-Isère (France), the burial of Saint Barnard, bishop of Vienne. Passing from the army of Emperor Charlemagne to the militia of Christ, he distributed to the poor the inheritance he received from his father. He built two monasteries, one in Ambronay, the other in Romans, where he spent the final years of his life. († 842)

In Sora (Italy), Saint Dominic, abbot, who founded monasteries in various regions of Italy and brought others back to regular discipline with his reforming spirit. († 1031)

* In Pisa (Italy), Blessed Maria Mancini. Twice widowed and losing all her children, at the exhortation of Saint Catherine of Siena she initiated the common life in the monastery of San Domenico, which she governed for ten years. († 1431)

* In Como (Italy), Blessed Antonio Della Chiesa, professed priest of the Order of Preachers. He renewed the observance of the Rule in several convents of the Order, treating human frailty with compassion while correcting it with firmness. († 1459)

* In London (England), Blessed William Patenson, diocesan priest and martyr. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, he was sentenced to death for his priesthood. After reconciling six fellow prisoners to the Church, he was crowned with martyrdom by being hanged at Tyburn. († 1592)

In Kẻ Chợ (now Hanoi, Vietnam), Saints Francisco Gil de Federich and Mateo Alonso de Leciniana, professed priests of the Order of Preachers and martyrs. Under the reign of Trịnh Doanh, after incessantly preaching of the Gospel, even while imprisoned, they were killed with a sword and died gloriously for Christ. († 1745)

In Rome (Italy), Saint Vincenzo Pallotti, priest and founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate. Through his writings and works, he fostered in all the baptized the vocation of working generously for the Church. († 1850)

In Bordeaux (France), Blessed Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade, priest. During the French Revolution, he secretly exercised pastoral zeal without fear. Dedicated to bringing together the lay faithful to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary and working in favor of the foreign missions, he founded the Society of Mary and the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate. († 1850)

* In Junín de los Andes (Argentina), Blessed Laura Vicuña, virgin. Born in Santiago de Chile, she was a pupil of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians who, at the age of thirteen, offered her life to God for the conversion of her mother. († 1904)

* In Castelletto del Garda (Italy), Blessed Giuseppe Nascimbeni, diocesan priest and founder of the Institute of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family. († 1922)

* In Vienna (Austria), Blessed László Batthyány-Strattmann, father of a family. A witness to the Gospel both in the family and civil society through the holiness of his life and works, he truly lived the title and dignity of a doctor in a Christian manner. With great charity he worked to assist the sick, for whom he founded hospitals in which, setting aside all vanity, he welcomed only the poor and destitute. († 1931)