AMOR (AMOUR) of FRANCHE-COMTÉ, (Date Unknown), there is no longer any information of the life and repose of St. Amor extant. His relics are enshrined at Saint-Amour in Burgundy (east-central France), though his cultus seems to have been centred in Franche-Comté, 80km / 50mi to the north-east.

AUTOR (ADINCTOR, AUTEUR) of METZ, (Fifth Century), the thirteenth Bishop of Metz (north-east France). His relics were translated to the Abbey of St. Stephen of Marmoutier (l’abbaye Saint-Étienne de Marmoutier) in Marmoutier, Alsace (eastern France) in 830.

BANDARIDUS (BANDERIK, BANDERY) of SOISSONS, Bishop of Soissons (northern France) from 540 until his repose in 566, though he was sent into exile to England by Clotaire I, King of the Franks (r. 551–558) in 547, and was not able to return until 554. During his time in England, St. Bandaridus worked anonymously as gardener at an English Abbey the name of which is no longer known.

DOMITIAN of CHÂLONS, (Date Uncertain), the third Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne (present-day Châlons-en-Champagne north-eastern France). He was known for his zeal and success in converting heathens. St. Domitian was buried in the same grave as his predecessor, St. Donatian of Châlons-sur-Marne (7th August).

FIRMUS and RUSTICUS of VERONA, (Third Century), prominent citizens of Bergamo (northern Italy) during the reign of Emperor Maximian (r. 286–305). SS. Firmus and Rusticus were scourged and beheaded at Verona (northern Italy) for refusing to offer sacrifices to idols. Their relics are enshrined in Bergamo and Verona.

NATHY (DAVID), (Sixth Century), a disciple of St. Finnian of Clonard (12th December), St. Nathy went on to be the founding abbot of a monastery at Achonry, Co. Sligo, Ireland. It has been said that he was consecrated bishop, however, the noted hagiographer and historian John Colgan O.F.M. (†c. 1657) and all other reputable sources list him as a priest. Though renowned for the austerity of his life, he was even more celebrated for the loving kindness he showed to the poor. St. Nathy reposed at an advanced age, circa 600, and is the patron saint of the Irish diocese of Achonry.

NUMIDICUS and COMPANIONS, a group of martyrs burnt at the stake circa 251 at Carthage (a present-day suburb of Tunis, Tunisia) during the Decian persecution. One tradition states St. Numidicus was dragged, still breathing, out of the ashes of the funeral pyre and was ordained priest, possibly by St. Cyprian of Carthage (16th September).

PHELIM (FIDLEMINUS), (Sixth Century), An Irish priest, St. Phelim is reputed to have been a disciple of St. Columba of Iona (9th June). He lived as a hermit and over time the town of Kilmore, Co. Cavan, of which he is the main patron saint, grew around his cell.

14th-century fresco of SS. Secundian, Marcellian, and Verian at the Basilica of San Pietro, in Tuscania, Viterbo, Lazio Region, Italy.

ROMANUS OSTIARIUS, martyred in 258 at Rome. Though the details of his life are unclear, one tradition has him as a companion in the martyrdom of St. Laurence of Rome (10th August), and buried in the Catacomb of the Cyriaca on the Via Tiburtina.

RUSTICUS of SIRMIUM, (Fourth Century?), a martyr at Sirmium in Pannonia (present-day Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) of whom no other details are extant.

SECUNDIAN, MARCELLIAN, and VERIAN, Martyrs of Civitavecchia, martyred in 250 at Civitàvecchia (Metropolitan Rome), during the Decian Persecution (250–251). St. Secundian is thought to have been a Senator or other type of prominent official;, whilst SS. Marcellian and Verian are generally described as “Scholastics”, most likely students, or possibly scholars.

ANDREW of FIESOLE, an Irishman who, along with his sister St. Brigid of Fiesole (1st February), studied under St. Donatus of Fiesole (22nd October). St. Andrew accompanied St. Donatus to Tuscany (central Italy), and when the later was appointed Bishop of Fiesole in Tuscany, he ordained St. Andrew to the deaconate. St. Andrew served as St. Donatus’ Archdeacon, restored the church of San Martino di Mensola and founded a monastery there as well. St. Andrew reposed shortly after St. Donatus, circa 880.

ANTONINUS of ROME, a public executioner in Rome, who proclaimed himself a Christian after having a vision of angels. As a result of his conversion St. Antoninus was beheaded in 186.

ARNULF of EYNESBURY, (Eighth or Ninth Century), There is no reliable historical information on the life of St. Arnulf, and his existence may be entirely apocryphal. One legend states that he was a hermit near present-day St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, England. Another possibility is that the existence of St. Arnulf is nothing more than a legend which grew up around a French tradition that the relics of St. Arnulf of Metz (18th July) were translated to England.

EPICTETUS, FELIX, MAPRILIS. MARTIAL, SATURNINUS, of OSTIA, often referred to as the "Pilgrim Martyrs or Martyrs of Ostia", they were a group of Christians on a pilgrimage to Rome, who were martyred at either Porto or Ostia near Rome, circa 300 either on the way to, on their return from, Rome.

ETHELGITHA of NORTHUMBRIA, St. Ethelgitha was an abbess of a convent in Northumbria, England who reposed circa 720. Nothing further is known of her life.

FABRICIAN and PHILIBERT of TOLEDO, (Date Unknown), said to have been martyrs in Toledo, Spain, however, there is no information on their lives extent.

GUNIFORT, (Date Unknown),a native of either Scotland or Ireland, St. Gunifort, his brother, and two of his sisters, left the British Isles, on a pilgrimage to Pavia in Lombardy (northern Italy). The sisters were martyred in Germany, his brother at Como (northern Italy), St. Gunifort, though injured, escaped Como, and reached Pavia, where he succumbed to his wounds. Though the exact year of his martyrdom is unknown, it has been conjectured it took place during the reign of Emperor Maximian (r. 286–305).

HIPPOLYTUS of PORTO, there are many contradictory versions of the life of St. Hippolytus. That which is enjoys the greatest acceptance amongst scholars is St. Hippolytus was born in Arabia; was a disciple of St. Irenaeus of Lyons (28th June), or more likely, Clement of Alexandria; that upon coming to Rome he was consecrated Bishop of Porto (part of Metropolitan Rome); and that he was martyred by drowning during the reign of Emperor Severus Alexander (r. 222–235).

MAURUS and COMPANIONS, St. Maurus and a group of forty-nine of fellow Christians, whose names are no longer know, were martyred for the faith at Reims (north-eastern France). Whilst traditionally their martyrdom has been said to have taken place during the reign of Emperor Valerian (r. 253–260), there is a contemporary school of thought which places their martyrdom during the reign of Emperor Diocletian (r. 284–305).

SIGFRID of WEARMOUTH, a disciple of St. Benedict Biscop (12th January) at the Abbey of St. Peter in Wearmouth (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England). St. Sigfrid succeeded St. Eosterwine (7th March) as Abbot of Wearmouth. St. Sigfrid reposed in 688, and in time, his relics were enshrined with those of SS. Benedict Biscop and Eosterwine in the Abbey church.

SYMPHORIAN (SYMPHORIANUS) of AUTUN, (Third Century), a Christian in Autun, Burgundy (France), martyred for refusing to worship an idol.

TIMOTHY of ROME, (Date Unknown), a martyr in Rome of whom little definitive is known. The general consensus is that after protracted imprisonment and brutal scourging, St. Timothy was beheaded, near where the Papal Basilica of St. Paul's outside the Walls (Basilica Papale San Paolo fuori le Mura) in Rome now stands.