ALNOTH, the bailiff at St. Werburh of Chester’s (3rd February) monastery at Weedon in Northamptonshire, St. Alnoth later lived as an anchorite at Stowe. He was martyred there by bandits circa 700.

BALDOMERUS (GALMIER), a blacksmith and locksmith in Lyons. Late in life St. Baldomerus retired to the monastery of Saint-Just, where he received monastic tonsure and was ordained to the sub-diaconate. St. Baldomerus reposed circa 650.

COMGAN, St. Comgan was an Abbot of Glenthsen or Killeshin in Ireland who reposed circa 565. Nothing further is known of this saint.

HEREFRITH, a Bishop of Lindsey, St. Herefrith was most likely martyred by the Danes circa 869. It is entirely possible that he was the last Bishop of Lindsey before the Danes wintered at Torksey in 872–3, after which the episcopal succession ceased. His relics were amongst those translated by St. Ethelwold (1st August) to Thorney. There was a church of St. Herefrith at Louth mentioned in several records from the 13th–15th centuries.

HONORINA (HONORINE), (Date Unknown) , one of the earliest Gaulish martyrs, with a cultus in Normandy which dates from the beginning of the Christian presence it that region. Unfortunately, her Acts have been lost and there is no further information about her extent.

JOHN of GORZE, a brilliant student at the monastery of Saint-Mihiel in Metz, reputed to have an eidetic memory. Following his studies, he administered some landed estates, but soon made a pilgrimage to Rome, after which he spent some time at the Abbey of Monte Cassino. Returning to his native Lorraine in 933, St. John helped to restore, and then received monastic tonsure at, the Abbey of St. Gorgonius of Gorze (abbaye Saint-Gorgon de Gorze) in Gorze. He later spent two years as the ambassador of Emperor Otto I (r. 936–973) to the Emir and Caliph Abd ar-Rahman III (r. 912–961) in Cordoba. In 960 St. John became Abbot of Gorze and reposed circa 974.

LEANDER, the elder brother of SS. Florentina (20th June), Fulgentius (16th January), and Isidore of Seville (4th April). Having received monastic tonsure at an early age, he devoted his life to prayer, and study. St. Leander developed a reputation for piety and learning and as a result was made Archbishop of Seville. As Archbishop, St. Leander revised the Mozarabic Rite, introduced the Nicene Creed to the Mass, but most importantly converted the sons of the Arian Visigoth King Leovigild (r. 568–586), St. Hermengild (13th April) and Prince Reccared to orthodox Christianity, and ultimately brought the Visigoths back to orthodox Christianity as well. St. Leander reposed circa 600 and was succeeded by his brother, St. Isidore of Seville (4th April), as Archbishop.

ALBERTA, one of the early martyrs of the Diocletianic Persecution (303–313), in Agen, Aquitaine.

BENEDICT CRISPUS of MILAN, the Archbishop of Milan from circa 680 until his repose circa 725. St. Benedict authored the epitaph for the King St. Ceadwalla of Wessex (20th April). Little else is known of his life.

CANDIDUS, PIPERION, and COMPANIONS, a group of twenty-two martyrs in North Africa circa 257.

CONSTANTINE, (Date Unknown) an entry in the Martyrologium Romanum is as follows: “At Carthage, Saint Constantine, confessor”. Nothing else is known of his life.

EULOGIUS of CORDOBA, a prominent priest in Cordoba during the persecutions of Christians under the Emir Abd ar-Rahman II (r. 822–852). St. Eulogius was arrested several times for providing pastoral care and other support to imprisoned Christians. After hiding St. Leocritia (15th March), St. Eulogius was arrested a final time, scourged, and then beheaded on 11th March, 859.

FIRMIAN (FERMANUS, FIRMINUS), an Abbot of the Abbey of Saint Sabinus (Abbazia di San Sabino Piceno) near Fermo in the Marches of Ancona. St. Firmian reposed circa 1020. There is no further information on this saint extant.

HERACLIUS and ZOSIMUS, martyrs in Carthage North Africa circa 263 during the reign of co-Emperors Valerian and Gallienus (r. 253–260).

ÓENGUS (ÆNGUS, ANGUS) of TALLAGHT (ÓENGUS (ÆNGUS, ANGUS) the CULDEE), commonly known as ‘Ængus the Culdee’, he was Abbot at Clonenagh, and then at Tallaght. He later returned to Clonenagh to serve as bishop. He is remembered for his Félire Óengusso (Martyrology of Ængus), consisting of 365 quatrains, one for each day of the year, framed between a lengthy prologue and epilogue, and is the earliest metrical martyrology to have been written in the Irish language of his day, and not in Latin. St. Óengus reposed circa 830.

PETER the SPANIARD, (Date Unknown), a Spaniard who, following a pilgrimage to Rome, settled near Veroli in Lazio, where he lived as a hermit.

VIGILIUS, a Bishop of Auxerre, who was assassinated circa 685, it is believed, by order of Gistemar, Mayor of the Palace of Neustria and Burgundy (†c. 686).

VINDICIAN, following the repose of St. Aubert (13th December) circa 668, St. Vindician was elected his successor as Bishop of Cambrai-Arras. He never hesitated to chastise the Merovingian Kings, ministers, and courtiers for their outrageous behaviour when called for. Towards the end of his life, St. Vindician retired to the Abbey of St. Vaast (Abbaye de Saint-Vaast) in Arras, in present-day Pas-de-Calais, France, where he lived as a hermit until his repose circa 712.