AGABIUS of VERONA, a third century Bishop of Verona (northern Italy), of whom, ecclesiastical historian Caesar Cardinal Baronius (†1607) said was “Eminent for his love of God, for his gentle manners and for his liberality towards the poor”. No further details of his life are extant.

CRESCENTIO of ROME, (Date Unknown), martyred on the Via Tiburtina in Rome. No further information is extant.

EPIPHANES and ISIDORE of BESANÇON, (Date Unknown), two early martyrs who were venerated at the Cathedral of Besançon in France until the French Revolution, when ostensibly their relics and all traces of their lives were destroyed. Whilst it is possible there was information of their lives up to then, nothing has survived to this day.

EUPHRONIUS of TOURS, the eighteenth Bishop of Tours (west-central France) from 555 until his repose in 573. He was succeeded by St. Gregory of Tours (17th November). St Euphronius played an important role in the rebuilding of Tours after it had been severely destroyed by fire.

HYACINTH of ROME, (Date Unknown), martyred on the Via Tiburtina in Rome. No further information is extant.

JUSTIN of ROME, (Date Unknown), martyred on the Via Tiburtina in Rome. No further information is extant.

LUA (LUGID, MOLUA) of LIMERICK, A disciple of St. Comgall of Bangor (10th May), St. Lua spent the early part of his monastic life at the great monastery and school of Bangor Abbey in Co. Down, Ulster. He was acclaimed for his great asceticism and the Rule he wrote for his monks was one of the most austere of its kind. There are many legends about St. Lua of doubtful veracity. It is said he was the founder (some legends say builder) of one hundred and twenty churches or monasteries, and that, even as a child, he was a wonderworker. Miracles attributed to him include St. Lua’s cure of his father’s cancerous foot. St. Lua reposed in the early part of the seventh century, various years from 609 to 622 have been given. In Scotland, his feast was traditionally kept on 25th June.

PEREGRINUS, MACERATUS, and VIVENTIUS, (Sixth Century), according to tradition, most likely apocryphal, they were brothers from Spain, who died in France whilst attempting to rescue their sister from some unknown captivity.

PERPETUA, a Roman matron who was baptised by the Apostle Peter (29th June), and then who converted her husband and son. St. Perpetua reposed circa 80, most likely in Rome, but her relics have been enshrined in Milan for centuries.

PROTASIUS of COLOGNE, (Date Unknown), a martyr who was honoured in Cologne in present-day Germany, about whom nothing further is known.

SITHNEY (SEZNI), a native of Britain, St. Sithney went to Guic-Sezni in Brittany, where he founded a monastery. He is also the patron saint of Sithney in Cornwall. St. Sithney reposed circa 529 and his relics were enshrined at Guic-Sezni.

TERTULLINUS of ROME, a priest who was martyred in Rome the reign of Emperor Valerian (r. 253–260). According to tradition his martyrdom in 257 was was a mere two days after his ordination.

AMOR (AMATOR, AMOUR) of AMORBACH, (Eighth Century), a disciple of St. Pirmin (3rd November), and founder of Amorbach Abbey (Kloster Amorbach) in Lower Franconia, present-day Bavaria, Germany.

ANASTASIUS of TERNI, according to tradition, St. Anastasius was a native of Syria, who came to Umbria (central Italy) and settled as a hermit near Perugia. In time, he was elevated to the Episcopacy, and made Bishop of Terni in southern Umbria. St. Anastasius was known as a most humble and virtuous prelate. He reposed circa 553.

BENEDICTA and CECILIA of LORRAINE, (Tenth Century), two members of the Lotharingian royal family, SS. Benedicta and Cecilia both received monastic tonsure and later served as successive Abbesses of Susteren Abbey (Abdij van Susteren) near present-day Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands.

CARLOMAN, the eldest son of Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia Charles Martel (†741), St. Carloman became King of Austrasia upon the death of his father. He encouraged the foundation of monasteries at Fulda in Germany and Lobbes and Stavelot in Belgium. In August 747, St. Carloman abdicated his throne, and received monastic tonsure from Pope Zachary (r. 741–752). St. Carloman founded a monastery on Mt. Soracte near Rome, and later settled at Monte Cassino where he spent the rest of his life. St. Carloman reposed at Vienne (south-eastern France) in 754, and was buried at Monte Cassino.

EUSEBIUS, a native of Greece, St. Eusebius was the 31st Pope of Rome. During his pontificate he became embroiled in the often riotous dispute over the readmission of those who had apostatised during the Diocletianic Persecution (303–313). St. Eusebius was exiled to Sicily by the Emperor Maxentius, (r. 306–312), reposing almost immediately, circa 310.

JAMES the DEACON, (Seventh Century), the little we know of St. James is from St. Bede the Venerable’s (25th May) writings on St. Paulinus of York (10th October) in the (Historia Ecclesiastica 2:16 and 2:20). It appears St. James was a member of the mission led by St. Augustine of Canterbury (27th May). St. James served as St. Paulinus’ deacon when he accompanied St. Æthelburh (8th September) to Northumbria upon her marriage to King St. Eadwine (12th October). Following King St. Eadwine’s martyrdom in October 633, SS. Æthelburh and Paulinus returned to Kent leaving St. James as the sole member of the mission in Northumbria. It is not understood why St. Paulisnus did not ordain St. James to the priesthood when he left him in charge, and St. James remained a deacon until his repose. The exact date of St. James’ repose in not known, but it is believed that he lived at least thirty years after the martyrdom of King St. Eadwine in 633, and was personally known to St. Bede the Venerable (673–735). According to some sources St. James participated in the Synod of Whitby which took place in 664.

JEROEN (HIERO, IERO) of NOORDWIJK, a Scottish missionary to the Low Lands (present-day Netherlands). St. Jeroen was martyred at Noordwijk in 886 by Viking invaders.

LIBERATUS, BONIFACE, SERVUS, RUSTICUS, ROGATUS, SEPTIMUS, and MAXIMUS of CARTHAGE, martyred in 483 during the reign of the Arian Gaiseric, King of the Vandals (r. 428–477). St. Liberatus was abbot of a monastery in Africa Proconsularis, the others were monks. They are said to have been subjected to unspeakable tortures before being scourged to death.

THEODULE (THEODULUS,THEODORE) of GRAMMONT, (Fourth Century), most likely the first Bishop of Valais in present-day Switzerland. St. Theodule fought against the Arian heresy and enshrined the relics of the Theban Legion at the Abbey of St. Maurice, Agaunum (L'abbaye de Saint-Maurice d'Agaune), in Saint-Maurice, Switzerland.