Saints
- Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy, and their companions, at Corfu - :
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- Martyrs Saturninus, Jakischolus (Inischolus), Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, Mammius - the holy seven former theives;
- Virgin Martyr Cercyra;
- Martyr Zenon, by fire
- Martyr Neon, by fire
- Martyrs Vitalius and his wife Valeria (62)
- Christodolus the Ethiopian
- Martyrs Diodorus and Rhodoplanus, deacons at Aphrodisia in Anatolia (285-305)
- Saint Atticus and Cyntianus (Cyntion), martyrs
- St. John Tolaius, patriarch of Alexandria (482)
- Saint Nicetas, abbot of Synnada (9th c.)
- Saint Nicephorus of Sebaze (9th c.)
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