Aquila and Prisca; Procopius, martyr; Kilian and Companions, martyrs; Withburga, virgin; Adrian III, pope; Grimbald; Sunniva and Companions; Raymund of Toulouse
Aquila (1st century A.D.) was a Jewish tentmaker. He and his wife Prisca left Rome when the Roman Emperor forbade Jews to live in Rome. Aquila and Prisca went to Corinth where they met St. Paul. Converted to the faith by St. Paul, they accompanied Paul in his mission to Ephesus. They eventually returned to Rome and made their house a church for the Christian community. Both Aquila and Prisca suffered martyrdom either in Asia Minor (according to the Roman Martyrology) or in Rome.
Procopius (d. 303 A.D.) was born at Jerusalem and became a lector, translator and exorcist when he moved to Bethsan. During the persecution of Christians under Diocletian, when he refused to sacrifice to the gods, he was beheaded. Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea called him "the Great" in the story written of him in his martyrdom.
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