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The commemoration of
Saint Epaphroditus, whom the Apostle
Paul calls brother, coworker, and companion in
combat.
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Near Narbonne (France), along the Via Domitia, the
burial of Saint Paul,
bishop. († 3rd cent.)
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In the area Galatia (Türkiye),
Saints Callinicus and Basilissa, martyrs.
(† unknown date)
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In Ancyra in Galatia (now Ankara, Türkiye),
Saint Basil, presbyter
and martyr, who strongly resisted the Arians during
the whole reign of the Emperor Constantius, and
then, in the time of the Emperor Julian, having
prayed to God that no Christian should depart from
the faith, was arrested and handed over to the
proconsul of the province, and, after many torments,
consummated his martyrdom. († 362)
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Commemoration of
Saint Lea, Roman widow, whose
virtues and departure from this world to God
received the praise of Saint Jerome. († c. 383)
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In Osimo (Italy),
Saint Benvenuto Scotivoli,[1]
bishop, who, appointed by Pope Urban IV for this
see, conciliated peace among the citizens and, in
accordance with the spirit of the Friars Minor,
wanted to die on the bare earth. († 1282)
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In London (England),
Saint Nicholas Owen, a religious of
the Society of Jesus and martyr, who for many years
built shelters to hide priests; and for this reason,
during the reign of King James I, after being
imprisoned and severely tortured and finally thrown
on the rack, went gloriously to meet Christ the
Lord. († 1606)
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* In Angers (France),
Blessed François Chartier, priest
and martyr, who, during the French Revolution, was
beheaded in hatred of the priesthood. († 1794)
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* At the Stutthof concentration camp, in Sztutowo
(Poland), Blesseds Marian
Górecki and Bronisław Komorowski,
priests and martyrs, who, during the military
occupation of their homeland by followers of a
doctrine hostile to religion, were shot in hatred of
the Christian faith. († 1940)
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* In Münster (Germany),
Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen,
bishop, who reflected the image of the Good Shepherd
among the people of God. He openly fought against
the errors of National Socialism and against the
violation of human rights and the rights of the
Church. For his courage, he was called “the lion of
Münster.” († 1947)
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[1] There have been
presuppositions that Pope Martin IV (reigned 1281-85)
canonized Benvenuto Scotivoli, his friend and
contemporary, claims that the eminent Franciscan
historian Luke Wadding (1588-1657) accepted as true.
However, there exists no proof that a formal
canonization ever took place. Nonetheless, Cardinal
Cesare Baronio inserted his elogium in the 1586 edition
of the Roman Martyrology.
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