BENIGNO (BÉNIGNE) of MALCESINE, (Late Eighth, Early Ninth Century), a little known hermit in Malcesine near Verona Italy. His cultus has been limited to the Malcesine area of which he shares the patronage of along with St. Charus (vide infra).

CHARUS (CARO) of MALCESINE, (Late Eighth, Early Ninth Century), St. Charus was a fellow hermit with St. Benigno (vide supra) in Malcesine of which he is co-patron saint along with St. Benigno. Nothing further that is verifiable is known, as their lives have been based exclusively on handed down tradition and pious legend.

GOTHALM, a monk at Melk, on the Danube in Lower Austria about 77 km (48 mi) west of Vienna, of whom little is known. He reposed in 1020 of natural causes, and unspecified miracles are said to have occurred at his tomb.

HYACINTH, (Date unknown), according to the Roman Martyrology, St. Hyacinth was martyred at some point during the reign of Emperor Trajan (r. 98–117). Whilst there is no doubt as to St. Hyacinth’s existence, the pre-eminent hagiographic scholars of the Société des Bollandistes (the Bollandists) have declared his Acts to be entirely unreliable.

PARASCEVA (VENERANDA) of ROME, whilst there are several variations, most of the Orthodox Churches (vide Patriarchate of Moscow, and Orthodox Church in America calendars) commemorate St. Parasceva today (26th July). However, she is more commonly commemorated as St. Veneranda on (14th November) (vide Roman Martyrology, the Monks of Ramsgate’s Book of the Saints, and others). To see her hagiographic entry go to 14th November.

PASTOR of ROME, a priest, and according to some sources the brother of Pope St. Pius I (11th July), who is remembered for his work with SS. Pudens of Rome (19th May), Praxedes of Rome (21st July), and Pudentiana of Rome (19th May) to enlighten pagans in Rome. St. Pastor reposed circa 160.

SIMEON of PADOLIRONE, an Armenian monk who, after living for a while in the Holy Land as a hermit, travelled across Italy, France, and Spain as a pilgrim, and becoming known as a wonderworker. Returning through northern Italy he settled at Padolirone Abbey in Mantua, mid-way between Milan and Padua (north-west Italy). St. Simeon reposed 1016, his tomb was the site of many miracles which led to him being declared a saint not long after his repose.

SYMPHSONIUS the SLAVE, OLYMPIUS the TRIBUNE, EXUPERIA the MARTYR, and THEODULUS the MARTYR, St. Symphronius, the slave of St. Nemesius a Deacon (25th August) along with St. Olympius, his wife St. Exuperia and their son St. Theodulud were all burned to death in 257 for their faith during the Valerian Persecution. Pope St. Stephen (2nd August), who had baptised all, or some of them, in the Catacombs, was martyred shortly afterwards.

VALENS of VERONA, the Bishop of Verona (northern Italy) from 524 until his repose 531. No further information on his life is extant.

CYRIACUS, LARGUS, SMARAGDUS, and COMPANIONS, Martyrs of the Salarian Way, St. Cyriacus, a Deacon, along with SS. Largus, Smaragdus, and more than twenty companions whose names are only known to God, were in 303 added to the list of martyrs in Rome of the Diocletianic Persecution.

ELLIDIUS (ILLOG), (Seventh Century), St. Ellidius appears to be the patron saint of Hirnant, the village church being the Parish of St. Illog, Montgomeryshire, Wales. He is also the patron of a church in the Scilly Islands. The name “St. Helen’s Isle” is an English corruption of the Cornish Enys Elidius.

GEDEON of BESANÇON, nothing is known of his life other than he served as the Bishop of Besançon (eastern France) from 790 until his repose in 796.

LEOBALD (LEODEBOD) of FLEURY, abbot of Abbey of St. Aignan of Orléans (abbaye de Saint-Aignan d'Orléans). St. Leobald left St. Aignan to found the abbey which became the Abbey of St. Benedict on the Loire (abbaye de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire — Fleury Abbey) after his successor St. Mummolus of Fleury (vide infra) translated the relics of SS. Benedict of Nuria (11th July) and Scholastica (10th February). St. Leobald reposed in 650.

MUMMOLUS (MOMMOLUS, MOMMOLENUS) of FLEURY, the second Abbot of the Abbey of St. Benedict on the Loire (abbaye de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire — Fleury Abbey). St. Mummolus served as Abbot for 30 years, during which time he had the relics of SS. Benedict of Nursia (11th July) and Scholastica (10th February) translated from Italy to Fleury. After which, the abbey became known as Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire. Towards the end of his life St. Mummolus made a pilgrimage to the shrine of the Apostle James (St. James the Great) at Santiago de Compostela in north-western Spain. Whilst returning to Fleury circa 678, St. Mummolus stopped at Abbey of Sante Croix de Bordeaux, Aquitaine (present-day France), to recover from his exhaustion, and reposed at the Abbey shortly after his arrival.

RATHARD of DIESSEN (DIEßEN), a nobleman who after being ordained to the priesthood, built a church and the first Abbey of Diessen (Kloster Dießen) in present-day Dießen am Ammersee, Landsberg, Bavaria in Germany. St. Rathard reposed in 815.

SEVERUS of VIENNE, a priest, some say from India, who came to Vienne (south-eastern France) to enlighten the last of the pagans in that region. St. Severus reposed circa 445.

SIGRADA, the Mother of SS. Gerinus (25th August) and Leodegarius of Autun (2nd October), and Grandmother of St. Liutwin of Trier (29th September). Following the repose of her husband, St. Sigrada entered the Abbey of Our Lady of Soissons (L’abbaye Notre-Dame de Soissons) in Neustria (northern France) and received monastic tonsure. She reposed circa 678, shortly after her sons were martyred.

TERNATIUS (TERNISCUS) of BESANÇON, the eleventh, documentable, Bishop of Besançon in present-day eastern France near the Swiss border. St. Ternatius is said to have been an active supporter of monasticism, and charitable works. He reposed in 680.

ULTAN of CRAYKE, (Eighth Century), St. Ultan was an Irish priest at the monastery of St. Peter in Crayke, North Yorkshire, England. He was a highly regarded master of the art of illuminating manuscripts.