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At Hippo in Numidia, in present-day Algeria, twenty holy martyrs, whose faith and victory Saint Augustine celebrated; of them only the names of Fidentian, bishop, Valerian and Victoria are remembered.

At Edessa in ancient Syria, the holy martyrs Gurias, ascetic, and Samonas, who, under the emperor Diocletian, after long and cruel tortures, were condemned to death by the prefect Misiano and beheaded with the sword.

At Nola in Campania, Saint Felice, with whose pastoral care and worship this city is honoured.

In Brittany, Saint Malo, bishop of Aleth, who is said to have been born in Wales and died in the territory of Saintes.

At Cahors in Aquitaine, now in France, Saint Didier, bishop, who built many churches, monasteries and buildings of public utility and never neglected to prepare souls for an encounter with his heavenly Spouse, making them a true temple of Christ.

On Mount Irschenberg in Bavaria, Germany, Saints Marinus, bishop, and Anianus, martyrs.

Near Rouen in Neustria, now in France, Saint Sidoine, abbot, who, originally from Ireland, led a monastic life first in Jumièges, then on the island of Noirmoutier under the guidance of Saint Philibert and, finally, in the monastery he founded himself.

At Rheinau in present-day Switzerland, Saint Fintan, who, also originally from Ireland, lived for a long time for the love of God in a monastery and, even longer, as a recluse in a small cell next to the church.

In the monastery of Klosterneuburg in Austria, the deposition of Saint Leopold III, who, as margrave of this territory, already called Pius when alive, was a promoter of peace and a friend of the poor and the clergy.

At Reading in England, blessed martyrs Hugh Cook Faringdon, abbot of the Order of Saint Benedict, William Eynon and John Rugg, priests, who, accused of treason for having tenaciously opposed the claims of primacy in the Church of King Henry VIII, died by hanging and disembowel yourself with the sword in front of the monastery.

At Glastonbury always in England, blessed martyrs Richard Whiting, abbot, John Thorne and Roger James, priests of the Order of Saint Benedict, who, with the false accusation of treason or sacrilege, were delivered under the same king to the same tortures.

At Ferrara, Blessed Lucia da Narni Broccadelli, religious, who patiently endured many sufferings and humiliations both in married life and in the monastery of the Third Order of Saint Dominic.

At Nagasaki in Japan, Blessed Caius, martyr, who, as a catechist, was burned at the stake for having confessed Christ.

At Caaró in Paraguay, Saints Roque González de Santa Cruz and Alonso Rodríguez Obnel, priests of the Society of Jesus and martyrs, who brought the dispossessed indigenous populations closer to Christ by founding villages called reductions, in which work and social life were freely combined with the values of Christianity, and were therefore killed in an ambush by a sorcerer’s assassin.

At Rome, Saint José María Pignatelli, priest of the Society of Jesus, who worked hard to revive this religious family by now reduced almost to extinction and proved to be distinguished for charity, humility and moral integrity, always turned to the greater glory of God.

At Mengo in Uganda, Saint Iosephus Mukasa Balikuddembe, martyr, who, as head of the royal court, after receiving baptism, won many young people to Christ and defended the court boys from the vices of King Mwenga; for this, at the age of only twenty-five, he was beheaded by order of the angry king, becoming the first victim of his persecution.

At Sanremo in Liguria, Blessed Mary of the Passion de Chappotin, virgin, who, enraptured in her depths by the simplicity of Saint Francis, established the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary and always paid great attention to defending the condition of women in mission lands.

Near Wadowice in Poland, Saint Rafał od św. Józefa Kalinowski, priest, who, during a popular insurrection against the oppressors, was captured during the war by enemies and deported to Siberia, where he suffered many tribulations, and, after being freed, he entered the Order of Discalced Carmelites, to which he gave great impetus.