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In Argol (now Ahvaz, Iran),
Saint Benjamin, a deacon,
who, for persisting in preaching the word of God,
during the reign of Bahram V, was tortured with
sharp reeds driven into his nails, and consummated
his martyrdom. († c. 420)
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In Rome (Italy), the commemoration of
Saint Balbina,
whose basilica on the Aventine Hill bears witness to
the veneration of her name. († a. 595)
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* In Köln (Germany),
Saint Agilulf, bishop, celebrated
for his preaching and holiness of life. († 751/752)
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* In Borgo San Donino (Italy),
Saint Guido, abbot of the
monastery of Pomposa, who, after having received
many disciples and built sacred buildings,
consecrated himself entirely to prayer,
contemplation, and divine worship, and wanted to
live in the wilderness to concentrate only on God.
(† 1046)
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* In Toulouse (France),
Blessed Jeanne, virgin of
the Order of Carmel. († 14th century)
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* In Udine (Italy),
Blessed Bonaventure of Forlì, a
priest of the Order of the Servants of Mary, who,
preaching in various regions of Italy, exhorted the
people to penance and died in his eighties during a
Lenten sermon. († 1491)
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* In Carlisle (England), the commemoration of
Blessed Christopher
Robinson, priest and martyr, who
witnessed the martyrdom of Saint John Boste and,
sometime later, during the reign of Elizabeth I, he
too, led to the gallows on an unknown day, also out
of hatred for the priesthood, received the crown of
glory. († 1597)
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* At the Ravensbrück concentration camp, in
Fürstenberg (Germany),
Blessed Natalia Tułasiewicz,
martyr, who, during the military occupation of
Poland, her homeland, after being locked up in a
concentration camp by followers of a nefarious
doctrine hostile to human dignity and faith, gave up
her soul to the Lord in a gas chamber. († 1945)
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