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In Tarsus (Türkiye),
Saint Castor, martyr. († unknown
date)
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The commemoration of
the holy martyrs Priscus, Malchus, and Alexander,
who, during the persecution of Valerian, lived in a
small farm near Caesarea in Palestine (now Keisarya,
Israel). Knowing that in that city heavenly crowns
of martyrdom were offered and inflamed with the
divine ardor of faith, they presented themselves
spontaneously to the judge and, having rebuked him
for the cruelty with which he shed the blood of the
faithful, were immediately thrown by him to the wild
beasts to be devoured, in hatred of the name of
Christ. († 260)
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In Heliopolis (now Baalbek, Lebanon),
Saint Cyril,
deacon and martyr, who was cruelly murdered in the
time of the Emperor Julian the Apostate. († c. 362)
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In Alexandria (Egypt),
Saint Proterius, bishop,
who, after a tumultuous popular riot, on the Holy
Thursday of the Lord’s Supper, was ferociously
murdered by Monophysites, followers of his
predecessor Dioscorus. († 454)
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In Chalon-sur-Saône (France), the burial of
Saint Gunthram,
king of the Franks, who distributed the treasures of
his wealth in favor of the churches and the poor. (†
593)
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Near the Lycian Olympus (now Tahtalı Dağı, near
Kemer, Türkiye), Saint
Hilarion, hegumen of the monastery
of Pelekete, who vigorously defended the worship of
sacred images. († 8th century)
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In Cîteaux (France),
Saint Étienne Harding, abbot, who
came from Molesme with other monks to this famous
monastery, instituted the converted brothers,
received the illustrious Bernard with thirty
companions and founded twelve monasteries, which he
associated with the bond of the Charter of Charity,
so that there would be no discord among the monks,
but they would live in harmony with the same
charity, the same rule and similar customs. († 1134)
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* In Naso (Italy),
Saint Cono, a monk under the
observance of the Eastern Fathers, who, upon
returning from the pilgrimage to the Holy Places,
knowing that his parents had died, distributed the
entire family fortune to the poor and embraced the
eremitical life. († 1236)
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* In Monticiano (Italy),
Blessed Antonio Patrizi,
priest of the Order of the Hermits of Saint
Augustine, illustrious for his outstanding love for
his brothers and neighbors. († c. 1311)
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* In Tours (France),
Blessed Jeanne-Marie de Maillé, who,
after the death of her husband during the war, was
reduced to poverty, driven from her home by her
relatives, and abandoned by everyone. She lived in
seclusion in a cell near the convent of the Friars
Minors, begging for bread, but completely trusting
in God. († 1414)
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* In York (England),
Blessed Christopher Wharton, priest
and martyr, who, during the reign of Elizabeth I,
was condemned to the gallows in hatred of the
priesthood. († 1600)
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* In Angers (France),
Blessed Renée-Marie Feillatreau,
martyr, a married woman who, during the French
Revolution, was beheaded for remaining faithful to
the Catholic Church. († 1794)
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In Przemyśl (Poland),
Saint Józef Sebastian Pelczar,
bishop, founder of the Congregation of the Handmaids
of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and distinguished
master of the spiritual life. († 1924)
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