Martyrs of Asta
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Three Christians martyred together for their faith during the persecutions of Diocletian. The only details about them to survive are their names - Eutychius, Honorius and Stephen.
Born
Spanish
Died
c.300 at Asta, Andalusia, Spain
Saint Honorius of Ostia
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Martyr.
Died
Ostia, Italy, date unknown
Saint Demetrius of Ostia
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Martyr.
Died
Ostia, Italy, date unknown
Saint Maurus of Verona
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Bishop of Verona, Italy. Late in life he retired to become a hermit.
Died
c.600
Saint Heliodorus of Pamphylia
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Martyred in the persecutions of Aurelian.
Died
c.270 at Pamphylia
Saint Rufus of Rome
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A 1st-century Christian greeted by name by Saint Paul the Apostle in the Epistle to the Romans 16:13.
Died
c.90
Saint Digain
Also known as
Dygain
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Born to the 5th-century nobility, the son of Constantine, a lord in Cornwall, England. The village of Llangernyw, Wales is named after him.
Saint Amelberga of Susteren
Also known as
Amalburga, Amalia, Amalberga
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Benedictine nun. Abbess of Susteren Abbey.
Born
early 9th century
Died
c.900
Saint Hilary of Vulturno
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Benedictine monk. Abbot of San Vincenco, Volturno, Italy for 34 years, resurrecting the monastery as a center for learning and missions.
Born
at Matera, southern Italy
Died
c.1045 of natural causes
Blessed Gelasius O'Cullenan
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20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
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Cistercian priest. Martyr.
Born
Irish
Died
21 November 1580 in Dublin, Ireland
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Blessed Eoin O'Mulkern
Also known as
• John Kieran
• John Mulcheran
Additional Memorial
20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs
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Premonstratensian priest. Martyr.
Born
Irish
Died
21 November 1580 in Dublin, Ireland
Beatified
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Saint Agapius of Caesarea
Also known as
Agapio
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Arrested three times during the persecutions of Diocletian, but released each time. On his fourth arrest he was imprisoned for two years, then offered his freedom if he would renounce Christianity; he declined. Martyr.
Born
Caesarea, Palestine
Died
• c.306
• chained to a convicted murdered and mauled by animals in the public amphitheatre
• still refusing to deny his faith, he was mauled by a bear
• still refusing to deny his faith, he was weighted with stones and drowned
Saint Maurus of Porec
Also known as
Also known as
• Maurus of Istria
• Maurus of Parenzo
• Maur, Mauro, Marino
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Monk for 18 years. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy. Bishop of Porec, Istria. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Died
• beheading c.300 of Porec, Istria
• buried in the cemtery outside the city
• interred in the church of Saint Maur in Proec c.500
• some relics transferred to Rome, Italy in the 7th century by Pope John IV, and now enshrined in the basilica of Saint John Lateran
