AGAPIUS (AGAPITUS) of NOVARA, succeeding St. Gaudentius (22nd January) as Bishop of Novara in Piedmont (north-western Italy), St. Agapius served as the second bishop of that See for thirty years, from 417 until his repose in 447.

AUBERT of AVRANCHES, elected eleventh Bishop of Avranches in Normandy (north-west France) by popular acclaim circa 690, St. Aubert served that See until his repose circa 709. While bishop St. Aubert founded the Abbey of Mont Saint-Michel.

BARYPSABAS, a first century hermit from the East. According to legend St. Barypsabas brought to Europe, a vessel containing the precious blood which flowed from the side of our Lord when He was on the Cross. St. Barypsabas is believed to have suffered martyrdom, most likely in Dalmatia (present-day Croatia).

CANDIDA the YOUNGER, a wife and mother in Naples, remembered for her great holiness of life. St. Candida reposed circa 586, and many miracles are reputed to have occurred at her tomb.

FINNIAN (FINDBARR, WINNIN), St. Finnian was a legendary mediæval Irishman, though perhaps not as well-known as his namesake at the great monastery of Clonard. He travelled to Scotland where he spent time at St. Ninian’s (16th September) monastery at present-day Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway. St. Finnian later returned to his native land where he became the founding Abbot-Bishop of Movilla (Magh Bile), Co. Down, not to be confused with Moville in Co. Donegal. According to widely accepted tradition, St. Finnian travelled to Rome at some point, returning with a complete copy of St. Jerome’s (30th September) Vulgate. St. Finnian reposed circa 589, and is one of the patron saints of the Province of Ulster, Ireland.

FRITHESTAN, a disciple of St. Grimbald (8th July), St. Frithestan was consecrated Bishop of Winchester by St. Plegmund of Canterbury (2nd August) in 909. He served that See for twenty-three years and was known for his love of the poor and his prayers for the souls of the reposed. Shortly before his own repose in 932, St. Frithestan retired from his See, designating St. Birnstan (4th November) as his successor.

NEMESIAN, FELIX, LUCIUS, ANOTHER FELIX, LITTEUS, POLYANUS, VICTOR, JADER, and DATIVUS, Martyrs of Sigum, nine bishops from Numidia (present-day Algeria), who circa 260, in the persecution of Christians during the reign of the Emperor Valerian (r. 253–260), were arrested, tortured, and finally martyred by being worked to death in local mines.

PETER MARTINEZ, also called St. Peter of Mozonzo, an Abbot of Saint Martin of Antealares in Compostela, Spain, who, circa 986, was consecrated Bishop of Iria Flavia (later the Archdiocese of Saintiago de Compostela). St. Peter reposed circa 1000.

SALVIUS (SAUVE) of ALBI, (Sixth Century), a monk, then abbot, and finally the seventh Bishop of Albi (southern France). Nothing further about St. Salvius’ life can be said with certainty, as there has been a conflating of details with that of two other people also named Salvius, who were more or less contemporaries.

THEODARD of MAASTRICHT, a disciple of St. Remaclus (3rd September) at the the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy (Fürstabtei Stablo-Malmedy) in present-day southern Belgium. St. Theodard succeeded St. Remaclus as Abbot and was later consecrated Bishop of Maastricht (south-eastern Netherlands). Whilst traveling circa 670 to meet with Childeric II, King of the Franks (r. 662–675), St. Theodard was murdered.

VERANUS (VÉRAN) of VENCE, a son of St. Eucherius of Lyons (16th November), and for over forty years the sixth Bishop of Vence in Provence (south-eastern France). St. Veranus reposed circa 480.

ADOMNÁN (ADAMNÁN, ADAM, EUNAN) of IONA, hagiographer, statesman, clerical lawyer, and one of the most important figures in either Scottish or Irish history, St. Adomnán was the ninth Abbot of Iona. He was author of the most important Life of St. Columba of Iona, the Vita Columbae, which is of great historical value for its information on monastic life of that time. St. Adomnán also wrote the Lex Innocentium, better known as Cáin Adomnáin (Law of Adomnán) which was promulgated at the Synod of Birr (in the present-day Co. Offaly, Ireland in 697). This sought to guarantee the safety and immunity of various types of non-combatants in warfare. In addition, St. Adomnán authored De Locis Sancris, an account of a visit to the Holy Land by Arculf, a late seventh century Frankish bishop. There are some Latin canons in his name as well.

St. Adomnán received monastic tonsure at Iona, where he spent most of his adult life, though there are debates about where he received his training. Regardless of where St. Adomnán received his education; he attained a level of learning rare in Early Medieval northern Europe. St. Adomnán was made Abbot of Iona in 679. According to St. Bede the Venerable (25th May), visits to Wearmouth Abbey in 686 and 688 led St. Adomnán to accept the Roman method of calculating the date of Easter (vide Paschal Controversy). Though, St. Bede relates that St. Adomnán was unable to persuade the monks of Iona and its dependencies to adopt the Roman method. St. Adomnán reposed circa 704.

ANDREW, JOHN, PETER, and ANTHONY, Martyrs of Syracuse, a group of Christians, possibly more than these four whose names are still known. They were deported circa 900 from Syracuse to North Africa by the Saracens who had invaded Sicily in 827. Once in Africa, they were subjected to barbaric torture and then put to death.

Icon of The holy, glorious, all-laudable
Apostle Linus, Pope of Rome

CISSA of NORTHUMBRIA, St. Cissa was a disciple, and successor of St. Guthlac of Crowland (11th April) as Abbot of Crowland in England. According to the Crowland Chronicle, he was buried next to St. Guthlac, though both tombs were later destroyed by the Vikings.

CONSTANTIUS of ANCONA, a sixth century sacristan of the church of St. Stephen in Ancona in the Marches (central Italy), who is greatly venerated there.

LINUS, the second Pope of Rome, from 67 until his repose in 79. St. Linus was a disciple of the Apostle Paul (29th June), one of the Seventy, is mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:21, and is venerated as a martyr.