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  1. The commemoration of Saint Archippus, companion of Saint Paul the Apostle, who remembers him in his letters to Philemon and the Colossians.

  2. In Syrian Antioch (now Antakya, Türkiye), Saints Paul, Cyril and others, martyrs. († date uncertain)

  3. * In Metz (France), Saint Urbitius, bishop. († c. 450)

  4. * In Braga (Portugal), Saint Martin, bishop, from Pannonia (today Hungary), who governed first the see of Dume and later that of Braga. Through his zeal and preaching, the Suevi abandoned the Arian heresy and embraced the Catholic faith. († c. 579)

  5. On the island of Inner Farne (England), the passing of Saint Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, who excelled in his pastoral ministry with the same diligence he had previously shown in the monastery and in the hermitage, and peacefully harmonized the austerity and lifestyle of the Celts with Roman customs. († 687)

  6. At the monastery of Fontenelle (France), the burial of Saint Wulfran. Initially a monk, he was elected Bishop of Sens and dedicated himself to the proclamation of the Gospel to the Frisian people. Ultimately, he returned to the monastery of Fontenelle, where he died peacefully. († c. 700)

  7. The commemoration of Saint Nicetas, Bishop of Apollonia in Macedonia (now Pojan, Albania), exiled by Emperor Leo the Armenian for defending the veneration of sacred icons. († 733)

  8. At the Lavra of Mar Saba, in the Kidron Valley (Israel), the passion of twenty Holy monks, who died suffocated by smoke in the church of the Mother of God during a Saracen raid. († 797)

  9. * In Siena (Italy), Blessed Ambrogio Sansedoni, professed priest of the Order of Preachers, disciple of Saint Albert the Great, who, although a man of eminent wisdom and preaching, always proceeded with the greatest simplicity towards all. († 1287)

  10. In Prague (Czech Republic), Saint Jan from Nepomuk [John Nepomucene], diocesan priest and martyr, who, in defending the Church, suffered many injuries from King Wenceslaus IV and, after being subjected to many torments and atrocities, was thrown alive into the Vltava River. († 1393)

  11. * In Mantua (Italy), Blessed Battista Spagnoli, professed priest of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, who promoted peace among princes and reformed his Order, to which, despite his opposition, he was placed as head according to the will of Pope Leo X. († 1516)

  12. * In Florence (Italy), Blessed Ippolito Galantini, who founded the Fraternity of the Christian Doctrine and worked assiduously for the catechetical instruction of children and the simple ones. († 1619)

  13. * In Ernée (France), Blessed Jeanne Véron, virgin, professed religious of the Congregation of Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Evron and martyr, who dedicated herself to the instruction of children and the care of the sick. During the French Revolution, she was killed on the guillotine for hiding priests from their persecutors. († 1794)

  14. * In Tarragona (Spain), Blessed Francesc of Jesus, Mary, Joseph Palau Quer, professed priest of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, who endured appalling harassment during his ministry and, unfairly accused, was exiled to the island of Ibiza, where he was left to himself for several years. († 1872)

  15. In Bilbao (Spain), Saint María Josefa of the Heart of Jesus Sancho de Guerra, virgin, founder of the Congregation of the Servants of Jesus of Jesus, which she guided above all in the care of the sick and the poor. († 1912)

  16. In Lviv (Ukraine), Saint Józef Bilczewski, bishop, who dedicated himself with great charity to the formation of the customs and doctrine of the clergy and people of the Latin Rite, and did all he could to help the poor and needy during the war. († 1923)

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