ALIPRANDUS (LEUPRANDUS) of PAVIA, an eighth century abbot of the Monastery of St. Augustine in Pavia in Lombardy, northern Italy.

CHRISTIANA of FLANDERS, (Seventh Century), generally thought to have been the daughter of an Anglo-Saxon king, St. Christiana went to Flanders (north-eastern France / western Belgium) where she lived a life of great sanctity. Following her repose, she was immediately venerated as a saint. St. Christiana is the patron saint of Dendermonde (Termonde), in East Flanders in Belgium.

CHRISTINA of BOLSENA, (Third or Fourth Century), nothing certain is known of St. Christina’s life, and the only extant written accounts of her date at least five centuries after her martyrdom. However, it is generally accepted that she lived near Bolsena in Tuscany (central Italy), and was the daughter of a wealthy pagan magistrate who had her tortured and eventually martyred for refusing to renounce her Christian faith.

Icon of St. Christina of Bolsena

DECLAN of ARDMORE, (Fifth Century), a disciple of St. Colman of Armagh (5th March), St. Declan was later consecrated Bishop of Ardmore in present-day Co. Waterford, Ireland. St. Declan is remembered as one of the saints who evangelised the Irish prior to the arrival of St. Patrick of Ireland (17th March).

DICTINUS of ASTORGA, a follower of Priscillianism, who was brought back to the orthodox faith by St. Ambrose of Milan (7th December). St. Dictinus renounced his errors at the Council of Toledo in 400, and shortly thereafter was consecrated Bishop of Astorga. St. Dictinus reposed in 420.

GODO (GAON) of OYE, a nephew, and disciple, of St. Wandrille of Fontenelle (22nd July), St. Godo received monastic tonsure at Abbey of St. Peter / abbaye Saint-Pierre (later the Abbey of St. Wandrille / abbaye Saint-Wandrille) in Fontenelle, Normandy (northern France), and later founded, and served as Abbot of, an abbey at Oye near Sezanne-en-Brie in north-eastern France. St. Godo reposed circa 690.

LEWINA of SEAFORD, (Fifth Century), according to tradition St. Lewina was a Briton virgin-martyr who was killed by Saxon invaders. She was venerated at Seaford in Sussex, England, and her relics are said to have produced many miracles.

MENEFRIDA, (Fifth Century), St. Menfrida is the patron saint of Tredresick, Cornwall, England; she was a member of the family of the great saint King St. Brychan of Brycheiniog (6th April). No further details of her life are known.

SIGOLENA (SÉGOLÈNE, SIGOLÈNE, SEGOULÈME) of TROCAR, the daughter of an Aquitanian noble who, following the death of her husband, founded, and served as first abbess of, an abbey at Troclar in Albi (in the south of present-day France). St. Sigolena reposed circa 769 and is the patron saint of Albi.

URSICINUS of SENS, the fourth Bishop of Sens (north-central France). He reposed circa 380.

VICTOR, STERCATIUS, and ANTINOGENES of MÉRIDA, while there are no particulars of their life extant, SS. Victor, Stercatius, and Antinogenes are said to have been three brothers, and soldiers, who were martyred circa 304 at Mérida (western central Spain) towards the end of the Diocletianic Persecution.

VINCENT of ROME, (Date Unknown), said to have been a Roman, who was martyred outside the walls of the Rome on the road to Tivoli (central Italy). Unfortunately, there is nothing definite known of his life.

WULFHAD and RUFINUS (RUFFIN) of MERCIA, (Seventh Century), members of the Mercian royal family. SS. Wulfhad and Rufinus were secretly baptised by St. Ceadda (Chad) of Lichfield (2nd March). They were martyred by order of their pagan father.

HARDULF of BREEDON, (Seventh Century), the Church of St. Mary and St. Hardulph (Church of England) in Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, England, commemorates St. Hardulph, about whom we know little else. Though he does not appear in any of the Mediæval Kalendars, the Menology of England and Wales avers that St. Hardulph may be the hermit of Breedon mentioned in the ninth century Life of St. Modwenna of Whitby (5th July). Though the traditional feast date for St. Hardulph is 6th August, he is commemorated on the Calendar of the Moscow Patriarchate on 21st August.

HORMISDAS, successor to St. Symmachus (19th July), St. Hormisdas served as fifty-second Pope of Rome from 20th July, 514 until his repose on 6th August, 523. He spent the majority of his papacy working with Emperor Justin I (r. 518–527), and Patriarch John II Cappadocia of Constantinople to end the Acacian Schism.

JUSTUS and PASTOR, two youths, aged only thirteen and nine, who were scourged and beheaded during the Diocletian Persecution at Alcalá de Henares in Spain circa 304. SS. Justus and Pastor are patron saints of both Alcalá and the Spanish capital of Madrid 35 km/22 mi to the south-west.

STEPHEN of CARDEÑA and COMPANIONS, Martyrs of Cardeña, the abbot of a monastery near Burgos in Spain. St. Stephen, and his community of two hundred monks were martyred, in their monastery, by a horde of Moors circa 872.

SIXTUS II (XYSTUS), (on Eastern Calendars 10th August), the twenty-fourth Pope of Rome. He was arrested in 258 along with his deacons Felicissimus and Agapitus; all of whom were tried and martyred. St. Sixtus’ Archdeacon, St. Laurence of Rome (10th August), was arrested, tried, and martyred four days later.