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The commemoration of Saint
Archippus, companion of Saint Paul the
Apostle, who remembers him in his letters to
Philemon and the Colossians.
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In Syrian Antioch (now Antakya, Türkiye),
Saints Paul, Cyril and others,
martyrs. († date uncertain)
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* In Metz (France), Saint
Urbitius, bishop. († c. 450)
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* 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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* 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)
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In Prague (Czechia),
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)
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* 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)
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* 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)
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* 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)
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* 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)
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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)
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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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