ALEXANDER of ADRUMETUM, martyred in North Africa circa 434.

AVITUS II of CLERMONT, Bishop of Clermont in Auvergne from 676 until his repose in 689. St. Avitus was succeeded by his brother St. Bonitus (15th January). It is said St. Avitus built a monastery at the tomb of St. Austremonius (1st November) in Volvic.

EORCENGOTA, a daughter of King Eorcenberht of Kent (r. c. 640–664) and St. Saxburgh (6th July). She received monastic tonsure at the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Faremoutiers where her aunt, St. Æthelburh (7th July), was Abbess. St. Eorcengota reposed in 660.

FELIX of METZ, (Second Century), the third Bishop of Metz, it is believed he served that See for over forty years.

GERMANUS and RANDOALD, St. Germanus was Abbot of Moutier-Grandval Abbey, in Granval (formerly Granfel or Granfelden) in the present-day Swiss Jura. St. Randoald was Prior of the same abbey. Both were martyred in after they interceded with the local Duke on behalf of the area’s peasants.

GUNDEBERT (GUMBERT, GONDELBERT), a Bishop of Sens, who retired from his See and went to the Vosges in Lorraine to live as a hermit. St. Gundebert also founded Senones Abbey, in the present-day village of Senones in Lorraine, France, serving as its first Abbot. St. Gundebert reposed circa 676.

PATERIUS, a monk, disciple, and friend of St. Gregory the Dialogist (3rd September). St. Paterius was, later in life, consecrated Bishop of Brescia in Lombardy. St. Paterius reposed in 606.

PÉPIN of LANDEN, Pépin, Duke of Brabant, was the husband of St. Ida (8th May) and the father of SS. Gertrude of Nivelles (17th March), and Begga (17th December). As one of the most important leaders of his age, St. Pépin played a key role in the foundation of the Carolingian dynasty in France and was a strong defender of Christians against Slavic invaders. St. Pépin reposed circa 646. He was initially buried at Landen, but his relics were later translated to Nivelles and enshrined with those of his wife and daughter St. Gertrude.

SEVERUS and SIXTY-TWO COMPANIONS, (mid-Third Century), a group of martyrs in Syrmium in Pannonia (present-day Hungary). St. Severus’ name is the only one of the group which is still known.

VALERIUS, an Abbot of San Pedro de Montes in Galicia, Spain. He reposed in 695.

VERULUS, SECUNDINUS, SIRICIUS, FELIX, SERVULUS, SATURNINUS, FORTUNATUS, and COMPANIONS, a group of twenty-six martyrs in Hadrumetum in North Africa (present-day Sousse, Tunisia) circa 434. According to the Roman Martyrology, they were martyred during the Vandal persecution, however, there are doubts as to the accuracy of this.

BALDRED (BALTHER), a Scottish bishop thought by many to have been the successor of St. Kentigern Mungo (13th January) at Glasgow, St. Baldred ended his life as an anchorite at Bass Rock on the coast of the Firth of Forth. He reposed circa 756 and his relics were enshrined in Durham with those of St. Bilfrid (vide infra).

BASIL, an early fourth century Bishop of Bologna. Consecrated by Pope St. Sylvester (31st December), St. Basil ruled the See for twenty years.

Cover of the Lindisfarne Gospels.

BILFRID (BILLFRITH), a hermit at Lindisfarne, St. Bilfrid was an expert goldsmith and bound in gold the Lindisfarne Gospels, written, and illuminated by St. Eadfrith (4th June). His repose took place between 740 and 756, though the day is uncertain; 6th March is the anniversary of the translation of his relics, along with those of St. Balther (vide supra), to Durham.

CADROE (CADROEL), the son of a Scottish prince, St. Cadroe studied at Armagh in Ireland. He then went to France, where he received monastic tonsure at the Abbey of St. Benedict on the Loire (abbaye de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire — Fleury Abbey). Soon he was made Abbot of the new Abbey of Waulsort on the River Meuse, present-day Namur Belgium. Finally, St. Cadroe was made Abbot of the Abbey of Saint Clément, in Metz. St. Cadroe reposed in 976.

CHRODEGANG, mayor of the palace of Austrasia Charles Martel's (†741) prime minister, St. Chrodegang was a layman when he was made Bishop of Metz in 732. Maintaining the premiership whilst also Bishop, Chrodegang founded Abbey of St. Gorgonius of Gorze (abbaye Saint-Gorgon de Gorze) in 749, and St. Peter's Abbey on the Moselle, as well as providing significant assistance to Gengenbach (Kloster Gengenbach) and Lorsch (Reichsabtei Lorsch) Abbeys. St. Chrodegang reposed in 766.

CYNEBURH, CYNESWITH, and TIBBA, SS. Cyneburh and Cyneswith were daughters of Penda of Mercia in England, who was notorious for his opposition to Christianity. On the death of her husband, Alchfrith of Northumberland (†c. 665), St. Cyneburh founded a monastery in Castor in Northamptonshire. She was joined by her sister St. Cyneswith, who succeeded her as abbess, and their relative St. Tibba. Circa 680 is given as the year of their repose, and the relics of all three were enshrined in Peterborough Abbey.

FRIDOLIN, an Irishman who became a monk at the Abbey of SS. Peter and Paul of Luxeuil (abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Luxeuil). He spent a great deal of time wandering around present-day France, Germany, and Switzerland, building churches, and evangelising the Alamanni of the Upper Rhine. St. Fridolin later founded Säckingen Abbey (Stift Säckingen) in present-day Bad Säckingen, Baden-Württemberg in Germany. St. Fridolin reposed circa 540.

MARCIAN, after being converted by the Apostle Barnabas (11th June), St. Marcian is said to have been consecrated the first Bishop of Tortona in Piedmont. He was martyred in 120, during the reign of Hadrian (r. 117–138), having served his See for forty-five years. There are those who believe he is the same saint as St. Marcian of Ravenna (22nd May).

PATRICK, little is known of the life of St. Patrick, aside from having served as a Bishop of Malaga, and that he might have fled to Auvergne during a persecution, where it seems he reposed, of natural causes, circa 307.