CYRIACUS, LARGUS, SMARAGDUS, and COMPANIONS, Martyrs of the Salarian Way, St. Cyriacus, a Deacon, along with SS. Largus, Smaragdus, and more than twenty companions whose names are only known to God, were in 303 added to the list of martyrs in Rome of the Diocletianic Persecution.

ELLIDIUS (ILLOG), (Seventh Century), St. Ellidius appears to be the patron saint of Hirnant, the village church being the Parish of St. Illog, Montgomeryshire, Wales. He is also the patron of a church in the Scilly Islands. The name “St. Helen’s Isle” is an English corruption of the Cornish Enys Elidius.

GEDEON of BESANÇON, nothing is known of his life other than he served as the Bishop of Besançon (eastern France) from 790 until his repose in 796.

LEOBALD (LEODEBOD) of FLEURY, abbot of Abbey of St. Aignan of Orléans (abbaye de Saint-Aignan d'Orléans). St. Leobald left St. Aignan to found the abbey which became the Abbey of St. Benedict on the Loire (abbaye de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire — Fleury Abbey) after his successor St. Mummolus of Fleury (vide infra) translated the relics of SS. Benedict of Nuria (11th July) and Scholastica (10th February). St. Leobald reposed in 650.

MUMMOLUS (MOMMOLUS, MOMMOLENUS) of FLEURY, the second Abbot of the Abbey of St. Benedict on the Loire (abbaye de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire — Fleury Abbey). St. Mummolus served as Abbot for 30 years, during which time he had the relics of SS. Benedict of Nursia (11th July) and Scholastica (10th February) translated from Italy to Fleury. After which, the abbey became known as Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire. Towards the end of his life St. Mummolus made a pilgrimage to the shrine of the Apostle James (St. James the Great) at Santiago de Compostela in north-western Spain. Whilst returning to Fleury circa 678, St. Mummolus stopped at Abbey of Sante Croix de Bordeaux, Aquitaine (present-day France), to recover from his exhaustion, and reposed at the Abbey shortly after his arrival.

RATHARD of DIESSEN (DIEßEN), a nobleman who after being ordained to the priesthood, built a church and the first Abbey of Diessen (Kloster Dießen) in present-day Dießen am Ammersee, Landsberg, Bavaria in Germany. St. Rathard reposed in 815.

SEVERUS of VIENNE, a priest, some say from India, who came to Vienne (south-eastern France) to enlighten the last of the pagans in that region. St. Severus reposed circa 445.

SIGRADA, the Mother of SS. Gerinus (25th August) and Leodegarius of Autun (2nd October), and Grandmother of St. Liutwin of Trier (29th September). Following the repose of her husband, St. Sigrada entered the Abbey of Our Lady of Soissons (L’abbaye Notre-Dame de Soissons) in Neustria (northern France) and received monastic tonsure. She reposed circa 678, shortly after her sons were martyred.

TERNATIUS (TERNISCUS) of BESANÇON, the eleventh, documentable, Bishop of Besançon in present-day eastern France near the Swiss border. St. Ternatius is said to have been an active supporter of monasticism, and charitable works. He reposed in 680.

ULTAN of CRAYKE, (Eighth Century), St. Ultan was an Irish priest at the monastery of St. Peter in Crayke, North Yorkshire, England. He was a highly regarded master of the art of illuminating manuscripts.

ANASTASIUS CORNICULARIUS, an officer in the Roman Legion who was so inspired by the courage of the young St. Agapitus the Martyr (18th August) as he endured torture, that he cried out: “The God of Agapitus is my God”. St. Anastasius was immediately arrested and by order of the Emperor Aurelian (r. 270–275) and put to death in 274 at Salone, about 20 km / 12 mi from Palestrina, near Rome.

AVITUS I of CLERMONT, the eighteenth Bishop of Clermont (central France), and friend of St. Gregory of Tours (17th November), whom he ordained to the deaconate. St. Avitus reposed circa 600.

CYRIACA (DOMINICA), (Third Century), a widow in Rome and patroness of St. Laurence of Rome (10th August), who is believed to have distributed food to the poor at her home in Rome. In 249 St. Cyriaca was scourged to death at Rome.

EUPREPIUS of VERONA, (First Century), according to tradition he was the first Bishop of Verona in the north of present-day Italy. Little that factual information is known about him, however, the common Veronese legend that St. Euprepius was one of the Seventy has no basis in fact.

LEONTIUS the ELDER, (Sixth Century), the eighth Bishop of Bordeaux (south-western France), and the predecessor of St. Leontius the Younger (11th July). St. Leontius reposed circa 541.

LUXORIUS, CISELLUS, and CAMERINUS of SARDINIA, early-fourth century martyrs in Sardinia beheaded during the Diocletianic Persecution (303–313). St. Luxorius had been a soldier in the Roman Imperial Army, the other two were boys whom he encouraged to accept martyrdom rather than renounce Christ.

PATERNUS of FONDI, a native of Alexandria who, while travelling through Italy, was arrested in Fondi (central Italy), and reposed during his incarceration, circa 255.

PRIVATUS (PRIVAT) of MENDE, a third century Bishop of Mende in the Languedoc (southern France). Captured by Alemanni invaders, St. Privatus was subjected to barbaric tortures in the hopes that he would reveal where his flock was hiding. St. Privatus refused to do so, and eventually the invaders gave up, and released him. St. Privatus later succumbed to the injuries he sustained while being tortured and reposed in 260.

QUADRATUS of UTICA, a third century Bishop of Utica in Africa Proconsularis. St. Quadratus and his flock were subjected to severe torture, but refused to renounce Christ, and were martyred. Their constancy of faith led to them being greatly revered by their fellow Christians throughout northern Africa.

SIDONIUS APOLLINARIS, a native of Lyons (east-central France), Caius Sollius Apollinaris Sidonius was a soldier, poet, diplomat, and lastly a bishop. He is one of the few Gallo-Roman aristocrats whose letters survive in quantity, leading contemporary Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages scholar, Eric J. Goldberg, Ph.D. to call St. Sidonius “the single most important surviving author from fifth-century Gaul”. Though a wealthy, well-connected nobleman, and married to the daughter of the Emperor of the West, St. Sidonius gave his wealth to the poor. He was elected Bishop of Auvergne (Clermont, present-day Clermont-Ferrand, France) circa 470-472. When the city was besieged by the Goths in 474, St. Sidonius took an active part in its defence, and hence was imprisoned when the city was captured. However, he was soon released by order of Euric, King of the Visigoths (r. 466–484), and continued to serve his flock until his repose in 480.