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At Nicomedia in Bithynia, Saints Lucian and Marcian, martyrs, who under the emperor Decius, by order of the proconsul Sabinus, are said to have been put to death by fire.

Died c. 250 · 3 century

At Carthage, the commemoration of Saint Rogatian, priest, to whom, during the persecution of the emperor Decius, Saint Cyprian entrusted the governance of the Church of Carthage, and who, together with Saint Felicissimus, endured hardships and imprisonment for the name of Christ.

Died c. 250 · 3 century

At Strasbourg in Germany, Saint Amandus, who is believed to have been the first bishop of that city.

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At Narbonne on the coast of Gaul, Saint Rusticus, bishop, who, when he had thought to lay down his office and pass his life in silence, was led by Saint Leo the Great, pope, to a blessed perseverance, and thus restored, remained in the work entrusted to him and in the labor he had undertaken.

Died c. 461 · 5 century

At Angoulême in Aquitaine, the commemoration of Saint Aptonius, bishop.

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At Lastingham in Northumbria, Saint Cedd, who, the brother of Saint Chad, was ordained bishop of the East Saxons by Saint Finan and took care to lay the foundations of the Church among them.Likewise at Hexham in Northumbria, Saint Eata, bishop, who, a most gentle and most simple man, governed many monasteries as well as churches, until, having returned to Hexham as abbot and bishop together, he never ceased from his ascetic manner of life.

Died 664 · 7 century · Optional memorial

At Hexham, likewise in Northumbria, Saint Eata, bishop, a most gentle and simple man, who governed many monasteries as well as churches, until, having returned to Hexham as both abbot and bishop, he never ceased from the ascetic way of life.

At Metz in Austrasia, Saint Sigebald, bishop, founder of several monasteries.

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