ASPREN (ASPRONAS) of NAPLES, (First Century), according to tradition St. Aspren was consecrated the first Bishop of Naples (southern Italy) by the Apostle Peter (29th June).

BENNO of METZ, a member of a noble Swabian family. Following a brief tenure as Canon of Strasbourg (north-eastern France), St. Benno resigned his position and went to Switzerland to live as a hermit. After a number of disciples gathered around him, St. Benno founded what grew into the Einsiedeln Abbey (Kloster Einsiedeln). St. Benno was appointed in 927 to the See of Metz (north-eastern France) by Henry I the Fowler, King of East Francia (r. 919–936), however a combination of local politics and the zeal with which he worked to end ecclesiastical abuses led the populous to revolt. In 929 a mob attacked St. Benno, leaving him blind and then drove him from the city. St. Benno returned to Einsiedeln where he remained until his repose eleven years later.

EUPHRONIUS of AUTUN, the ninth Bishop of Autun, Burgundy (France), and a friend of St. Lupus of Troyes (29th July). St. Euphronius founded of the first monastery in that See. St. Euphronius reposed circa 475.

GREGORY of NONANTOLA, an Abbot of the Abbey of Nonantola (abbazia di Nonantola), near Modena in present-day Italy. St. Gregory reposed in 933.

SENACH (SNACH) of CLONARD, (Sixth Century), St. Senach was a disciple of St. Finian of Clonard (12th December) and his successor as Abbot-Bishop of the See and great abbey of Clonard in Co. Meath, Ireland.

TREA of ARDTREE, (Fifth Century), after being converted to Christianity by St. Patrick of Ireland (17th March), St. Trea embraced eremitical life and spent the rest of her days as an anchoress at Ardtree, Co. Derry, Ireland.

AMBROSE of FERENTINO, the patron saint of Ferentino in present-day Lazio central Italy, St. Ambrose, a fourth-century centurion in the Roman army, was subjected to torture and then executed for his faith during the Diocletianic Persecution (303–313). In 1108 the relics of St. Ambrose were enshrined in the Ferentino Cathedral (Duomo di Ferentino; Basilica Cattedrale dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo).

ARMAGILLUS (ARMEL) of BRITTANY, a Welsh missionary to Brittany (north-western France), and cousin of St. Samson of Dol (28th July), St. Armagillus was one of the missionaries who founded the abbey which came to be called the Abbey of St. Armel of Boschaux (abbaye Saint-Armel-des-Boschaux) in present-day Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, and another abbey at Ploërmel also in Brittany. In addition St. Armagillus is commemorated in the name of civil parish and village of St. Erme in Cornwall, England.

Icon of King St. Stephen of Hungary

ELEUTHERIUS, succeeding St. Drouet of Auxerre (8th November) in 533 as Bishop of Auxerre in Burgundy (east-central France), St. Eleutherius served the See of Auxerre until his repose in 561.

SIMPLICIAN of MILAN, a close friend and advisor of St. Ambrose of Milan (7th December), whom he succeeded as Bishop of Milan in 397. St. Simplician reposed in 400.

STEPHEN of HUNGARY, crowned in 1001 the first King of Hungary. King St. Stephen and his wife Gisela, continued the work they had already started of enlightening their people. He organised dioceses and founded monasteries (among them Esztergom, the primatial see; and Pannonhalma Abbey, which still exists and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site). King St. Stephen reposed in 1038, and is one of the most popular saints in Hungary, and feast day is celebrated as a state holiday commemorating the foundation of the nation.

TITUS the DEACON, a deacon who was ministering to the beleaguered population. St. Titus was martyred at some point during the siege and subsequent sack of Rome (408–410) by Alaric I, King of the Visigoths (r. 395–410) and his army.