Jacob's wife. She was one of the most beautiful daughters of Laban.
Celebrate today: Rachel, Rakel, Raquel.
View moreAt Glanfeuil, along the Loire River, in the territory of Anjou, Gaul (now France), saint Mauro, Abbot (s. VI/VII).
Celebrate today: Mauro.
View moreIn Constantinople (Istanbul today in Turkey), saint Juan Calibita, who tells which lived a while in a corner of the House and then in a hut (kalyba), completely given to contemplation, passing unnoticed before his own parents, who at the time of his death only knew him a copy of the Gospel adorned in gold themselves had given him (s. V).
In the region of Rodez, in Gaul (now France), saint Tarsicia, Virgin and martyr (s. VI/VII).
In the city of Anagni, in Lazio (today Italy), saint Secundina, Virgin and martyr (s. inc.).
In the city of Rieti, in the Sabina (today Italy), commemoration of Saint Probus, Bishop, praised by the Pope saint Gregorio I Magno (c. 570).
In the city of Chartres, in Neustria (today France), saint Malardo, Bishop (c. 650).
In the monastery of Cluain believe it, in Hibernia (Ireland today), saint Ita, Virgin and founder of the same monastery.
In the city of Fu'an, in the province of Fujian in China, saint Francisco Fernández de Capillas, priest of the order of preachers and martyr, who first announced the name of Christ in the Philippines and then in Fujian, where, under the persecution of the Tartars, was imprisoned for a long time and finally beheaded.