Saints of the day june 20

Blessed Thomas Whitbread and companions (s. XVII)
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Saint Novato anacoreta
Saint Metodio of Olimpo (s. III)

Commemoration of St. Methodius, Bishop of Olympus and martyr, who wrote several books in style concise and elegant, and at the end of the persecution under Diocletian was crowned by the martyrdom (c. 312).

Blessed Dermot O’Hurley (s. XVI)
Saint Gobano of Irlanda (s. VII)

In the region of Laon, in Neustria, saint Gobano, priest, who, born in Hibernia (Ireland today), was a disciple in saint Fusco England, through love of Christ then to Gaul, where took eremitical life in forests (c. 670).

Saint Juan of Matera (s. XII)

In the monastery of Saint Jacobo de Foggia, Puglia, saint Juan de Matera, Abbot, distinguished by its austerity and his preaching to the people who instituted the congregation from Pulsainto in the Gargano region, observing the rule of Saint Benedict.

Blessed Margaret Ball (s. XVI)
Blessed Margaret Ebner (s. XIV)
Blessed Francisco Pacheco and eight companions (s. XVII)