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Saint Columbanus, abbot, who, of Irish origin, becoming a pilgrim for Christ to instruct the people of France in the Gospel, founded many monasteries including that of Luxeuil, which he himself governed in strict observance of the rule; forced into exile, he crossed the Alps and founded the monastery of Bobbio in Emilia, famous for his discipline and studies, where, meritorious of the Church, he died in peace and his body was deposed on this day.

At Rome in the cemetery of Maximus on Via Salaria Nuova, Saint Felicita, martyr.

Near Chiusi in Tuscany, Saint Mustiola, martyr.

At Cyzicus in the Hellespont, in present-day Türkiye, Saint Sisinnius, bishop and martyr, who, as is handed down, after many tortures was pierced with a sword during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian.

At Metz in Gallia Belgica, now in France, commemoration of Saint Clément, believed to be the first bishop of this city.

At Mérida in Spain, Saint Lucrecia, martyr.

At Konya in Lycaonia, in present-day Türkiye, Saint Amphilochius, bishop, who, as hermit companion of Saints Basil and Gregory Nazianzen and their colleague in the episcopate, was famous for holiness and doctrine and underwent many trials for the Catholic faith.

At Paris in Gallia Lugdunensis, now in France, Saint Séverin, who, closed in a cell, waited for the contemplation of God.

At Agrigento, Saint Gregorio, bishop, who, as is handed down, commented on the sacred books, opening up the divine mysteries to the uneducated.

In Brabant, in present-day Belgium in the town later named after him, Saint Truiden, priest, who donated his possessions to the Church of Metz and built a monastery in this place, in which he gathered many disciples.

At Alba in Piedmont, Blessed Margherita di Savoia, who, widowed, consecrated herself to God in the monastery of nuns of the Order of Preachers founded by her.

At Seoul in Korea, Saint Caecilia Yu So-sa, martyr, who, as a widow, deprived of her possessions and arrested because of her faith, was subjected to interrogation twelve times and beaten until expiring in prison, as an almost octogenarian.

At the village of Guadalupe in the territory of Zacatecas in Mexico, Blessed José Ramón Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez, priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who, in a time of persecution against the Church, sentenced to death without trial as an accomplice to a crime, suffered the martyrdom he had eagerly desired.

Near Madrid in Spain, Blessed María Cecilia Cendoya y Arraquistain, virgin of the Order of the Visitation of Saint Mary and martyr, who, during the great persecution, on the same night in which her sisters had been arrested, spontaneously gave herself up to militiamen and together with her companions confirmed her testimony of faith with the supreme sacrifice.