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St. Margaret Clitherow was born in England in 1555. After becoming a Catholic, she began to help fugitive priests. She was condemned for this and was killed in 1586.

St. Dismas, known as the penitent thief, was one of the two thieves crucified with Jesus. St. Dismas rebuked the other thief being crucified who taunted Jesus, and he asked Jesus for his blessing. He is patron saint of prisoners on death row and reformed thieves.

St. Nicholas von Flue was born in Switzerland in 1417. He was a married father of ten before becoming a hermit in 1467 with his family’s approval. It is said he lived on the Eucharist alone. St. Nicholas von Flue settled a dispute that threatened to cause a civil war in Switzerland in 1481, and he died six years later in 1487. St. Nicholas von Flue is patron saint of Switzerland and separated spouses.

St. Cyril of Jerusalem was born around the year 315. After he became a priest, St. Cyril was put in charge of the catechumens, and his instructions are still in existence. He eventually became bishop of Jerusalem and helped his people survive during a famine by selling church goods. The Arians, those who did not believe Jesus was divine, had some power in the area and banished St. Cyril multiple times. Years later, the Council at Constantinople in 381 cleared St. Cyril’s name, saw the acceptance of the Nicene Creed, and saw the condemnation of Arians. St. Cyril died in 386. He is a father of the church and a doctor of the church.

St. Hilary was a bishop in Aquileia, Italy, in the third century. St. Tatian was a deacon in the same city. The two saints were martyred around 284 during the persecutions of Numerian. They were both beheaded.

St. Simplicius became pope in 468 at the end of the Roman Empire. He helped organize the administration of the sacraments in order to focus on the sacraments. He also built four churches in Rome. St. Simplicius defended the church and the authority of the Holy See during a heresy in the Eastern Empire. He died in 483.

St. Rose of Viterbo was born in Italy in 1234. When she was just 3 years old, she is said to have brought a person back from death. She began preaching when she was only 10 years old. She tried to join the Poor Clares many times, but they refused her. She died in 1252 and was canonized in 1457. She is patron saint of people rejected by religious orders.

St. Lucius I became the 22nd pope in 253. He forbade men and women who were not blood relatives to live together. He also condemned the Novatians for refusing sacraments to the fallen but penitent. He died in 254. St. Lucius I is the patron saint of Copenhagen, Denmark.

St. Felix III was born in Rome and became the 48th pope in March of 483. He may be an ancestor of St. Gregory the Great. While he was pope, the church faced many divisions due in part to actions of Emperor Zeno. St. Felix helped make way for the reunion of the church, which happened circa 518 after he had died in 492.

St. Faustinian, the second bishop of Bologna, Italy, lived in the 300s. St. Faustinian helped strengthen the church during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian.