The Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops; disciples of Saint Paul the Apostle and collaborators in his ministry. One was at the head of the Church of Ephesus, the other that of Crete. To them were addressed letters of wise recommendations for the instruction of pastors and the faithful. († 1st cent.)

In Hippo in Numidia (now Annaba, Algeria), Saint Theogenes, martyr, in whose honor Saint Augustine gave a sermon. († c. 257)

In Bethlehem (Israel), Saint Paula, widow. Coming from a noble senatorial family, she renounced the world and, after distributing her wealth to the poor, she retired to the birthplace of the Lord. together with the blessed virgin Eustochium, her daughter. († 404)

* In Jerusalem (Israel), Saints Xenophon and Mary and their sons John and Arcadius. After renouncing their senatorial dignity and substantial possessions, they embraced the monastic life in the Holy City with equal ardor. († 6th cent.)

* In Cîteaux (France), Saint Alberic, abbot. One of the first monks of Molesme, he came to the foundation of Neumünster. Elected as abbot, he fervently dedicated and committed himself to the formation of monks as a true lover of the Rule and of his confreres. († 1109)

* In Trondheim (Norway), Saint Eysteinn [Øystein] Erlandssön, bishop. He governed the Church entrusted to him as its first bishop, seeking its growth and defending it before princes. († 1188)

* In Angers (France), Blessed Marie de la Dive, widow and martyr, who was guillotined during the French Revolution for her fidelity to her Church. († 1794)

In Villa del Tránsito (Argentina), Saint José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero, diocesan priest. Pastor of a vast impoverished area, his heart embraced the poorest with an immense pastoral charity, forgetting himself to become everything for everyone, to the point of contracting leprosy from visits to the sick and dying blind. († 1914)

* At the Dachau concentration camp, in Oberbayern (Germany), Blessed Michał Kozal, auxiliary bishop of Włocławek and martyr. For defending the faith and freedom of the Church under the nefarious Nazi regime with invincible endurance, he was sent for three years in this concentration camp until he crowned his life with martyrdom. († 1943)

* In Hong Kong, Blessed Gabriele Maria Allegra, professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, distinguished scholar and preacher of Sacred Scripture, who composed the Chinese version of the entire Bible. († 1976)