CARPOPHORUS, EXANTHUS, CASSIUS, SEVERINUS, SECUNDUS, and LICINIUS, Martyrs of Como, six soldiers martyred circa 295 in Como in the north of Italy during the reign of Emperor Maximian (r. 286–305). According to one legend SS. Carpophorus and Exanthus, were members of the legendary Theban Legion.

DONAT (DUNWYD), (Date Unknown), according to the Menology of England and Wales St. Donat is the patron saint of St. Donat’s, or Llandunwyn, in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. There is no further information on his life extant.

DONATIAN of CHÂLONS-SUR-MARNE, (Date Uncertain), a disciple of, and successor to St. Memmius of Châlons-sur-Marne (5th August), and second Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne (present-day Châlons-en-Champagne north-eastern France).

DONATUS and HILARY (HILARINUS) of AREZZO, (Fourth Century), St. Donatus, the second Bishop of Arezzo in Tuscany (central Italy), and St. Hilary, a monk, were martyred during the reign of Julian the Apostate (r. 361–363). St. Gregory the Dialogist (3rd September) and others have attributed numerous miracles to these saints.

DONATUS, a Frankish aristocrat, baptised by St. Columbanus (23rd November). He received monastic tonsure at the Abbey of SS. Peter and Paul of Luxeuil (abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Luxeuil), and in time consecrated Bishop of Besançon (eastern France). A great supporter of monasticism, St. Donatus founded the Abbey of St. Paul of Besançon (abbaye Saint-Paul de Besançon). He is also known for the Regula Donati, a monastic rule he wrote for the community founded by his mother after she was widowed. St. Donatus reposed circa 660.

FAUSTUS of MILAN, though there are no particulars of his life extant, tradition has it that he was a soldier who was tortured and eventually killed for the Faith in Milan (north-west Italy) during the reign of Emperor Commodus (r. 180–192).

PETER, JULIAN, and COMPANIONS, though listed in all of the ancient martyrologies, no details of their lives are extant. SS. Peter, Julian, and Companions are said to have been a group of at least twenty martyred in Rome circa 260 during the persecutions by Emperor Valerian and his son and co-Emperor Gallienus (r. 253–268).

VICTRICIUS (VICTRICE) of ROUEN, the son of a Roman legionnaire who followed his father into military service. However, after becoming a Christian, St. Victricius found military service incompatible with his Faith, and refused to continue his military service. He was flogged and sentenced to be executed, however the sentence was commuted, to discharge from the military. St. Victricius became a missionary evangelising the people of Flanders, Hainault, and Brabant (north-eastern France / south-western Belgium). He was consecrated the eighth Bishop of Rouen (Normandy, northern France) circa 386 or 393. He was, at one point, accused of heresy, and was defended from that charge by Pope Innocent I (r. 401–417). St. Victricius was also a respected author and his works include De Laude Sanctorum, based upon a sermon he gave in 396 to welcome a gift of relics from St. Ambrose of Milan (7th December) which is an invaluable source of information on various aspects of religious practices of his day. St. Victricius reposed in 417.

AMATOR (AMADOUR) the HERMIT, (Date Unknown), legend states that St. Amator was the first hermit in Gaul (France). His cell, at Quercy, about 30 km / 18.5 mi south of Cahors (southern France), was a popular place of pilgrimage. In 1126 his relics were uncovered and found to be incorrupt.

BURCHARD of WORMS, a native of Hesse (Germany) who received monastic tonsure at the Abbey of St. Peter of Lobbes (abbaye Saint-Pierre de Lobbes — Hainaut, Belgium). St. Burchard was the author of a twenty volume series on Canon Law known as Decretum Burchardi. He was appointed by Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 996–1002), and confirmed by Archbishop Willigis of Mainz, to the See of Worms in 1000. St. Burchard served the See of Worms until his repose in 1025, during which time he oversaw the creation of numerous monasteries and churches.

EADBERHT (EADBERT, EDBERT) of NORTHUMBRIA, King St. Eadberht succeeded King St. Ceolwulf of Northumbria (15th January) to the throne of Northumbria in present-day north-eastern England. After twenty years of a prosperous reign, King St. Eadberht abdicated in favour of his son and retired to York, where his brother, Ecgberht, was Archbishop. King St. Eadberht entered the monastery attached to the cathedral and spent the remaining ten years of his life in prayer and penance. King St. Eadberht reposed in 768, and was buried in the porch of the cathedral, alongside his brother who had reposed two years earlier.

HADUIN (HARDUIN) of LE MANS, twelfth Bishop of Le Mans (north-western France), and founder of several monasteries including the Abbey of Our-Lady of Évron (Notre-Dame-d'Évron) in Évron (north-western France). St. Haduin reposed circa 662.

LEOVIGILD and CHRISTOPHER, two members of the group of forty-eight martyred in Córdoba in Al-Andalus (southern Spain) during the reign of Emir Abd ar-Rahman II (r. 822–852), and commonly known as the Martyrs of Córdoba. St. Leovigild was a priest-monk in Córdoba, and St. Christopher a monk at the monastery of St. Martin de La Rojana near Córdoba. They were both martyred by decapitation on 20th August, 852.

MEXME (MAXIMUS, MESME) of CHINON, in his Glory of the Confessors St. Gregory of Tours (17th November) tells of a disciple of St. Martin of Tours (11th November) by the name of Mexme, who, in the fifth century settled in a cave in Chinon (west-central France) as a hermit, and went on to found the first church there which served as the centre of a small monastery and later became Chinon Abbey. St. Mexme reposed circa 470.

Icon of King St. Oswine of Deira and Passion-Bearer

OSWINE (OSWIN) of DEIRA and PASSION-BEARER, King St. Oswine was a devout Christian and a close friend of St. Aidan of Lindisfarne (31st August). Following the repose of King St. Oswald of Northumbria (5th August) in 642, Northumbria was once again divided in two with King St. Oswine ascending to the throne of Deira, and his cousin Oswiu to the throne of Bernicia. Nine years later (651), King St. Oswine was slain in battle against the forces of Oswiu at Gilling near Richmond, Yorkshire, England, and has been honoured as a martyr ever since. King St. Oswine's tomb at Gilling became a place of pilgrimage until his relics were translated to Tynemouth Priory (about 15km / 9mi east of Newcastle upon Tyne), during the Viking invasions.

PHILIBERT of JUMIÈGES, after being educated by St. Ouen of Rouen (24th August), St. Philibert received monastic tonsure at Rebais Abbey (north-central France) and was promoted to Abbot at the tender age of twenty. Unfortunately, his lack of experience was too great to overcome and he resigned so that he could visit other monastic communities and study their Rules. In 654, he was given land by Clovis II, King of Neustria and Burgundy (r. 639–657) on which he founded the Abbey of St. Peter of Jumièges (L'abbaye Saint-Pierre de Jumièges) in Normandy. Before his repose in 684, St. Philibert founded several other monastic communities for both men and women, including an abbey at Noirmoutier (west-Central France).

The Viking raid on Noirmoutier in 799 is the first recorded Viking raid on the Continent with the raiders sacking the monastery of Saint Peter of Jumièges. The filbert nut derives its name from St. Philibert, since it ripens about 20th August in England.

PORPHYRIUS of PALESTRINA, (Date Unknown), said to have been a priest-martyr in Palestrina near Rome. However, he is most likely apocryphal as the information on his life comes from the unreliable Acta of St. Agapitus of Palestrina.