ADALARD the YOUNGER, a monk at the the Royal Abbey of St. Peter of Corbie (abbaye royale Saint-Pierre de Corbie), in Picardy (northern France), known as "the younger" to distinguish him from St. Adalard of Corbie (2nd January). St. Adalard reposed circa 824.

APRONIA (EVRONIE), the sister of St. Aprus (15th September), Bishop of Toul, from whom she received monastic tonsure. St. Apronia reposed in Troyes (north-central France) circa 420 following a life of holiness.

ATHANASIUS of NAPLES, Bishop of Naples (southern Italy) from circa 850 until his repose in 872. St. Athanasius was an exemplary pastor to his flock, though after 20 years as bishop, St. Athanasius fell victim to the machinations of his depraved nephew, Sergius II, Duke of Naples, who first imprisoned him, then exiled him. St. Athanasius reposed in exile at Veroli (central Italy) in 872 and was buried at Monte Cassino, his relics were later translated to Naples.

BENEDICT, a ninth century Bishop of Angers in Anjou (western France). St. Benedict reposed circa 820.

Icon of St. Donald of Ogilvy

DONALD (DONIVALD) of OGILVY, (Eighth Century), Confessor of Scotland. Our venerable and God-bearing Father Donald of Ogilvy was a widower who lived a monastic life with his nine daughters in Ogilvy, Forfarshire (present-day Angus), Scotland. Upon the death of his wife, St. Donald converted his house into a hermitage where he and his daughters began to live a monastic life under his direction. They cultivated the land, surviving on a single meal of barley bread and water each day. Following St. Donald’s repose (circa 716), his daughters entered a monastery in Abernethy (Perth and Kinross) that had been founded by SS. Darlaugdach of Kildare and Brigid of Ireland (both 1st February). There they came to be known as the Nine Maidens or the Nine Holy Virgins. Churches throughout Scotland were dedicated to the Nine Maidens. According to tradition, one of the churches, in Strathmartine, near Dundee, along with its Nine Maiden Well, is the location where the Nine Maidens were devoured by a serpent. To this day, the well is an object of great awe and reverence.

EDITH (EADGYTH) of POLESWORTH, (Ninth Century), this St. Edith, was most likely a daughter of Ecgberht, King of the West Saxons (r. 802–839). She should not be confused with St. Edith of Wilton (16th September). Both were connected to the Royal House of Wessex. The historical record is unreliable, but it seems St. Edith succeeded St. Modwenna (5th July) as Abbess of Polesworth Abbey (North Warwickshire, England) towards the end of the ninth century.

ETERNUS (ÆTERNUS), a seventh century Bishop of Evreux, Normandy (northern France). St. Eternus reposed circa 660, no further information is extant.

EUTROPIUS, ZOSIMA (ZOZIMA), and BONOSA, Martyrs of Porto Romano, St. Eutropius and his two sisters were martyred at Porto Romano most likely circa 207, though circa 273 has been given by some sources.

FELIX of PAVIA, (Date Unknown), a bishop and martyr in Pavia (northern Italy). No further extant details of St. Felix’s life are reliable.

HARUCH, an early ninth century bishop and/or abbot of Werden Abbey (Kloster Werden) in present-day Essen, Germany. St. Haruch reposed circa 830.

MARTYRS of CARTHAGE, (Date Unknown), a group of nine martyrs at Carthage in Africa Proconsularis (a present-day suburb of Tunis, Tunisia).

Adautto, Catulinus, Felice, Florentius, Fortunanziano, Januarius, Julia, Justa, and Settimino.

Aside from their names, and that their relics were enshrined at the Basilica of Fausta in Carthage no further details are extant.

SECUNDINUS, AGRIPPINUS, MAXIMUS, FORTUNATUS, and MARTIALIS, Martyrs of Pannonia, fourth century martyrs in Pannonia of whom nothing more than their names is known.

ARDUINUS (ARDWYNE) of TREPINO, there is no reliable information on this Saint extant, however there are those who say he was one of four English pilgrims who reposed whilst on a pilgrimage to Rome in the seventh century. St. Arduinus is venerated as the Patron Saint of the town of Ceprano (Lazio region of central Italy).

CAMELIAN, a disciple of St. Loupus of Troyes (29th July). St. Camelian succeded St. Loupus in the See of Troyes (north-central France) in 478. St. Camelian is listed amongst the attendees of the First Council of Orléans which was held in 511. He reposed circa 525

INNOCENT I, Pope of Rome from 402 until his repose 417. During his Pontificate he brought many back to the Church who had fallen away from orthodoxy through the Novatian Schism, defended St. John Chrysostom during the later's banishment to the Caucasus in Georgia, was one of the leaders in the condemning of Pelagianism, and had to contend with the 410 sack of Rome by Alaric I, King of the Visigoths (r. 395–410).

LUCIDUS (LUCIDO) of AQUARA, a monk at St. Peter's Abbey near Aquara (south-western Italy). St. Lucidus reposed circa 938, and nothing further about his life is known.

LYUTIUS, a monk at Monte Cassino, who spent his last years as a hermit at La Trinità della Cava near Cava de'Tirreni, in southern Italy. St. Lyutius reposed circa 1038.

NAZARIUS and CELSUS of MILAN, (on Eastern Calendars 14th October with SS. Gervase and Protase), two martyrs in Milan who were beheaded circa 68 on the orders of Emperor Nero (r. 54–68). According to a legend of dubious veracity, St. Nazarius was a son of Perpetua, a disciple of the Apostle Peter (29th June), who also catechised St. Nazarius.

PEREGRINUS, (Second Century), very little information on this saint remains, he seems to have been a priest of the Diocese of Lyons (east-central France) during the episcopacy of St. Irenaeus of Lyons (28th June), who in the latter half of the second century lived as a hermit on an island in the River Saône.

Icon of St. Samson of Dol

SAMSON (SAMPSON) of DOL, one of the greatest missionaries of the sixth century in western Europe, St. Samson of Dol evangelised for Christ in Ireland, Cornwall (England), the Channel Islands, and Brittany (north-western France). A Welsh monk, St. Samson began as a disciple of St. Illtud (6th November) at his great nursery of saints, Llantwit Major, in the south of Glamorgan, Wales, and then went onto Caldey Island, where he served as abbot. Having been instructed in a vision, St. Samson left Caldey, living for a while as a hermit near the River Severn. He then went to Ireland, and then Cornwall where his was consecrated bishop by St. Dubricius of Wales (14th November). St. Samson finally settled in Brittany, where he spent the rest of his life enlightening the Bretons from his base at Dol. The exact date of St. Samson’s repose in unknown, however, records show that he attended the Councils of Paris in 553 and 557, so he reposed sometime after 557. He was almost immediately venerated as a saint. Initially buried at Dol, St. Samson’s relics were later translated to Paris.

VICTOR I, a native of Tunisia in North Africa who was the fourteenth Pope of Rome from circa 189 until his repose circa 198. Whilst he introduced Latin as the liturgical language in the Roman See, displacing Greek, which had been used since the See was founded, St. Victor is best known for his role in the Quartodeciman Controversy, during which he initially attempted to excommunicate eastern parishes who were observing Easter following an older and different calculation of the date the feast was to be observed. Most sources list him as the first native of Africa to have been Bishop of Rome, and as a martyr.