CATHAN (CATAN, CHATTAN, CADAN) of BUTE, (Sixth Century), St. Cathan, an uncle of St. Blane (10th August), was an Irish missionary who appears to have been a bishop on the Isle of Bute (Scotland) in the sixth, or possibly seventh century. the noted hagiographer and historian John Colgan O.F.M. (†c. 1657) tells of the discovery of St. Cathan’s tomb at Tamlacht near Londonderry, Ireland, though the Aberdeen Breviary claims his relics are on the Isle of Bute, which has been known as Kil-cathan in his honour.

HERADIUS, PAUL, AQUILINUS, and COMPANIONS (MARTYRS of NYON), an unknown number of Christians, of whom only these three names are known. All were martyred circa 303 at Noviodunum (present-day Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland) during the Diocletianic Persecution.

MADEN (MADERN, MADRON) of CORNWALL, (Date Uncertain), St. Maden was a hermit in Cornwall, England who spent a period of time in Brittany (France), where there are several churches dedicated to him. St. Madern’s Well in Cornwall marks the reputed site of his hermitage, and is still a place of pilgrimage.

MAILDUF of MALMESBURY, (Seventh Century), St. Mailduf, a native of Ireland, travelled to England and founded the great Abbey of SS. Peter and Paul at Malmesbury in Wiltshire. Malmesbury was one of the few monastic houses in England able to maintain a continuous presence from its founding until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in England and Wales (1536–1540) by Henry VIII, King of England and Ireland, (r. 1509–1547), and it is where St. Aldhelm (25th May) was trained. St. Mailduf reposed in 673.

RASSO (RATHO) of GRAFRATH, a Bavarian count and soldier, who fought invading Hungarians. St. Rasso went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and then Rome. Upon returning to Bavaria, St. Rasso founded a monastery where present-day Grafrath, Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany is. St. Rasso spent the rest of his life living as a simple monk at the monastery he had founded, and reposed in 953.

RESTITUTA of CARTHAGE, a maiden who was martyred circa 304 near Carthage, Africa Proconsularis (in present-day Tunisia), during the Diocletianic Persecution. According to tradition, St. Restituta was put on a burning boat which was left to drift in the sea. The boat then drifted to Italy, where her relics are thought to be enshrined at the Cathedral of St. Januarius (Duomo di San Gennaro) in Naples.

ANASTASIUS of PAVIA, commonly called St. Anastasius II to distinguish him from a fourth century predecessor of the same name. St. Anastasius, a convert to orthodox Christianity from Arianism, was consecrated Bishop of Pavia in Lombardy (Italy) in 668. As Bishop, St. Anastasius was noted his dedication to the purity of the Faith, and his skill as a pastor to his flock. He reposed in 668.

EXUPERANTIUS of RAVENNA, consecrated the nineteenth Bishop of Ravenna (northern Italy) in 398, St. Exuperantius served for twenty years until his repose in 418. He is remembered not just for his spiritual care of his flock, but his great charity as well.

FELIX I, succeeding St. Dionysius (26th December) as the twenty-sixth Pope of Rome in 269. St. Felix is believed to have been the Pope who sanctioned the practice of celebrating anniversary Masses at the graves of martyrs, and/or decreed that Mass must always be celebrated over the relics of martyrs. He was also the first to condemn the heretical teachings of Paul of Samosata. St. Felix reposed in 274.

GABINUS (GAVINO) and CRISPULUS of SARDINIA, missionaries in Sardinia who were martyred circa 130, during the persecutions under Emperor Hadrian (r. 117–138).

Crypt of SS. Gabinus and Crispulus (Martyrs of Torres)
Porto Torres, Sardinia

GAMO of BRITTANY, there is no information on St. Gamo extant beyond that he flourished in the eighth century and was an Abbot of an Abbey at Brétigny near Noyon (north-eastern France).

HUBERT (HUGBERT) of BRÉTIGNY, despite his family's disapproval, as well as his young age, of twelve years, St. Hubert received monastic tonsure at an Abbey at Brétigny near Noyon (north-eastern France). He reposed circa 714.

MADELGISILUS (MAUGUILLE), a disciple and close aid of St. Fursey (16th January). St. Madelgisilus was an Irish monk who spent several years at Abbey of St. Richarius (abbaye de Saint-Riquier) in present-day town of Saint-Riquier in north-eastern France. He then left the Abbey to spend the rest of his days as a hermit in Picardy (France). St. Madelgisilus reposed circa 655.

VENANTIUS of LÉRINS, the elder brother of St. Honoratus (16th January). St. Venantius lived as a hermit on the Île de Saint-Honorat, one of the Lérins Islands in the Mediterranean Ocean off the Côte d’Azur in France. He also spent time living and studying in monastic communities in Greece, Egypt, and the Holy Land. St. Venantius reposed circa 400.

WALSTAN, a farm labourer in Norfolk, England, who lived an austere life filled with prayer. He was renowned for his charity and upon his repose in 1016 was immediately venerated as a saint by his contemporaries.