ANSEGISUS, St. Ansegisus received monastic tonsure at the Abbey of St. Peter / abbaye Saint-Pierre (later the Abbey of St. Wandrille / abbaye Saint-Wandrille) in Fontenelle, Normandy (northern France) at the age of eighteen. He was later entrusted by Charlemagne, King of the Franks (r. 768–814) and Louis the Pious, King of the Franks (r. 814–840) with the reform and restoration of several abbeys including the Abbey of SS. Peter and Paul of Luxeuil (abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Luxeuil) in Burgundy (east-central France) and Saint-Germer-de-Fly (Picardy, northern France). St. Ansegisus later served as Abbot of Fontenelle. He reposed circa 833.

AURELIUS of CARTHAGE, a Bishop of Carthage (a present-day suburb of Tunis, Tunisia), and colleague of St. Augustine of Hippo (28th August). He was one of the first prelates to condemn the heresy of Pelagianism. St. Aurelius reposed in 429.

EALHSWITH (ELSWITH), the wife of St. Alfred the Great, King of Wessex (r. 871–886) and King of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 886–899) (26th October); with whom she had several children. Their youngest daughter, Æthelgifu, became a nun and later Abbess of Shaftesbury (Dorset, England) which had been founded by King St. Alfred. Following the repose of her husband, St. Ealhswith received monastic tonsure at the Abbey of St. Mary (Nunnaminster) in Winchester, also founded by King Alfred the Great. There she lived in great piety until her repose in 903. St. Ealhswith was buried alongside her husband in the newly founded New Minster at Winchester.

PAUL of ST. ZOILUS, a deacon-monk at the monastery of St. Zoilus in Córdoba (southern Spain) who devoted himself, and ultimately, his life, to ministering to Christians imprisoned by the Moors. In 851, St. Paul was beheaded by the Moorish authorities for his work. His relics were enshrined in the church of St. Zoilus.

RHETICUS (RHETICIUS, RHÉTICE) of AUTUN, the first recorded Bishop of Autun (Saône-et-Loire, France). St. Rheticus served from circa 310 until his repose in 334. His feast is listed almost equally as 15th May or 20th July, depending upon the source.

SEVERA of OEHREN, an Abbess of the Abbey of St. Irminen near Trier in the present-day German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, who reposed circa 750.

SEVERA of SAINT GEMMA, the sister of St. Modoald of Trier (12th May), Bishop of Trier in the present-day German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. St. Severa was the first Abbess of the Abbey of St. Gemma in Villeneuve (south-eastern France). She reposed circa 680.

WULMAR (ULMAR, ULMER, VILMARUS, VOLMAR), a Frankish noble who received monastic tonsure and founded a monastery, later called the Abbey of Saint-Wulmer (abbaye Saint-Wulmer de Samer), at present-day Samer, Pas-de-Calais, France. St. Wulmar reposed in 689.

ÆLFRYTH (ETHELDRITHA, ALFREDA) of CROYLAND, a daughter of Offa, King of the Mercians (r. 757–796), she was betrothed to St. Æthelberht (20th May), King of East Anglia in England (r. c. 779–794). However, Mercian royal intrigue connived to have King St. Æthelberht assassinated, and his body secretly buried. Following the martyrdom of King St. Æthelberht, St. Ælfryth entered the monastery of St. Guthlac (11th April) at Croyland (Lincolnshire, England). She lived there as an anchoress in a cell in the south part of the church opposite the high altar for forty years until her repose circa 835.

AUSPICIUS of APT, (Date Uncertain), there is no reliable information on St. Auspicius extant, however he is generally considered to have been the first Bishop of Apt in southeast France.

BETHARIUS, (BOETHARIUS, BÉTHAIRE) of CHARTRES, served as the twentieth Bishop of Chartres (north-central France) from circa 594 until his repose circa 623. Prior to his elevation to the episcopate, St. Boetharius served as chaplain to Clotaire II, King of the Franks (r. 613–629).

EUSEBIUS of VERCELLI, consecrated the first Bishop of Vercelli in Piedmont (north-western Italy) in 340. He was exiled for refusing to condemn St. Athanasius the Great, first to Scythopolis in Syria, then Cappadocia, and finally to the Thebaid, in Upper Egypt. Freed in 362, St. Eusebius returned to his See, serving as Bishop until his repose 371.

MAXIMUS of PADUA, (Second Century), the second Bishop of Padua (Northern Italy), he succeeded St. Prosdocimus of Padua (7th November).

PLEGMUND of CANTERBURY, little is known of St. Plegmund’s early life. As an adult, he developed a reputation as a scholar which caught the attention of St. Alfred the Great (26th October), King of Wessex (r. 871–886) and King of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 886–899), who summoned St. Plegmund to Court to help in the King’s undertaking to revive scholarship in his realm. Later, in 890, King St. Alfred selected him to be the twentieth Archbishop of Canterbury. During St. Plegmund’s episcopate he worked to restore the English church in general, and the authority of the See of Canterbury in particular, which had been weakened by the Viking invasions. St. Plegmund reorganised the Diocese of Winchester, creating four new Sees (Crediton, Ramsbury, Sherborne and Wells), and worked with other scholars in translating religious works. St. Plegmund reposed in 914.

RUTILIUS, according to early Christian theologian and apologist Tertullian (†c. 240), St. Rutilius was a native of North Africa who, during the Decian Persecution (250–251), spent his time fleeing from place to place, and even bribing officials. However, he was eventually caught and martyred for his faith in 250.

SERENUS of MARSEILLE, the tenth Bishop of Marseilles (southern France), circa 595 until his repose circa 600. St. Serenus had iconoclastic leanings, but Pope St. Gregory the Dialogist (3rd September) helped him understand the important role icons have and brought St. Serenus back to the orthodox understanding of icons.

SIDWELL (SATIVOLA), (Date Uncertain), believed to have lived in the west of England; St. Sidwell was most likely of British, rather than Anglo-Saxon ancestry. There are several churches dedicated to her in the Exeter area. Unfortunately, there is no historical record of St. Sidwell's life, nor any information about her martyrdom, though one legend claims St. Sidwell was beheaded by reapers incited by her stepmother.

STEPHEN I, bishop-martyr Stephen I was the Bishop of Rome from 254 until his martyrdom in 257. During his pontificate he strenuously argued against the heresy of Novatus, and brought many pagans to Christ. Tradition has it that Pope St. Stephen was beheaded whilst celebrating the Mass, however, modern scholars dispute this due to the lack of reliable evidence to support this legend.