FAUSTINUS, consecrated Bishop of Brescia circa 360, succeeding St. Ursicinus (1st December). St. Faustinus wrote the Acts of SS. Faustinus and Jovita (15th February), whom, according to legend, he was related to. He reposed in 381 and was succeeded by St. Philastrius (18th July).

HONESTUS, following his baptism and ordination to the priesthood by St. Saturninus (29th November), St. Honestus joined St. Saturninus on his mission to evangelise Navarre. His work was quite fruitful but ended circa 270 with martyrdom at Pamplona.

ONESIMUS, the slave who ran away from his master Philemon, was converted by St. Paul (29th June) in Rome, and was the reason for the Apostle's letter to Philemon. Tradition says St. Onesimus was shortly thereafter consecrated Bishop of Ephesus succeeding St. Timothy. There is some debate as to the length of his Episcopate, but all agree that St. Onesimus was martyred in Rome towards the end of the first century.

OSWALD of WORCESTER, (in non-leap years 28th 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.