CASSIAN of BENEVENTO, believed to have been a Bishop of Benevento in the south of present-day Italy who reposed circa 340. However, he does not appear in any contemporary lists of bishops of that See.

EUPLUS of CATANIA, martyred in 304 in the Sicilian city of Catania for possession of, and preaching, the Gospel to the pagan population.

EUSEBIUS of MILAN, a native of Greece, St. Eusebius served as the nineteenth Bishop of Milan (c. 449–462). In 451, St. Eusebius convened a council in Milan, where the Tome of Pope St. Leo the Great (10th November) was read and approved, hence this local council affirmed the Fourth Œcumenical Council’s condemnation of Eutyches' Christological heresy.

GRACILIAN and FELICISSIMA the BLIND, according to tradition, during the Diocletianic Persecution (303–313), St. Gracilian was condemned to death for the Faith. Whilst in prison awaiting martyrdom, a woman brought her blind daughter, St. Felicissima, to St. Gracilian and he miraculously restored her sight. St. Felicissima embraced Christ instantaneously and was immediately baptised by St. Gracilian, and then condemned to death by the authorities. SS. Gracilian and Felicissima were martyred by beheading on the same day in the early fourth century.

HERCULANUS of BRESCIA, a mid-sixth century Bishop of Brescia in Lombardy (northern Italy). No other reliable information on his life is extant.

HILARIA, DIGNA, EUPREPIA, EUNOMIA, QUIRIACUS, LARGIO, CRESCENTIAN, NIMMIA, JULIANA, and COMPANIONS, Martyrs of Augsburg, (Fourth Century), a group of twenty-nine Christians in Augsburg, Bavaria (Germany) who were martyred, circa 304, during the Diocletianic Persecution (303–313). St. Hilaria was the mother of St. Afra of Augsburg (5th August), and was burned alive, along with her three maids, Digna, Euprepia, and Eunomia, as they prayed at St. Afra’s tomb. The balance of these martyrs were killed in riots led by pagan mobs.

JÆNBERT (JAMBERT, JANBERT, LAMBERT), an Abbot of St. Augustine’s Abbey in Canterbury, Kent, England, who was consecrated fourteenth Archbishop of Canterbury on 2nd February, 765. St. Jænbert reposed in 792, and is buried at Canterbury Cathedral.

MEREWENNA, (Date Uncertain), said to have been a daughter of the great Welsh saint, King St. Brychan of Brycheiniog (6th April), St. Merewenna is the patron saint of Marham Church near Bude, Cornwall, England. According to some sources she is the same saint as St. Morwenna (8th July), also a daughter of King St. Brychan.

PORCARIUS (PORCHAIRE) of LÉRINS and FIVE HUNDRED COMPANIONS, St. Porcarius was Abbot of the Abbey of Our Lady of Lérins (abbaye Notre Dame de Lérins) on one of the Lérins Islands in the Mediterranean Ocean off the Côte d’Azur in France. Circa 732, he was warned by an angel in a vision that the abbey was about to be attacked. St. Porcarius immediately sent off by ship all the young students, as well as thirty-six of the younger monks. Soon afterwards the monastery was attacked by Saracens (or more likely Vikings), and with the exception of four monks taken as slaves, St. Porcarius and the remaining community numbering five hundred monks were massacred.

UST (JUSTUS), (Date Unknown), the patron of the St. Just in Penwith Parish Church in Church St., St. Just-in-Penwith, Cornwall, England, in which, according to English chronicler and antiquary, William of Worcester (†c. 1482), St. Just's relics are enshrined. The town of St. Just, Cornwall, England is named for him as well. Some accounts state that he was a hermit, others a martyr, and still others claim he was a bishop. It is most likely there were two or more saints of the same name in Brittany, Wales, and Cornwall in the fifth or sixth century. However, the lack of reliable information makes it impossible to state with any amount of certainty specific details of his life.

AREDIUS (YRIEIX, YRIEZ) of LIMOGES, chancellor to Theudebert I, King of Austrasia (r. 533–548). St. Aredius was called to the life of a monastic and used his inheritance to found a monastery south of Limoges that is now called Saint-Yrieix. He is also the namesake for the various French towns and villages called St. Yrieix. St. Aredius reposed in 591.

ÆBBE (EBBA, EBBE) the ELDER, St. Æbbe the Elder was a sister of King St. Oswald of Northumbria (5th August) and King St. Oswine of Deira (20th August) and received monastic tonsure at Lindisfarne. She went on to become the founding Abbess of the double monastery at Coldingham in Scotland. St. Æbbe maintained friendships with SS. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (20th March) and Adamnán of Iona (23rd September), and was the spiritual mother of St. Æthelthryth of Ely (23rd June). St. Æbbe reposed in 683.

EUSEBIUS, PONTIAN, VINCENT, and PEREGRINUS of ROME, martyrs at Rome circa 192 during the reign of the Emperor Commodus (r. 180–192). Their relics were translated to Vienne, France in the ninth century.

GENESIUS (GENÈS) of ARLES, a notary in Arles (southern France), who, when an imperial decree ordering the persecution of Christians was read in his presence, declared himself to be a Christian and fled. St. Genesius was captured and subsequently martyred circa 303.

GENESIUS the ACTOR (of ROME), an actor who, after having performed several plays mocking Christianity, had a conversion experience in the midst of a performance, and immediately proclaimed his faith in Christ. St. Genesius, even when facing torture and death, refused to renounce his faith, and was martyred. The exact date is uncertain, though it is said to have been during the reign of the Emperor Diocletian (r. 284–305).

GERINUS (GUARINUS, WANNUS), (Seventh Century), the son of St. Sigrada (8th August), and brother St. Leodegarius of Autun (2nd October). St. Gerinus was martyred by stoning under the tyranical Mayor of the Palace of Neustria Ebroin (†680/1), near Arras, France in 676.

GERUNTIUS of ITALICA, a first century missionary in Spain who is believed to have served as Bishop of Talco (Seville), and been martyred.

GREGORY of UTRECHT, a disciple of St. Boniface (5th June). Following the martyrdom of St. Boniface, St. Gregory assumed leadership of the Church of Utrecht (central Netherlands). He has always been styled Bishop of Utrecht, though it is unclear whether he received Episcopal consecration. St. Gregory reposed in 781.

HUNEGUND of HOMBLIERES, having been betrothed against her will, whilst on a pilgrimage to Rome, with her bridegroom, she was released from her marital vows and received monastic tonsure from Pope St. Vitalian (27th January). After returning to France St. Hunegonde entered the abbey at Homblieres (northern France) — later named the Abbey of St. Hunegonde / l'abbaye Sainte-Hunegonde — where she spent the rest of her life. St. Hunegonde reposed in 690.

MAGINUS (MAXIMUS), a hermit, and wonder-worker, in the mountains near Tarragonia in Spain. He was beheaded circa 304. The name Magi, which is common is Tarragonia, maybe derived from his name.

MARCIAN of SAIGNON, a native of Saignon in the department of Vaucluse in southern France. St. Marcian was the founding abbot of the Abbey of St. Eusebius of Saignon (l'abbaye Saint-Eusèbe de Saignon) in the Diocese of Apt, and reposed in 485.

NEMESIUS and LUCILLA of ROME, Nemesius, a deacon, and Lucilla, his daughter, are numbered amongst those Christians martyred in Rome during the reign of the Emperor Valerian (r. 253–260).

PATRICIA of NAPLES, a noblewoman from Constantinople, possibly related to the imperial family, who fled to Rome in order to escape marriage. Whilst in Rome she received monastic tonsure. returning to Constantinople, she renounced any claim to the imperial crown, and distributed her wealth to the poor. St. Patricia then set out on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, however her ship encountered a storm and she was shipwrecked on the shores of Naples, shortly afterwards she succumbed to disease and reposed circa 665. St. Patricia is one of the patron-saints of Naples.