AMATUS (AMÉ), a member of the Grenoblois nobility, St. Amatus was, as a child, placed in the Abbey of St. Maurice (abbaye de Saint-Maurice d'Agaune), Agaunum, present-day Saint-Maurice-en-Valais, Switzerland. After completing his education, St. Amatus received monastic tonsure at the Abbey, and later lived as a hermit for over thirty years. In 614 his spiritual father, St. Eustace of Luxeuil (29th March), encouraged him to move to the Abbey of SS. Peter and Paul of Luxeuil (abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Luxeuil) in Burgundy (east-central France). While at Luxeuil, St. Amatus converted St. Romaricus of Remiremont (8th December), and the two of them founded in 620 the double-monastery of the Abbey of St. Peter of Remiremont (abbaye de Saint-Pierre de Remiremont) in present-day Vosges, France. St. Amatus served as first Abbot. St. Amatus reposed in 630.

AMATUS of SION, the particulars concerning this saint have become rather muddled over the ages, hence there is some confusion about his life. The majority opinion seems to be that St. Amatus served as an Abbot of Agaunum, and later as the tenth Bishop of Sion in Valais (Switzerland). St. Amatus reposed in 690.

BARSENORIUS, (Seventh Century), a spiritual child of St. Leutfridus of La-Croix (21st June), and an Abbot of the Abbey of the Cross of St. Ouen / abbaye La Croix Saint-Ouen (later the Abbey of the Cross of St. Leufroy) in the present-day town of La Croix-Saint-Leufroy, in Normandy (northern France). The relics of St. Barsenorius are enshrined at the Abbey of the Trinity (abbaye de la Trinité de Fécamp) in Fécamp, Normandy.

COLUMBINUS of LURE, the successor of St. Deicola of Lure (18th January) as Abbot of Lure, about 100 km (60 miles) east of Dijon, in the Vosges (eastern France). St. Columbinus reposed circa 680.

HADUWY (HEDWIG), a noblewoman, and granddaughter of St. Ida of Herzfeld (4th September). Following the repose of her husband in 849, St. Haduwy received monastic tonsure, and from 858 until her repose in 887, served as third Abbess of the Imperial Abbey of Herford (Reichsfrauenstift Herford) in the Duchy of Saxony (northern Germany).

MAURILIUS of ANGERS, a native of Milan (north-west Italy) who studied under SS. Ambrose of Milan (7th December) and Martin of Tours (11th November). St. Maurilius accompanied St. Martin when he went to Gaul (west-central France), and circa 423 was consecrated second Bishop of Angers (western France). St. Maurilius reposed circa 453.

NECTARIUS of AUTUN, the seventeenth Bishop of Autun, Burgundy (France) from 540 until his repose in 549 or 550. He was a friend of St. Germanus of Paris (28th May), whom St. Nectarius appointed to serve as Abbot of the Abbey of St. Symphorian (abbaye Saint-Symphorian d'Autun) in Autun .

PHILIP of ROME, Prefect of Egypt under the Emperor Commodus (r. 180–192), he was dismissed from this post when it was learnt he had been baptised. He was then chosen to be Bishop of Alexandria, but the new Prefect sent assassins who mortally wounded St. Philip while he was praying, and he reposed three days later. St. Philip was also the father of St. Eugenia of Rome (24th December), in whose home SS. Protus of Rome and Hyacinth of Rome (11th September) were employed.

VENERIUS of TINO, there is no reliable Life of St. Venerius, but the general consensus is that he was an anchorite, and later abbot on the Island of Tino in the Gulf of La Spezia in the northern Ligurian Sea (Italy). St. Venerius is believed to have reposed circa 630, however, there are some scholars who say he flourished in the ninth century

WULFTHRYTH (WILFRIDA), St. Wulfthryth was the mother of St. Edith of Wilton (16th September), who, after the birth of her daughter, received monastic tonsure from St. Ethelwold of Winchester (1st August) at Wilton Abbey, eventually serving as its Abbess. In time, her daughter joined her at Wilton as a monastic. St. Wulfthryth reposed circa 988.

AMANTIUS of TIPHERNUM, the patron saint of Città di Castello in Perugia (central Italy), where he served as a priest. Pope St. Gregory the Dialogist (3rd September) revered his sanctity and noted his great wonderworking. St. Amantius reposed circa 600 at Tiphernum (present-day Città di Castello).

COLMÁN ELO (COLMÁN MOCCU SAILNI, COLMÁN MAC BEOGNAI, COLMÁN of ELO), St. Colmán was born in present-day Co. Tyrone in Ireland. He studied under his maternal uncle, St. Columba of Iona (9th June) and went on to found monasteries at Lynally (Lann Elo) in Co. Offaly, Ireland and at Muckmore in Co. Antrim. There he served as founding Abbot-Bishop of Connor. St. Colmán was the author of the Airgitir Crábaid (the Alphabet of Devotion), the earliest surviving example of Old Irish prose. He is believed to be the true author of a work ascribed to St. Seachnall (Secundinus) of Ireland (27th November), The Hymn of St. Secundinus in praise of St. Patrick of Ireland (17th March). St. Colmán reposed circa 610.

EUSEBIUS of BOLOGNA, consecrated sixth Bishop of Bologna (northern Italy) circa 370, St. Eusebius was a discerning and erudite Prelate, and a close friend of St. Ambrose of Milan (7th December). He assisted at the September 381 Council of Aquileia, one of the many of that era held to combat the heresy of Arianism. Through a vision, St. Eusebius discovered the hidden relics of the Martyrs of Bologna, SS. Vitalis and Agricola (4th November), and was responsible for having them reverently enshrined. St. Eusebius reposed circa 400.

MEUGANT (MAWGHAN, MORGAN), (Sixth Century), St. Meugant was a disciple of St. Illtyd (6th November) who seems to have lived as a hermit in several places is the west of Britain before settling on the Isle of Bardsey in Wales. There are several churches in Wales and Cornwall (England) dedicated to him, and though no record of his consecration is extant, St. Meugant has been represented as a bishop with a mitre and crozier.

NILUS the YOUNGER, a monk and fervent advocate for Byzantine monastic practices on the Italian peninsula. St. Nilus was well known for his ascetic ways and theological knowledge. He spent some time as a hermit, and at various monasteries, some of which he either founded or helped restore. During the Saracen invasions St. Nilus and some of his monks took refuge at Monte Cassino. However, his crowning achievement was founding the Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata at a spot just south-east of Rome which was identified to St. Nilus by the Theotokos. Shortly after the building began, St. Nilus reposed (26th December, 1005) at the Sant' Agata monastery in Tusculum (present-day Frascati) outside of Rome.

SENATOR of ALBANO, (Date Unknown), a martyr at Albano in the present-day Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy.

VIGILIUS of BRESCIA, a Bishop of Brescia in Lombardy (northern Italy) who reposed circa 506. Nothing further is known of his life.