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  1. Saint Toribio de Mogrovejo, bishop of Lima (Peru). He had been a layman from Spain and an expert in jurisprudence when he was elected to this episcopal see and departed for America. Fueled by ardent apostolic zeal, he frequently traveled throughout his vast diocese, often on foot, assiduously watching over the flock entrusted to his care. With synods, he fought against abuses and scandals among the clergy, vigorously defended the Church, catechized and converted the indigenous population, and finally died in Zaña (Peru). († 1606)

  2. In Cornwall (England), Saint Fingar (or Gwinear), martyr. († c. 460)

  3. The commemoration of the holy martyrs Victorian, proconsul of Carthage (now Qarṭāj, Tunisia), of two unnamed brothers from Aqua Regia (now Henchir-Baboucha, Tunisia), and of two merchants, both named Frumentius, who, during the persecution of the Vandals, under the Arian king Huneric, for having persevered in the Christian faith, were tortured with immense torments and thus received the glorious crown. († 484)

  4. * In Pontoise (France), Saint Gautier, who served as the first abbot of the local Benedictine monastery. Forsaking his personal preference for solitude, he exemplified disciplined observance for the monks and actively opposed simoniac practices within the clergy. († 1095)

  5. * In Ariano Irpino (Italy), Saint Ottone, hermit. († c. 1120)

  6. *  In Gubbio (Italy), Blessed Pietro, priest of the Order of the Hermits of Saint Augustine. († c. 1306)

  7. * In York (England), Blessed Edmund Sykes, diocesan priest and martyr, who, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, suffered exile out of hatred of the priesthood and, having returned to England, was condemned to the extreme punishment of the scaffold. († 1587)

  8. * In Naas, near Dublin (Ireland), Blessed Peter Higgins, a priest of the Order of Preachers and martyr, who, during the reign of Charles I, was hanged without trial for persevering in fidelity to the Roman Church. († 1642)

  9. In Barcelona (Spain), Saint Josep Oriol, a priest, who, through bodily mortification, a life of poverty, and constant prayer, had his soul constantly turned to God and was filled with heavenly joy. († 1702)

  10. * In Cemmo (Italy), Blessed Annunciata Cochetti, who directed with wisdom, strength, and humility the recently founded Institute of the Sisters of Saint Dorothea. († 1882)

  11. In Aḑ Ḑahr, Jrabta (Lebanon), Saint Rafqā ar-Rayes, nun of the Lebanese Order of the Antonine Maronites, who, having been blind for thirty years and then afflicted with other illnesses throughout her body, persevered in continuous prayer, trusting only in God. († 1914)

  12. *  In Leopoldov (Slovakia), Blessed Metod Dominik Trčka, priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer and martyr, whose pilgrimage on earth, in a time of persecution of the faith, was transformed into eternal life with his glorious martyrdom. († 1959)

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