AGAPE (AGAPIA), a disciple of St. Valentine of Terni (14th February). St. Valentine placed her in charge of the community of women at he founded. St. Agape was martyred circa 273 at Terni in Umbria.

BERACH (BARACHIAS, BERACHIUS), (Sixth Century), a disciple of St. Kevin (3rd June), St. Berach founded a monastery at Clusin-Coirpte (now Termonbarry from the Irish: Tearmann Bearaigh, meaning “St. Barry’s sanctuary”) in Connaught. He is venerated in Co. Roscommon and is the patron saint of Kilbarry near Dublin.

CRATON and COMPANIONS, St. Craton was a Professor of Rhetoric and philosopher who was converted to Christianity by St. Valentine of Terni (14th February). St. Craton, his wife, children, and much of his household were martyred circa 273.

DECOROSUS, Bishop of Capua from 665 until his repose in 695. St. Decorossus was one of the prelates who, as a participant, signed the Acts of the Synod of Rome in 680, chaired by Pope St. Agatho (10th January).

DOCHOW (DOCHAU, DOGWYN), (Date Uncertain), there is a fair degree of uncertainty surrounding this saint. He is mentioned in the English Menology as a Welsh saint, though he may be the same as St. Cadoc (24th January), sometimes called St. Dockoe, or St. Dogmæl, St. Docmæl. There is a church in north-east Wales dedicated to a St. Docwy, or Dogway. It is probable that he was the founder of a monastery in Cornwall, and the Annals of Ulster describes him as a bishop.

DRUTHMAR, Abbot of the Imperial Abbey of Corvey in Saxony from 1014 until his repose in 1046.

FARANNAN, a native of Ireland St. Farannan went to Iona to become a disciple of St. Columba (9th June). He later settled in the West of Ireland, where he lived as an anchorite in a cave in the strictest asceticism, reposing circa 590. He is the patron saint of Alterna (All-Faranna) in Sligo, the probable place of his death.

FAUSTINUS and JOVITA, according to tradition, SS. Faustinus (a priest) and Jovita (a deacon) were brothers of noble birth who were energetic preachers of the Gospel throughout Lombardy. It is said they were martyred during the reign of Emperor Hadrian (r. 117–138). However, their well-established cultus notwithstanding, recent scholarship suggests their story is mere pious legend.

FAUSTUS, (Sixth Century), a disciple of St. Benedict (11th July) at Monte Cassino.

GEORGIA, an anchoress and wonderworker near the Abbey of our Lady of Clermont in Auvergne. St. Georgia reposed circa 500.

QUINIDIUS, after spending several years as a hermit in Aix in Provence, St. Quinidius was consecrated Bishop of Vaison. Several miracles are said to have resulted from his prayers. St. Quinidius reposed circa 579.

SATURNINUS, CASTULUS, MAGNUS, and LUCIUS, Christians from Passae in the Diocese of Terni, who like their Bishop, St. Valentine (14th February), were martyred 273.

SEVERUS, a sixth century priest in the Abruzzi. According to St. Gregory the Dialogist (3rd September), St. Severus' prayers raised a dead man to life, and healed many sick people.

SIGFRID (SIGFRIDAER), an English priest-monk, who went to Sweden, where he preached the Gospel to the locals, bringing many to Christ, including the King, Olaf. Towards the end of his life St. Sigfrid was consecrated Bishop of Växjö serving until is repose circa 1045.

WALFRID (GUALFREDO), the founding Abbot of Monte Virido in Tuscany. St. Walfrid reposed circa 765 and was succeeded as abbot by one of his sons.

WINAMAN, UNAMAN, and SUNAMAN, monks and fellow workers with their uncle St. Sigfrid (vide supra). They followed their uncle to Sweden, where they were martyred by pagans in the latter half of the eleventh century.

HILARY (HILARUS), 46th Pope of Rome, prior to his election to the Patriarchate of Rome, St. Hilary served as an aide to Pope St. Leo the Great (10th November), Papal Legate at the Robber Council of Ephesus in 449, worked on updating the method of calculating Pascha. Following the repose of St. Leo the Great in 461, St. Hilary was elected his successor. As Pope, he fought the Christological heresies of Nestorianism and Arianism, held several councils at Rome, his council of 465 is the earliest Roman council whose records are extant, and continued St. Leo the Great’s policy of strengthening papal authority in Gaul and Hispania. St. Hilary reposed in 468.

LLIBIO, (Sixth Century) St. Llibio is the patron saint of Llanlibio in the Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn) off the north-west coast of Wales. According to Church of England priest, hagiographer, and all round scholar Sabine Baring Baring-Gould (†1924) he was one of the sons of Seithenin, who, along with his brothers, joined Dwnawd’s monastery at Bangor after the flooding of the Plain of Gwyddno.

MACARIUS, RUFINUS, JUSTUS, and THEOPHILUS, a group of potters martyred during the Decian Persecution, circa 250.

MAIDOC (MADOC), there is no definitive information on this saint extent, though it is most likely he is the sixth century bishop (or perhaps only abbot), after whom Llanmadog in Glamorganshire is called.

OSWALD of WORCESTER, (in leap years 29th February), the nephew of St. Oda of Canterbury (2nd June) under whom he began his studies. St. Oswald later went to the Abbey of St. Benedict on the Loire (abbaye de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire — Fleury Abbey) to continue his studies and receive monastic tonsure, and ultimately, ordination to the priesthood. Returning to England, St. Oswald was consecrated Bishop of Worcester, and worked with SS. Dunstan (19th May) and Æthelwold (1st August), with enormous success, to revive monastic life, and religious discipline in Anglo-Saxon England. He personally founded monasteries at Ramsey and Worcester, and was subsequently promoted to the Archbishopric of York (972). St. Oswald reposed whilst on his knees engaged in his daily practice of washing the feet of twelve poor people, circa 990.

ROMANUS of CONDAT, at the age of thirty-five he went to live as a hermit in the Jura mountains, where he was followed by his brother St. Lupicinus (21st March). As was so often the case, St. Romanus attracted many disciples for which he founded the Abbey of St. Claude (abbaye de Saint-Claude) at Condat and Leuconne (present-day Saint-Lupicin, serving as joint Abbot, as well as a third one at near-by La Beaume where their sister was abbess. St. Romanus reposed circa 460.

RUELLINUS (RUELLIN), a sixth century Bishop of Tréguier in Brittany.

SILLAN (SILVANUS), a disciple of St. Comgall (10th May) at Bangor in Co. Down, and one of his successors there as abbot. Although there is no further certain knowledge of him, he seems to have had a great reputation for sanctity. Various sources have placed the year of his repose as either 606 or 610.