BOLCAN (OLCAN), St. Bolcan was baptised by St. Patrick (17th March), who then sent him to study in Gaul. After his return to Ireland, St. Patrick consecrated him Bishop of Derkan (which was most likely near Armoy) in Ulster. St. Bolcan also founded a school in his See, which was one of the most eminent of its day. He reposed circa 480.

COLGAN, a renowned Abbot of Clonmacnoise, and one of the many of his era called ‘the Wise’, St. Colgan was also called ‘the Chief Scribe of the Irish’. He was a friend of the eminent Anglo-Saxon scholar/educator Alcuin of York (†804) and venerated as a saint even during his lifetime. Some of the prayers he composed are still extant. St. Colgan reposed circa 796.

Reliquary of St. Eleutherius of Tournai

ELEUTHERIUS of TOURNAI, generally considered to have been the first Bishop of his native city of Tournai (in present-day Belgium). Following his consecration St. Eleutherius worked to eradicate the Arian heresy from his See. The Arians responded by killing him in 532. St. Eleutherius’ relics are enshrined in the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Tournai.

EUCHERIUS, a native of Orléans and an extremely educated and God-fearing youth. St. Eucherius received monastic tonsure at the Abbey of St. Peter of Jumièges (l'abbaye Saint-Pierre de Jumièges) in Normandy circa 714. Following the repose of his uncle Suaveric in 721, St. Eucherius was consecrated his successor as Bishop of Orléans. However, conflict with Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia Charles Martel (†741) over the expropriation of church properties led to his exile to Cologne. Initially warmly welcomed in Cologne, St. Eucherius was later exiled to Hesbaye in present-day Belgium, living at St. Trudo's Abbey until his repose in 743.

Icon of St. Leo of Catania

FALCO, a Bishop of Maastricht who, according to tradition, ruled that See from 495 until his repose in 512.

LEO of CATANIA, known in Sicily as 'St. Leo the Wonderworker'; St. Leo was an eighth century Bishop of Catania in Sicily. His ardent opposition to the iconoclastic policy of Byzantine Emperor Leo III the Isaurian (r. 717–741) led to an order of arrest being issued for St. Leo. He fled to the mountains where he lived the rest of his life as a hermit. St. Leo reposed in 787.

VALERIUS, (Date Unknown), said by St. Gregory of Tours (17th November) to have been the first Bishop of Couserans in Gascony.

CARON, aside from the fact that he is the patron saint of Tregaron in Dyfed Wales, there is nothing known about this saint.

CARTHAGE the ELDER, St. Carthage the Elder succeeded of St. Kieran (vide infra) as Bishop of Ossory in Ireland. He is mainly known as the tutor and foster-father of his namesake, St. Carthage the Younger (14th May). Beyond that, there is no reliable Life of this saint, but he is said by many to have been a son or grandson of Óengus mac Nad Froích, the first Christian King of Munster (r. 453—489). He is generally believed to have reposed circa 540.

CLEMENT, an Abbot of Santa Lucia Abbey in Syracuse, Sicily, who reposed circa 800.

COLMAN of ARMAGH, (Fifth Century), a disciple of St. Patrick (17th March) St. Colman of Armagh was renowned for his extreme asceticism. He predeceased his holy master, who buried him at Armagh.

EUSEBIUS and COMPANIONS, (Date Unknown), a group of ten martyrs believed to have suffered for the faith in North Africa. However, no further details are extant.

EUSEBIUS, a native of Cremona, who, having heard St. Jerome (30th September) speak, joined his pilgrimage to the Holy Land along with SS. Paula (26th January) and Eustochium (28th September), settling in Bethlehem. St. Eusebius built a hostel for poor pilgrims with the proceeds of the sale of his property in Cremona, and donations he received in Dalmatia and Italy. Later he served as an abbot in Bethlehem. St. Eusebius reposed circa 423.

KIERAN (KIEMAN, KYRAN, CIARAN), “The First-Born of the Saints of Ireland”, St. Kieran was born in Ossory to a noble family. He was most likely consecrated first Bishop of Ossory by St. Patrick (17th March), though there are those who say he was consecrated by the Pope of the time. Regarded as one of the 'Twelve Apostles of Ireland', he was associated with St. Patrick’s work in that land, and was also the founder of a monastery at Saighir. Some claim that he crossed over to Cornwall, and was the same saint as St. Piran (vide infra) who is venerated there as a local saint, though this is highly unlikely. St. Kieran reposed circa 530 at what would have been a very advanced age.

OLIVA, said to have been martyred in 138 in persecutions during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian (r. 117—138). St. Oliva’s relics are enshrined at the church of Sant'Afra in Brescia, Italy.

PIRAN (PYRAN), St. Piran was a hermit near Padstow in Cornwall. Like many of his contemporaries, there are many legends but little reliable facts about his life. Often stories of his life have been entangled with that of St. Kieran of Ossory (vide supra), and there are some who have argued that he is the same saint as St. Kieran of Clonmacnoise (9th September). St. Piran reposed circa 480, and is venerated as the patron saint of miners, also the town of Perranporth on the north coast of Cornwall, England is named after him.

VIRGILIUS of ARLES, St. Virgilius received monastic tonsure at Abbey of Our Lady of Lérins (abbaye Notre-Dame de Lérins), later serving as its Abbot. St. Gregory of Tours (17th November), wrote that St. Virgilius was the first Abbot of the Monastery of St. Symphorien at Autun. Then with the support of his Bishop was consecrated the twentieth Archbishop of Arles. Pope St. Gregory the Dialogist (3rd September) appointed him Papal Vicar in Gaul, and he is widely believed to have consecrated St. Augustine (27th May), Archbishop of Canterbury. St. Virgilius reposed circa 610.