At Caesarea in Palestine (now Keisarya, Israel), the holy martyrs Timolaus, Dionysius, Pausides, Romulus, Alexander, and another Alexander, who, during the persecution of the emperor Diocletian, were led with their hands tied to the prefect Urban, confessed to being Christians, and a few days later were beheaded with their companions Agapius and another Dionysius, thus meriting the crowns of eternal life. († 303)

In Mauritania, in the territory of present-day Algeria, Saint Secundolus, who suffered martyrdom for his faith in Christ. († unknown date)

* In Clogher (Ireland), Saint Macartan (Aedh mac Cairthinn), bishop, who is considered a disciple of Saint Patrick. († 5th cent.)

* In Catania (Italy), Saint Severus, bishop. († 814)

*  In Fabriano (Italy), Blessed Giovanni del Bastone, priest and monk, companion of Saint Sylvester, abbot. († 1290)

In Vadstena (Sweden), Saint Catherine, daughter of Saint Bridget, who, given in marriage against her will, preserved her virginity by mutual agreement with her husband and, after his death, consecrated herself to a life of piety. A pilgrim from Rome and the Holy Land, she transferred her mother’s remains to Sweden and placed them in the monastery of Vadstena , where she took the monastic habit. († 1381)

*  In Ronda (Spain), Blessed Diego José de Cádiz (Francisco José López-Caamaño), priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, distinguished preacher and intrepid defender of the freedom of the Church. († 1801)

* In Faicchio (Italy), Blessed Maria Serafina of the Sacred Heart (Clotilde Michele), founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Angels, Adorers of the Most Holy Trinity. († 1911)

* In Pniewite (Poland), Blessed Maria Karłowska, who, to lead indigent and dissolute young women back to the dignity of daughters of God, founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Shepherd of Divine Providence. († 1935)

In San Salvador (El Salvador), Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero Galdámez, bishop and martyr, who, having dedicated his pastoral care especially to the poor and oppressed, was murdered out of hatred for the Christian faith. († 1980)