St. Flannan of Killaloe was a bishop of Ireland. Tradition says that he was a disciple of Molua - founder of the Killaloe monastery. Flannan made a pilgrimage to Rome where he was consecrated bishop by Pope John IV. He became abbot-bishop of Killaloe when he returned home from his pilgrimage in Rome. Flannan became an itinerant-preacher. The Cathedral at Killaloe housed his relics. The remote Flannan Islands off the coast of Scotland are named after him (died ca. 7th century A.D.).
Sts. Rufus and Zosimus were citizens of Antioch. They were brought to Rome with St. Ignatius of Antioch during the reign of Emperor Trajan - a reign that persecuted many Christians. Rufus and Zosimus were condemned to death and thrown to the wild beasts in the arena two days before the martyrdom of St. Ignatius of Antioch (died ca. 107 A.D.).
St. Gatian was one of the six missionary bishops who accompanied St. Denis to Gaul. He preached in the area around Tours for 50 years and is considered the first bishop of that city. Nothing else is known about this Saint, except that he was one of the instruments by which the Christian faith was planted in what is now present-day France (died ca. 301 A.D.).
St. Winebald went to Rome where he studied for seven years. After a brief journey back to his native England, he returned to Rome to devote himself to a religious life. In 793 A.D., he went as a missionary with St. Boniface to Germany and worked in Thuringia, where he was ordained. His brother St. Willibald became bishop of Eichstätt. Also, together with his sister St. Walburga, they founded a double monastery at Heidenheim - a monastery which developed into a leading spiritual and educational center (died ca. 761 A.D.).
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