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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)
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In Cornwall (England),
Saint Fingar (or Gwinear),
martyr. († c. 460)
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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)
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* 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)
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* In Ariano Irpino (Italy),
Saint Ottone, hermit. († c.
1120)
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* In Gubbio (Italy),
Blessed Pietro, priest of the Order
of the Hermits of Saint Augustine. († c. 1306)
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* 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)
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* 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)
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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)
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* In Cemmo (Italy),
Blessed Annunciata Cochetti, who
directed with wisdom, strength, and humility the
recently founded Institute of the Sisters of Saint
Dorothea. († 1882)
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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)
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* 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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