Roman Martyrology 2004

Saint Joshua, prophet

Commemoration of Saint Joshua, son of Nun servant of the Lord, who, with the imposition of hands by Moses, was filled with the spirit of wisdom, and, after the death of Moses, admirably led the people of Israel along the course of Jordan to the promised land.

Saint Sixte, first bishop of Reims

At Reims in Gallia Belgica, now in France, StSaint Sixte, who is believed to have been the first bishop of this city.

Saint Prisco, martyr at Capua

At Capua on Via Aquaria in Campania, Saint Prisco, martyr.

Saint Terenziano, bishop of Todi, martyr

At Todi in Umbria, Saint Terenziano, bishop.

Saint Vincent, bishop of Dax, martyr

At Dax in Aquitaine, France, Saint Vincent, celebrated as bishop and martyr.

Saint Verena, virgin

At Zurzach on the Rhine in the territory of Zurich, in present-day Switzerland, Saint Verena, virgin.

Saint Victor, bishop of Le Mans

At Le Mans in Gallia Lugdunensis, now in France, Saint Victor, bishop, remembered by Saint Gregory of Tours.

Saint Costanzo, bishop of Aquino

At Aquino in Lazio, Saint Costanzo, bishop, whose gift of prophecy was praised by Pope Saint Gregory the Great.

Saint Giles, hermit

In the territory of Nîmes in Gallia Narbonensis, now in southern France, Saint Giles, from which the flowery town in the Camargue region then took its name, where it is said that he built a monastery and ended the course of his mortal life.

Saint Loup, bishop of Sens

At Sens in Neustria, now in France, Saint Loup, bishop, who suffered exile for having courageously affirmed before a local notable that the people must be led by the priest and obey God rather than princes.

Blessed Giuliana di Collalto, Benedictine abbess

At Venice, Blessed Giuliana di Collalto, abbess of the Order of Saint Benedict.

Blessed Giovanna Soderini, Servite virgin

At Florence, Blessed Giovanna, virgin of the Third Order of the Servants of Mary, distinguished for her prayer and austerity of life.

Blesseds Miquel Roca Huguet, priest, and 11 companions, Hospitaller religious, martyrs of Spain

Near Madrid in Spain, Blessed Miquel Roca Huguet, priest, and eleven companions, martyrs, who, all belonging to the Order of Saint John of God, were killed in the course of the civil war out of hatred for religion.

Blessed Alfonso Sebastiá Viñals, priest and martyr of Spain

At the city of Paterna in the territory of Valencia also in Spain, Blessed Alfonso Sebastiá Viñals, priest and martyr, who, as principal of the school of social formation of Valencia, received the crown of glory during the same persecution against the faith.

Blesseds Pedro Rivera y Rivera, Conventual Franciscan priest, María del Carmen Moreno Benítez and María Amparo Carbonell Muñoz, Salesian virgins, martyrs at Barcelona

At Barcelona also in Spain, blessed martyrs Pedro Rivera y Rivera, priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, María del Carmen Moreno Benítez and María Amparo Carbonell Muñoz, virgins of the Institute of Mary Help of Christians, who in the same persecution, conformed to the passion of Christ Bridegroom, they came to the prize of eternal peace.

Saint Zenon, martyr at Nicomedia

At Nicomedia in Bithynia, in present-day Türkiye, Saint Zenon, martyr.

Saints Theodota, and her sons Evodius, Hermogenes and Callisto, martyrs at Nicomedia

At Nicaea also in Bithynia, passion of Saint Theodota with her children Evodius, Hermogenes and Callisto.

Saint Abibus, deacon and martyr at Nicomedia

At Edessa in ancient Syria, Saint Abibus, deacon and martyr, who, under Emperor Licinius, concluded his glorious battle condemned to the stake by the governor Lysanias.

Saint Antoninus, martyr in Syria

At Apamea in Syria, Saint Antoninus, martyr, who, as a stonemason, is said to have been killed at the age of twenty by the pagans for having demolished their idols because of his ardent faith.

Saint Próspero, bishop of Tarragona

At Tarragona in Spain, Saint Próspero, bishop.

Saint Just, bishop of Lyons

At Lyons in France, deposition of Saint Just, bishop, who, having left the episcopate after the Council of Aquileia, retired together with the lector Viator to a hermitage in Egypt, where he led a humble life for some years in the company of the monks; his holy body together with the bones of Saint Viator was then transferred to Lyons.

Saint Nonnoso, abbot

On Mount Soratte on Via Flaminia in Lazio, Saint Nonnoso, abbot.

Saint Syagre, bishop of Autun

At Autun in Burgundy, now in France, Saint Syagre, bishop, who shone in the councils in which he took part in science and zeal.

Saint Agricol, bishop of Avignon

At Avignon in Provence, Saint Agricol, bishop, who, after leading a monastic life on the island of Lérins, was of help to Saint Magnus, his father, and succeeded him in the episcopate.

Saint Elpidio, hermit

In the Marches, Saint Elpidio, whose name was later given to the town where his body is kept.

Saints Alberto and Guido, monks

At Pontida in the province of Bergamo, Saints Alberto and Guido, monks, of whom the first put the service of Christ before arms and world honours and founded in his city a monastery adapted to Cluniac customs, which the second governed.

Blessed Brocard, prior of Carmelite hermits

On Mount Carmel in Palestine at the source of Elijah, Blessed Brocard, prior of the hermits to whom Saint Albert, bishop of Jerusalem, gave as a rule of life that they meditate on the law of the Lord day and night and be vigilant in prayer.

Blessed Ingrid of Skänninge, widow

At Skänninge in Sweden, Blessed Ingrid of Skänninge av Skänninge, who, widowed, consecrated all her possessions to the glory of God and after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land took the habit of the nuns of the Order of Preachers.

Blesseds Jean-Marie du Lau d’Allemans, François-Joseph de La Rochefoucauld and Pierre-Louis de La Rochefoucauld, bishops, and 92 companions, martyrs of France

At Paris in France, passion of the blessed martyrs Jean-Marie du Lau d’Allemans, François-Joseph de La Rochefoucauld and Pierre-Louis de La Rochefoucauld, bishops, and ninety-three companions, clerics or religious, who, gathered in the Carmelite convent, were slaughtered for Christ out of hatred to religion for refusing to take the impious oath imposed on the clergy during the French Revolution.

Blesseds Pierre-Jacques-Marie Vitalis, priest, and 20 companions, martyrs of France

At the same place, day and year, Blessed Pierre-Jacques-Marie Vitalis, priest, and twenty companions, martyrs, killed out of hatred for the Church on the same occasion in the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

Saint Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church

Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church: after having undertaken a monastic life, he carried out the office of apostolic legate at Constantinople; then elected on this day to the Roman See, he settled earthly matters and as a servant of the servants he took care of the sacred ones. He showed himself to be a true pastor in governing the Church, in helping the needy in every way, in fostering monastic life and in consolidating and spreading the faith everywhere, writing famous books on morality and pastoral care for this purpose. He died on March 12.

Saint Phoebe, servant of the Lord

Commemoration of Saint Phoebe, servant of the Lord among the faithful of Cenchreae, Greece, who attended the blessed Paul the Apostle together with many others, as he himself attests in the Letter to the Romans.

Saint Basilissa, virgin and martyr in Bythinia

At Nicomedia in Bithynia in present-day Türkiye, Saint Basilissa, virgin and martyr.

Saint Sandila, martyr at Cordoba

At Cordoba in Spain, Saint Sandila, martyr.

Saint Mansuy, first bishop of Toul

At Toul in Gallia Belgica, now in France, Saint Mansuy, first bishop of the city.

Saint Marino, deacon and hermit

On Mount Titano near Rimini, Saint Marino, deacon and anchorite, who is believed to have led the still pagan people to the light of the Gospel and to the freedom of Christ.

Saint Mac Nisse, bishop of Connor

In Ireland, Saint Mac Nisse, bishop.

Saint Ausano, bishop of Milan

At Milan, Saint Ausano, bishop.

Saint Vitaliano di Capua, bishop

At Montesarchio in Campania, Saint Vitaliano, bishop.

Saint Remacle, abbot and later bishop of Maastricht

In the monastery of Stavelot in Brabant, in present-day Belgium, Saint Remacle, bishop and abbot, who, after that of Solesmes, founded the two monasteries of Stavelot and Malmedy in the solitude of the Ardennes forest.

Saints Aigulphe, abbot of Lérins, and companions, monks, martyrs

On the Island of Lérins in Provence in France, Saint Aigulphe, abbot, and fellow monks, believed to have suffered martyrdom during a raid by the Saracens.

Saint Chrodegang, bishop of Séez and martyr

At Sées in Neustria, also in France, Saint Chrodegang, bishop and martyr.

Blessed Guala, Dominican, bishop of Brescia

In the territory of Astino in Val Camonica in Lombardy, Blessed Guala, bishop of Brescia, of the Order of Preachers, who, at the time of Emperor Frederick II, worked wisely for the peace of the Church and civil society and was condemned to exile.

Blesseds Bartolomé Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Augustinian Hermit priest, and 5 companions, martyrs of Japan

At Nagasaki in Japan, Blessed Bartolomé Gutiérrez Rodríguez, priest of the Order of the Hermits of Saint Augustine, and five companions, martyrs, who in hatred of the Christian faith were first immersed in boiling sulphurous waters and then burned at the stake.

Blessed Brigida Morello Zancano, widow, founder of the Ursuline monastery of Piacenza

At Piacenza, Blessed Brigida Morello Zancano, who, widowed, consecrated herself to the Lord dedicating herself with all her strength to penance and works of charity and founded the Congregation of the Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate for the Christian education of female youth.

Blesseds André-Abel Alricy, priest, and 71 companions, martyrs at Paris

At Paris in France, passion of Blessed André-Abel Alricy, priest, and seventy-one companions, martyrs, mostly priests, who, after an initial massacre carried out the previous day, locked up in the Seminary of Saint Firminus as in a prison, were massacred in hatred of the Church.

Blesseds Jean-Baptiste Bottex, Michel-François de Lagardette and François-Hyacinthe Lé Livec de Trésurin, martyrs at Paris

Also at Paris, on the same day and year, the blessed martyrs Jean-Baptiste Bottex, Michel-François de Lagardette and François-Hyacinthe Lé Livec de Trésurin, who died for Christ in the “La Force” prison on the same occasion.

Saints Ioannes Pak Hu-jae and 5 companions, martyrs of Korea

At Seoul in Korea, passion of Saints Ioannes Pak Hu-jae and five companions, martyrs, who, during the persecution, brought before the criminal court as Christians, after having suffered cruel tortures for their faith, died beheaded.

Saint Moses, prophet

Commemoration of Saint Moses, prophet, who was chosen by God to free the oppressed people from Egypt and lead them to the promised land; to him God also revealed himself on Mount Sinai, saying: “I am who am,” and gave the Law to guide the lives of the chosen people. This servant of God died on Mount Nebo in the land of Moab in front of the promised land.

Saint Marcel, martyr at Chalon-sur-Saône

At Châlon-sur-Saone in Gallia Lugdunensis, now in France, Saint Marcel, martyr.

Saint Boniface I, pope

At Rome in the cemetery of Maximus on Via Salaria, deposition of Saint Boniface I, pope, who resolved many controversies inherent in ecclesiastical discipline.

Saint Calétric, bishop of Chartres

At Chartres in Neustria, now in France, Saint Calétric, bishop.

Saint Ida, widow in Saxon

At Heresfeld in Saxony, in Germany, Saint Ida, widow of Duke Ecbert, famous for her charity towards the poor and her assiduity in prayer.

Saint Frézal, bishop of Mende and martyr

At Mende in Aquitaine now in France, Saint Frézal, bishop and martyr.

Saint Irmgard, countess of Aspel

At Cologne in Lotharingia, in present-day Germany, Saint Irmgard, who, as Countess of Süchteln, committed all her assets to the construction of churches.

Saint Rosalia, virgin

At Palermo, Saint Rosalia, virgin, who is said to have led a solitary life on Mount Pellegrino.

Blessed Caterina da Racconigi, Dominican virgin

At Caramagna in Piedmont, Blessed Caterina da Racconigi Mattei, virgin, sister of the Penitence of Saint Dominic, who with admirable charity and abundance of virtues endured constant infirmity, the calumnies of men and every temptation.

Blessed Scipion-Jérôme Brigeat Lambert, priest and martyr of France

At anchor in the sea in front of Rochefort on the French coast, Blessed Scipion-Jérôme Brigeat Lambert, priest and martyr: as canon of Avranches, during the persecution perpetrated at the time of the French revolution, he was inhumanly thrown onto a prison ship for his priesthood, where he died exhausted from hunger.

Blessed Marie Sainte-Cécile de Rome Bélanger, virgin of the Religious of Jesus and Mary

At the city of Sillery in Quebec, Canada, Blessed Marie Sainte-Cécile de Rome Bélanger, virgin, of the Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary, who endured the pains of a serious illness for many years trusting only in God.

Blessed José Pascual Carda Saporta, Diocesan Labourer priest, martyr of Spain

At the city of Oropesa near Castellón de la Plana on the Spanish coast, Blessed José Pascual Carda Saporta, priest of the Association of Diocesan Worker Priests and martyr, who, during the persecution against the Church, out of hatred for religion was led to a glorious martyrdom.

Blessed Francisco Sendra Ivars, priest and martyr of Spain

At the village of Teulada near Alicante also in Spain, Blessed Francisco Sendra Ivars, priest and martyr, who suffered martyrdom in the same persecution against the faith.

Blessed Bernardo de Lugar Nuevo de Fenollet Bleda Grau, Capuchin religious and martyr of Spain

Near the village of Genovés in the territory of Valencia also in Spain, Blessed Bernardo de Lugar Nuevo de Fenollet Bleda Grau, religious of the Order of the Friars Minor Capuchin and martyr, who always in the same persecution carried out the glorious fight for Christ.

Saints Aconzio, Nonno, Ercolano and Taurino, martyrs

Near present-day Fiumicino, Saints Aconzio, Nonno, Ercolano and Taurino, martyrs.

Saint Quinto, martyr at Capua

At Capua in Campania, Saint Quinto, martyr.

Saints Urban, Theodore, Medimnus and companions, martyrs at Nicomedia

At Nicomedia in Bithynia, in present-day Türkiye, holy martyrs Urban, Theodore, Medimnus and companions, clerics and laymen, who by order of Emperor Valens were placed on a boat for their Catholic faith and burned at sea.

Saint Bertin, abbot of Sithiu

In the territory of Thérouanne in Flanders, now in France, Saint Bertin, abbot of Sithiu, who was deposed together with Saint Mummolinus in the monastery he founded, later decorated with his name.

Saint Alberto, founder and first abbot of Butrio

At Tortona in Piedmont, Saint Alberto, who is believed to have been the founder and first abbot of the monastery of Butrio.

Blessed Giovanni il Buono di Siponto, abbot Meleda

In Dalmatia, in present-day Croatia, Blessed Giovanni il Buono di Siponto, abbot, who built the monastery of Saint Michael on the island of Mljet along the Dalmatian coast, facing Mount Gargano.

Blessed William Browne, martyr of England

At Ripon in England, Blessed William Browne, martyr, who, sentenced to death under King James I for inducing other people to accept the Catholic faith, was hanged and then cruelly disembowelled.

Blessed Florent Dumontet de Cardaillac, priest and martyr of France

In a sordid vessel anchored in the sea in front of Rochefort in France, Blessed Florent Dumontet de Cardaillac, priest and martyr, who, condemned for his priesthood during the French Revolution, completed his martyrdom in sickness, a victim of his charity and his zeal in assisting sick fellow prisoners.

Saints Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Tự, Dominican priest, and Giuse Hoàng Lương Cảnh, physician, martyrs of Vietnam

At the city of Ninh Tai in Tonkin, now Vietnam, the holy martyrs Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Tự, priest of the Order of Preachers, and Giuse Hoàng Lương Cảnh, doctor, beheaded in hatred of the name of Christ.

Saint Teresa of Calcutta, virgin, founder of the Missionaries of Charity

At Calcutta in India, Saint Teresa of Calcutta, virgin, who, born in Albania, quenched the thirst for Christ abandoned on the cross with her immense charity towards the poorest brothers and sisters and established the Congregations of the Missionaries of Charity at the full service of the sick and disinherited.

Saint Zechariah, prophet

Commemoration of Saint Zechariah, prophet, who foretold the return of the people from exile to the promised land, giving them an announcement of a king of peace, carried out admirably by Christ the Lord in his triumphal entry into the Holy City of Jerusalem.

Saint Onesiphorus, disciple of Saint Paul

Commemoration of Saint Onesiphorus, who often sought out Saint Paul the Apostle in Ephesus and was not ashamed of his chains, but went to Rome and sought him with concern and found him.

Saints Donatian, Presidius, Mansuectus, Germain, Fusculus and Letus, bishops and martyrs

Commemoration of Saints Donatian, Presidius, Mansuectus, Germain and Fusculus, bishops in Africa, who, during the persecution of the Vandals, by order of the Arian king Huneric, were horribly beaten for having confessed the Catholic truth and sent into exile. With them we also commemorate Letus, bishop of Nefta in present-day Tunisia, a courageous and highly cultured man who, after a long period of sordid imprisonment, died by burning at the stake.

Saint Eleuterio, abbot

At Spoleto in Umbria, Saint Eleuterio, abbot, whose simplicity and compunction of heart was praised by Pope Saint Gregory the Great.

Saint Cagnoald, bishop of Laon

At Laon in France, Saint Cagnoald, bishop, who was a disciple of Saint Columban and the only minister in his hermitage near Bregenz.

Saint Bega, abbess

On the Cumberland coast of England in a town later named after her, Saint Bega, consecrated virgin.

Saint Magnus, abbot of Füssen

In the monastery of Füssen in Bavaria, Germany, Saint Magnus, abbot.

Blessed Bertrand de Garrigues, Dominican priest

In the Cistercian monastery of Bouchet near Orange in Provence in France, commemoration of Blessed Bertrand de Garrigues, priest, who was among the first disciples of Saint Dominic and always tried to imitate the example of the master.

Blessed Diego Llorca Llopis, priest and martyr of Spain

At the village of Gata de Gorgos in the territory of Alicante in Spain, Blessed Diego Llorca Llopis, priest and martyr, who received the crown during the persecution against the Church for having testified to his faith in Christ.

Blessed Pascual Torres Lloret, martyr of Spain

At the village of Carcaixent in the territory of Valencia also in Spain, Blessed Pascual Torres Lloret, martyr, who, as father of family, carrying the cross of Christ, deserved to reach the heavenly prize.

Blessed Michał Czartoryski, Dominican priest and martyr of Poland

At Warsaw in Poland, Blessed Michał Czartoryski, priest of the Order of Preachers and martyr, who, during the invasion of Poland by enemies of God, died by firing squad in the local parish for not wanting to renounce the faith.

Saint Reine, martyr

At Alise in France, Saint Reine, martyr.

Saint Sozonte, martyr

At Pompeiipolis in Cilicia, in present-day Türkiye, Saint Sozonte, martyr.

Saints Festo, deacon, and Desiderio, lector, martyrs

At Benevento, the holy martyrs Festo, deacon, and Desiderio, lector.

Saint Euverte, bishop of Orleans

At Orléans in Gallia Lugdunensis, now in France, Saint Euverte, bishop.

Saint Grato, bishop of Aosta

At Aosta, Saint Grato, bishop.

Saints Mesmin and companions, martyrs at Breuil

At Breuil in the territory of Troyes in France, Saints Mesmin and companions, martyrs, believed to have been killed by Attila, king of the Huns.

Saint Alpin, bishop of Châlons

At Châlons in Gallia Lugdunensis, now in France, Saint Alpin, bishop, who was a disciple of Saint Lupus of Troyes.

Saint Clodoald, priest

At the village of Saint-Cloud in the territory of Paris in France, Saint Clodoald, priest, who, born of royal lineage, after the violent death of his father and brothers, was welcomed by his grandmother Saint Clotilde and, having rejected earthly power with indignation, became a cleric.

Saint Carissime, recluse virgin

At Albi in Aquitaine, also in France, Saint Carissime, cloistered virgin.

Saint Madelberte, abbess of Maubege

At Maubeuge in Hainault, in the territory of present-day France, Saint Madelberte, abbess, who succeeded her sister Saint Adeltrude.

Saint Hilduard, missionary bishop in Flanders

In Flanders, in present-day Belgian territory, commemoration of Saint Hilduard, bishop.

Saint Gauzelin, bishop of Toul

At Toul in Lotharingia in present-day France, Saint Gauzelin, bishop, who promoted monastic discipline.

Saint Giovanni da Lodi, Camaldolese, bishop of Gubbio

At Gubbio in Umbria, Saint Giovanni da Lodi, bishop, who was a companion of Saint Peter Damian in his diplomatic missions.

Saint Étienne de Châtillon, bishop of Die

At Die in France, Saint Étienne de Châtillon, bishop, who, snatched from the solitude of Portes-en-Bugey, happily ruled this Church, without however subtracting anything from the austerity of the Carthusian life.

Saints Marek Križin, priest, Štefan Pongrác and Melichar Grodecki, Jesuit priests, martyrs of Slovakia

At Kosice in the Carpathian mountains, in present-day Slovakia, the holy martyrs Marek Križin, priest of Esztergom, Štefan Pongrác and Melichar Grodecki, priests of the Society of Jesus, whom neither hunger nor the tortures of the wheel and fire could induce to renounce the Catholic faith.

Blesseds Thomas Tsūji, Jesuit priest, Ludovicus Maki Soetsu and Ioannes Maki Jizaemon, martys of Japan

At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed martyrs Thomas Tsūji, priest of the Society of Jesus, Ludovicus Maki Soetsu and his son Ioannes, condemned to the stake in hatred of the Christian faith.

Blesseds Ralph Corby (Corbington), priest, and John Duckett, Jesuit priest, martyrs of England

At London in England, Blesseds Ralph Corby (Corbington), of the Society of Jesus, and John Duckett, priests and martyrs, who, sentenced to death under King Charles I because they entered England as priests, achieved the celestial palm by hanging at Tyburn.

Blesseds Claude-Barnabé Laurent de Mascloux and François d’Oudinot de la Boissière, priests and martyrs of France

On a prison ship anchored off Rochefort on the French coast, Blessed Claude-Barnabé Laurent de Mascloux and François d’Oudinot de la Boissière, priests and martyrs, who, arrested during the French Revolution for their priesthood and placed under naval arrest, died for Christ becoming seriously ill from hunger.

Blessed Giovanni Battista Albino Mazzucconi, PIME priest and martyr of Papua New Guinea

On Woodlark Island in Oceania, Blessed Giovanni Battista Albino Mazzucconi, priest of the Institute for Foreign Missions of Milan and martyr, who, after two years spent in the service of evangelisation, by now exhausted by fevers and sores, was killed in hatred of faith with an axe blow.

Blessed Anna Eugenia Picco, virgin of the Little Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

At Parma, Blessed Anna Eugenia Picco, virgin of the Congregation of the Little Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, who, entirely devoted to the will of God, promoted the dignity of women and provided for the spiritual and cultural formation of the religious.

Blessed Ascensión de San José de Calasanz Lloret Marco, virgin and martyr of Spain

At the town of Gandía in the territory of Valencia in Spain, Blessed Ascensión de San José de Calasanz Lloret Marco, virgin of the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity and martyr, who, in times of persecution, completed her fight for the faith.

The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, born of the descendants of Abraham, of the tribe of Judah, of the lineage of King David, from which the Son of God made man by the work of the Holy Spirit was born to free men from the ancient slavery of sin.

Saint Adrian, martyr at Nicomedia

At Rome, commemoration of Saint Adrian, martyr, who suffered martyrdom at Nicomedia in Bithynia, in present-day Türkiye and in his honour Pope Honorius I transformed the curia of the Roman Senate into a church.

Saints Faustus, Dius and Ammon, priests and martyrs at Alexandria of Egypt

At Alexandria of Egypt, Saints Faustus, Dius and Ammon, priests and martyrs, who in the persecution of Emperor Diocletian received the crown of martyrdom together with the bishop Saint Peter.

Saint Isaac, bishop in Armenia

At the city of Bagrevand in ancient Armenia, Saint Isaac, bishop, who translated the Holy Scriptures and the liturgy into Armenian to promote the Christian life of his people; he adhered to the faith approved in the Council of Ephesus, but was then expelled from his seat and died in exile.

Saint Sergius I, pope

At Rome at Saint Peter’s, deposition of Saint Sergius I, pope, who, of Syrian origin, worked with all his strength for the evangelisation of the Saxons and Frisians and settled many controversies and discords, preferring to die rather than approve of errors.

Saint Corbinian, bishop of Freising

At Freising in Bavaria, in Germany, Saint Corbinian, who, after being ordained bishop and sent to preach the Gospel in Bavaria, reaped copious fruits.

Saint Pierre de Chavanon, abbot of Pébrac

At Pébrac in the territory of Puy-en-Vélay in France, Saint Pierre de Chavanon, priest, who, aspiring to a more perfect life, retired to this place, where he built a monastery of canons regular of which he was also their guide.

Blessed Serafina Sforza, widow

At Pesaro, Blessed Serafina Sforza, who faced many adversities in her married life and, widowed, spent the remaining years of her life in great humility following the rule of Saint Clare.

Saint Tomás de Villanueva, hermit, bishop of Valencia

At Valencia in Spain, Saint Tomás de Villanueva, bishop: as a hermit under the rule of Saint Augustine, he accepted the episcopal office out of obedience and excelled, among other virtues as a pastor, for a love for the poor so ardent as to squander everything for the needy, without leaving even a small bed for themselves.

Blesseds Thomas Palaser, priest, John Norton and John Talbot, martyrs of England

At Durham in England, the blessed martyrs Thomas Palaser, priest, John Norton and John Talbot, who, sentenced to death under Queen Elizabeth I, the first for having returned to England as a priest, the others for having given him help, suffered the torture of scaffold.

Birth of Saint Peter Claver, priest

At Cartagena in Colombia, the anniversary of the death of Saint Peter Claver, priest, whose memorial is celebrated tomorrow.

Blesseds Antonio de San Bonaventura, Domingo Castellet Vinale, priests, and 19 companions, martyrs of Japan

At Nagasaki in Japan, Blesseds Antonio de San Bonaventura, of the Order of Friars Minor, Domingo Castellet Vinale, of the Order of Preachers, priests, and nineteen companions, martyrs, some of whom were laymen and many children: all suffered martyrdom for Christ with the sword or at the stake.

Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul

At Marseille in France, transitus of Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, who, as a man of distinguished culture and piety, defended and propagated the truths of the faith with his high doctrine, put his assiduous charity at the service of the poor in the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and, an exemplary father, made his family a true domestic church.

Blesseds José Cecilio Rodríguez González, Teodoro Joaquín Sáinz Sáinz and Evelio Ricardo Alonso Uyarra, Lasalian religious, martyrs of Spain

At Almería on the Andalusian coast in Spain, Blesseds José Cecilio Rodríguez González, Teodoro Joaquín Sáinz Sáinz and Evelio Ricardo Alonso Uyarra, martyrs, who, as Brothers of the Christian Schools, obtained the palm of martyrdom in the persecution against religion during the civil war.

Blessed Marino Blanes Giner, martyr of Spain

At the village of Alcoy near Alicante also in Spain, Blessed Marino Blanes Giner, martyr, who, as father of family, in the course of the same persecution received death from men, eternal life from God.

Blessed Ismael Escrihuela Esteve, martyr of Spain

At the city of Paterna in the territory of Valencia also in Spain, Blessed Ismael Escrihuela Esteve, martyr, who, as father of family, through martyrdom was made a sharer in the victory of Christ.

Blessed Pascual Fortuño Almela, Franciscan priest and martyr of Spain

At Villa Real in the territory of Castellón de la Plana also in Spain, Blessed Pascual Fortuño Almela, priest of the Order of Friars Minor and martyr, who was crowned with martyrdom for having testified to Christ.

Blesseds Josefa de San Juan de Dios Ruano García and Dolores de Santa Eulalia Puig Bonany, virgins of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly, martyrs of Spain

At the city of Buñol near Valencia also in Spain, Blesseds Josefa de San Juan de Dios Ruano García and Dolores de Santa Eulalia Puig Bonany, virgins of the Congregation of the Sisters of Abandoned Elderly and martyrs, who, in the same persecution against the faith, pouring their own blood they received the crown of glory.

Blessed Adam Bargielski, priest and martyr at Dachau

Near Munich in Germany in the prison camp of Dachau, Blessed Adam Bargielski, priest and martyr, who, during the war, spontaneously gave himself up to the enemies of the faith in place of his parish priest and, after suffering cruel tortures in prison, attained eternal glory undefeated.

Blessed Władysław Błądziński, Michaelist priest, martyr of Poland

At Gross-Rosen in Germany, Blessed Władysław Błądziński, priest of the Congregation of Saint Michael and martyr, whom in the same period the enemies of the Church deported from his native Poland to a stone quarry, where he was later killed.

Saint Peter Claver, Jesuit priest

Saint Peter Claver, priest of the Society of Jesus, who, at Cartagena in Colombia, worked for over forty years with admirable self-denial and outstanding charity for the black people reduced to slavery, regenerating around three hundred thousand of them in the baptism of Christ.

Saint Gorgonio, martyr at Rome

At Rome in the cemetery at Duas Lauros on Via Labicana, Saint Gorgonio, martyr.

Saint Giacinto, martyr at Sabina

In Sabina at the thirtieth mile from Rome, Saint Giacinto, martyr.

Saint Kieran, priest and abbot

In the monastery of Clonmacnois on the bank of the river Shannon in Ireland, Saint Kieran, priest and abbot, founder of this monastery.

Blessed María de la Cabeza, wife of Saint Isidore the Labourer

In Castile in Spain, Blessed María de la Cabeza, who, as wife of the Saint Isidore the Farmer, led a humble and hardworking hermitical life.

Blessed Maria Euthymia Üffing, Clementine virgin

At Münster in Germany, Blessed Maria Euthymia Üffing, virgin of the Congregation of the Sisters of Compassion, who served God among the sick with outstanding piety, goodness and self-neglect.

Blessed George Douglas, priest and martyr of England

At York in England, Blessed George Douglas, priest and martyr, who, Scottish by origin, rose from schoolmaster to priest in Paris and under Queen Elizabeth I passed victorious in heaven through the gallows for persuading others to embrace the Catholic faith.

Blessed Pierre Bonhomme, priest, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Calvary

At the city of Gramat in the territory of Cahors in France, Blessed Pierre Bonhomme, priest, who worked admirably for the missions to the people and the evangelisation of the countryside and founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Calvary, to whom he entrusted the care the needs of the young, the sick and the poor.

Blessed Jacques-Désiré Laval, Spiritan priest

At Port-Louis on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, Blessed Jacques-Désiré Laval, priest, who, after a few years of exercising the medical profession, became a missionary in the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and led the blacks recently freed from slavery to freedom of the children of God.

Blessed Francisco Gárate Aranguren, Jesuit priest

At Bilbao in Gascony in Spain, Blessed Francisco Gárate Aranguren, religious of the Salesian Society, who carried out the office of porter with Christian humility for forty-two years.

Saint Nemesian, martyr at Alexandria of Egypt

At Alexandria of Egypt, Saint Nemesian, martyr, who, slanderously denounced to the judge first as a thief, was acquitted of this crime, but pursued, during the persecution of Emperor Decius, and accused before the judge Aemilianus of being a Christian, was subjected to repeated torture and condemned to the stake in the company of other thieves, in the likeness of the Saviour who suffered the cross together with the two thieves.

Saints Nemesian, bishop, Felix, Lucius, Felix, Litteus, Polyanus, Victor, Jader and Dativus, martyrs

Commemoration of Saints Nemesian and companions, Felix, Lucius, another Felix, Litteus, Polyanus, Victor, Jader and Dativus, who, as bishops, priests and deacons, at the outbreak of the ferocious persecution perpetrated in Africa under the emperors Valerian and Gallienus, were their faith in Christ first cruelly beaten and then bound in stocks and destined for the mines, where Saint Cyprian with his letters exhorted them to endure imprisonment with firmness and to keep the precepts of the Lord.

Saint Pulcheria, empress of the Roman Empire

At Constantinople, Saint Pulcheria, who defended and promoted the right faith.

Saint Agabio, bishop of Novara

At Novara, Saint Agabio, bishop.

Saint Sauve, bishop of Albi

At Albi in Aquitaine, now in France, Saint Sauve, bishop, who, led out of the cloister, was ordained against his will for this see and, when the plague broke out, as a good shepherd, never wanted to leave the city.

Saint Théodard, bishop of Tongres, martyr

Near Speyer in the Rhineland, Germany, passion of Saint Théodard, bishop of Tongeren and martyr, killed on his way to King Childeric.

Saint Aubert, bishop of Avranches

At Avranches in Neustria, now in France, Saint Aubert, bishop, thanks to whom the cult of Saint Michael the Archangel flourished on Mount Tomba.

Blessed Oglerio, Cistercian abbot Lucedio

In the monastery of Lucedio near Vercelli, Blessed Oglerio, abbot of the Cistercian Order.

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, Augustinian priest

At Tolentino in the Marches, Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, priest of the Order of the Hermits of Saint Augustine, who, dedicated to severe abstinence and assiduous in prayer, was severe with himself, but merciful with others, and often imposed penance upon himself others.

Blesseds Sebastianus Kimura, Francisco Morales Sedeño, priests, and 50 companions, martyrs of Japan

At Nagasaki in Japan, blesseds Sebastianus Kimura, of the Society of Jesus, Francisco Morales Sedeño, of the Order of Preachers, priests, and fifty companions, martyrs, who, as priests, religious, spouses, young people, catechists, widows and children, died for Christ on a hill in front of a large crowd amid cruel tortures.

Saint Ambrose Barlow, Benedictine priest, martyr of England

At London in England, Saint Ambrose Barlow, priest of the Order of Saint Benedict and martyr, who for twenty-four years consolidated the Catholics in the faith and piety in the region of Lancaster, and, arrested while preaching on the day of Easter, after prison, was sentenced to death under King Charles I as a priest and hanged at Tyburn.

Blessed Hubert de Saint-Claude Gagnot, Carmelite priest and martyr of France

In the arm of the sea in front of Rochefort on the French coast, Blessed Hubert de Saint-Claude Gagnot, priest of the Carmelite Order and martyr, who, inhumanly thrown onto a sordid ship during the French Revolution because of his priesthood, died consumed by gangrene while assisting his fellow prisoners get sick.