ALBAUD (ALADIUS), the successor of St. Aprus of Toul (15th September) as the eighth Bishop of Toul in Lorraine in present-day France. He served the See from circa 507 until his repose circa 525. While Bishop, St. Albaud completed construction of a church dedicated to St. Maurice of the Theban Legion (22nd September) which had been started by his predecessor, and rededicated it as the church of Saint-Epvre in honour of his predecessor.

ARETAS of ROME and COMPANIONS, (Date Unknown), a group five hundred and five martyrs in Rome. Though mentioned in the 9th century Martyrology of Usuard, the sixteenth century Annales Ecclesiastici by ecclesiastical historian Caesar Cardinal Baronius (†1607), and subsequently included in the Roman Martyrology, they are absent from earlier texts, which has led some scholars to conjecture they may be the same as the Martyr Aretha and companions in Arabia Felix (present-day Yemen) commemorated on 24th October.

BAVO of GHENT, born to a noble family near Liège (eastern Belgium) St. Bavo led a dissolute life in his early years and shortly after the death of his wife, was converted by St. Amandus of Maastricht (6th February). In time he distributed his assets to the poor and, founded an abbey in Ghent (north-western Belgium), which after his repose came to be called St. Bavo’s. In the final years of his life he lived as a hermit. St. Bavo reposed circa 654, at the abbey he founded.

DODONE of WALLERS-en-FAGNE (DODO), a spiritual child of St. Ursmar of Lobbes (19th April), St. Dodo received monastic tonsure at the Abbey of St. Peter of Lobbes (abbaye Saint-Pierre de Lobbes — Hainaut, Belgium), and later served as Abbot of the abbey at Wallers-en-Faigne, in the diocese of Cambrai (northern France). St. Dodo reposed in 750.

FIDHARLEUS, according to the noted 17th century hagiographer and historian John Colgan O.F.M. (†c. 1657), St. Fidharleus was the restorer, or second founding Abbot of Raithin Abbey. The exact location of the abbey is unknown, but it is generally believed to have been near present-day Longford, Co. Longford, Ireland. St. Fidharleus reposed in 762.

MELORIUS, (Date Uncertain), St. Melorius is claimed by both the Cornish and Bretons as a native son and the subject of several legends. Unfortunately, there is no reliable information to support any of the legends, and it is highly likely there were several persons who might have become a composite known to us as St. Melorius.

PIATON (PIATO, PIAT) of TOURNAI, a native Benevento in Campania (southern Italy) sent by Pope St. Fabian (20th January) to enlighten Gaul (France), and is now known as the Apostle of Tournai (Belgium), and Chartres (France). It is thought St. Piaton was martyred circa 286 at Tournai (western Belgium) during the reign of the Emperor Maximian (r. 286–305).

REMIGIUS (RÉMI, RÉMY) of REIMS, Apostle of the Franks. St. Remigius, devoted his early life to secular and sacred learning, withdrawing to a small house near Laon, Picardy (northern France), to live a life of prayerful reclusion. He became well known for his learning and holiness of life, that when in 459 a bishop was needed for the See of Reims (north-eastern France), the clergy and people proclaimed him the bishop, though still a layman and only twenty-two years of age. St. Remigius served as sixteenth Bishop of Reims for seventy-four years, during which time he became the leading prelate in Gaul (France). The crowning event of this episcopacy was the baptism in 496 of Clovis I, King of the Franks, (r. 481–511), and more than 3,000 of his soldiers, which in turn led to the conversion of the Franks to Nicene Christianity; a landmark event in the history of Western civilisation. St. Remigius reposed circa 533.

VERISSIMUS, MAXIMA, and JULIA, martyrs in Lisbon, Portugal circa 304, during the Diocletianic Persecution (303–313). Further details of their lives are no longer extant.

VIRILA, abbot of the monastery of St. Saviour (San Salvador) in Leyre in Navarre (Spain) who reposed circa 1000. Though there are many legends regarding him, aside from his serving as abbot of St. Saviour, nothing certain can be said about this saint.

ANGADRISMA (ANGADRÊME) of BEAUVAIS, following education at Thérouanne Abbey (northern France) under the direction of St. Omer (9th September), and her cousin St. Lambert of Lyons (14th April), St. Angadrisma received monastic tonsure from St. Audoenus of Rouen (24th August). Ultimately, she became Abbess of the Abbey of Oroër-des-Vierges which was near Beauvais in Picardy (northern France). St. Angadrisma reposed circa 695–698.

BERNARD of ARCE, most likely a native of the British Isles, following a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Rome, St. Bernard settled as a hermit in Arpino in Lazio (present-day Italy). His relics are enshrined in Rocca d'Arce about 100km / 62mi south-east of Rome.

BURCHARD of WÜRZBURG (BURKARD), an Anglo-Saxon priest from Wessex and disciple of St. Boniface of Mainz (5th June), who joined St. Boniface on his mission to the Germans. Consecrated first Bishop of Würzburg in Bavaria (southern Germany) in 741, St. Burchard was highly successful in spreading the Gospel and oversaw the founding of several monasteries whilst Bishop. He reposed circa 754 and was buried at Mount Saint Mary’s (Old Würzburg). In 983 St. Burchard's relics were translated to the Abbey of St. Andrew at Würzburg, which was later renamed in St. Burchard’s (Kloster St. Burkard) honour.

CALLISTUS (CALLIXTUS) I, ordained to the deaconate by Pope St. Zephyrinus (26th August) who placed him in charge of caring for the Christian burial grounds on the Via Appia (later named the cemetery of San Callistus). Upon the repose of St. Zephyrinus in 217, St. Callistus was elected his successor by popular acclaim. As Pope of Rome, he excommunicated Sabellius, though in general, was compassionate towards repentant sinners, establishing the practice of the absolution of all repented sins. It seems most likely that St. Callistus was martyred circa 222 at Todi in Umbria (central Italy).

DONATIAN (DONAS) of REIMS, a native of Rome, St. Donatian was consecrated in 360 the seventh Bishop of Reims (north-eastern France) in 360, and served that See until his repose in 390. In the mid-ninth century St. Donatian's relics were translated from the Royal Abbey of St. Peter of Corbie (abbaye royale Saint-Pierre de Corbie) in Picardy (northern France) to Bruges (north-west Belgum), where they were enshrined in the cathedral church which now bears his name. St. Donatian is the patron saint of Bruges, Belgium.

FORTUNATUS of TODI, the patron saint of Todi in Umbria (central Italy), St. Fortunatus was a sixth century Bishop of that See, who, according to tradition protected Todi during a siege by the Goths. St. Gregory the Dialogist (3rd September) took great interest in St. Fortunatus’ life, called him a man of great virtue. St. Fortunatus reposed in 537, his relics are enshrined in the church of San Fortunato in Todi.

GAUDENTIUS of RIMINI, originally from Ephesus (present-day Selçuk, Turkey), St. Gaudentius became a Christian and was later ordained to the Priesthood in Rome. In 346 he was consecrated Bishop of Rimini (northern Italy), St. Gaudentius was a participant of Council of Rimini of 357. He was martyred by Arians in 360.

JUSTUS (JUST) of LYONS, (Also 2nd September), a deacon in Vienne (south-eastern France) who in 350 was consecrated the 13th Bishop of Lyons (east-central France). St. Justus was one of the participants at the Council of Aquileia (381) which dealt with Arianism. Shortly after the council, St. Justus resigned his See and, with his deacon, went to Egypt where he lived as a hermit until his repose in 390. Shortly after his repose, his body was brought back to Lyons where he was buried at what came to be the Basilica of Saint-Just.

MANACCA (MANAKUS, MANACCUS), a sixth century Abbot of Holyhead in Wales, and a contemporary of St. Cybi of Caernarvon (8th November). From the information available it appears that he spent his later years in Cornwall.

MÉNEHOULD (MANEHILDIS), one of six or seven sisters, all of whom are venerated as saints in the present-day Champagne-Ardenne region in north-western France. St. Ménehould was a hermit and is the patron saint of the town of Sainte-Menehould in the Champagne-Ardenne region. She reposed circa 490.

RUSTICUS of TRIER, the twenty-seventh Bishop of Trier in the present-day German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. St. Rusticus was forced to resign his See following accusations of sexual impropriety (possibly from his youth). He retired to St. Goar of Aquitaine's (6th July) hermitage where the present-day town of Sankt Goar-Oberwesel in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany is located. St. Rusticus reposed at the hermitage in 574.