Celebrate today: Guillaume, Guillem, Guillermo, Wilfer, Wilfredo, Will, William, Williams, Willy.
View moreIn Corinth, in Achaia, saint Heliconides, martyr, who in time of Emperor Gordiano, under the perennial Governor and then under his successor Justin, was tested with many torments, consummating finally beheading martyrdom (s. III).
In Urgell, in Hispania Tarraconensis, saint Justo, Bishop, who exhibited in allegorical form the singing of songs and took part in the Hispanic Councils (s. VI).
In the place of Cho Quan in Conchinchina, saint Pablo Hanh, martyr, who, having forgotten the Christian morality, led a band of thieves, but imprisoned in the time of Emperor Tu Duc, confessed that he was Christian, and not being away from their faith by flatteries, stripes, or by lacerations with tongs, culminated glorious martyrdom with beheading.
In Pisa, Tuscany, saint Ubaldesca, Virgin, who for fifty years, from the sixteen of age until his death, made consistent and perfectly works of mercy in the hospital of his city.