BARBATUS (BARBAS), a native of Benevento, ordained to the priesthood at an early age. St. Barbatus quickly gained a reputation as passionate preacher whose zeal soon earned the enmity of his flock. Forced to resign his parish, St. Barbatus returned to Benevento, there he encountered a pagan resurgence combined with a defiant citizenry when exposed to the Gospel. Soon, completely unrelated to the issues in the city, Benevento found itself under siege by the forces of Emperor Constans II (r. 641–668). This crisis made the population renounce their paganism and embrace Christianity. St. Barbatus assured his flock the siege would end, and it did. After the siege, St. Barbatus was chosen to succeed the Bishop of Benevento, who had perished in the siege. As bishop amongst other activities, St. Barbatus attended the Sixth Œcumenical Council (680–681), at which the Monophysite heresy was condemned. St. Barbatus reposed in 682.

BEATUS, a monk at the Monastery of Santo Toribio in Liebana, near present-day Santander Spain. St. Beatus and was famous for his writing and preaching which unflinchingly condemned the heresy of Adoptionism. Following the abandonment of this heresy, St. Beatus retired to the monastery of Our Lady of Valcavado, in the province of Palencia. There he wrote his celebrated Commentary on the Apocalypse. St. Beatus reposed in 789.

GABINUS, a member of the imperial roman nobility, and apparently related to Emperor Diocletian. St. Gabinus was a priest, the brother of Pope Gaius and father of the martyr St. Susanna (11th August). He was martyred by starvation, circa 295 during the Diocletianic Persecution

GEORGE of LODÈVE, a monk at the Abbey of Saint-Foy-de-Conques in present-day Occitanie, France. Following the destruction of the abbey in 862 by Vikings, St. George relocated to the nearby Abbey of Vabres. Towards the end of his life, St. George was consecrated Bishop of Lodève, Languedoc. St. George reposed circa 884.

MANSUETUS, consecrated forty-first Bishop of Milan circa 672. He is remembered for revitalising his See and for authoring a controversial treatise against Monothelitism. St. Mansuetus reposed circa 690.

ODRAN, whilst he is traditionally believed to have been St. Patrick’s (17th March) charioteer and the first Irish martyr, circa 452, there is no reliable information on this saint extant.

PUBLIUS, JULIAN, MARCELLUS, and COMPANIONS, (Date Unknown), martyrs in North Africa of who there is no further information extant.

QUODVULTDEUS, Bishop of Carthage in North Africa, exiled, along with many of his clerics, to Naples after the Arian Gaiseric, King of the Vandals (r. 428 - 477), conquered Carthage in 439. After arriving in Naples, St. Quodvultdeus and companions set about ministering to the population. He reposed in Naples in 450 and was quickly acclaimed a saint by the population that had witnessed his patience in the face of adversity.

VALERIUS, the second Bishop of Antibes, he reposed circa 450.

ADRIAN and COMPANIONS, St. Adrian was a bishop (perhaps of St. Andrews) on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth in Scotland, who, along with a group of martyrs (which some sources number in the thousands), was massacred by the Danes in 874. There is no further reliable information on this saint’s life available to us.

APPIAN, a monk at the Abbey of St. Peter of Ciel d'Oro in Pavia, where he served as Steward. He later became a hermit in Commacchio in present-day Emilia Romagna Italy. St. Appian evangelised the area around Commacchio. He reposed circa 800.

BASINUS, a seventh century Abbot of St. Maximin’s Abbey in Trier in the present-day German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. St. Basinus was consecrated thirty-fourth Bishop of Trier circa 671, and served that See until his repose circa 705.

FLIX of RHUYS, a hermit on Ouessant Island off the coast of Brittany. St. Felix later became a monk at the Abbey of St. Benedict on the Loire (abbaye de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire — Fleury Abbey). St. Felix was given the obedience of restoring the Abbey of St. Gildas of Rhuys which had been razed by the Vikings. St. Felix reposed in 1038.

LEONARD of AVRANCHES, as a youth, St. Leonard was bully with a volatile temper. As an adult, he repented and in time was elected Bishop of Avranches. St. Leonard served that See for thirty years, reposing circa 614.

LUCIUS I, elected the twenty-second Pope of Rome in 253, and briefly exiled by the Emperor Trebonianus Gallus (r. 251–253). St. Lucius is remembered for condemning the Novatian Schism. He reposed in 254 after only 253 days as Pope.

MARTYRS of ROME, a group of nine hundred martyrs (circa 260) buried in the catacombs of Callistus on the Appian Way. Nothing further is known of their lives or martyrdom.

OWEN (OWIN), a monk who accompanied St. Ceadda (Chad) of Lichfield (2nd March) on his mission to the Mercians, St. Owen then served him at Lichfield. Though no Life is extant, tradition has it that he led a most holy life, and by God’s Grace, had many heavenly visions. St. Owen reposed circa 680.