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At Rome on Via Salaria antica, Saints John and Festus, martyrs.

At Autun in Gallia Lugdunensis, now in France, Saint Simplice, who, from a noble and pious family, lived in absolute chastity in the company of his most virtuous wife and was later elected to the episcopate.

At the village of Créteil in the territory of Paris, passion of Saints Agoard and Agilbert and many others, martyrs.

At Malines in Brabant, in present-day Belgium, Saint Rumoldus, venerated as a hermit and martyr.

At Lobbes in Austrasia now in Belgium, Saint Théodulphe, bishop and abbot.

At Nantes in Brittany, Saint Gohard, bishop and martyr, who, while celebrating a solemn Mass with the people in the cathedral, died together with many faithful pierced by the arrows of the impious Normans while singing “Sursum corda”.

At Vestervig in Denmark, Saint Theodgar of Vestervig, priest, who was a missionary in this region, where he built the first church in wood.

In the province of Sichuan in China, Saint Iosephus Yuan Zaide, priest and martyr, strangled in hatred of the Christian faith.

At Guadalajara in Mexico, Saint María Guadalupe García Zavala, virgin, who actively participated in the foundation of the Congregation of the Handmaids of Saint Margaret Mary and the Poor and carried out works of charity among the poor and the sick with commitment.