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Gwynllyw was a Welsh king, born around the year 450. He was an infamous warlord, more like a robber chief than a king, and demanded the hand of the princess Gwladys in marriage. Her father, King Brychan, refused, so Gwynllyw took Gwladys away by force, though it seems to have been more of an elopement than a kidnapping. According to some sources, a subsequent battle between the two kings was halted by the intervention of King Arthur himself. In any case, an agreement was reached and Gwynllyw and Gwladys were wed. For some time the king kept up his warlord ways, but several of his children turned to Christianity, including his son St. Cadoc the Wise. Finally Gwynllyw himself converted, thanks to the efforts of Cadoc and his siblings, and founded a church that would one day become a great Welsh cathedral, renamed in his honor. King Gwynllyw and his beloved wife Queen Gwladys soon gave up their earthly crowns to pursue eremitical lives, eventually separating in order to fully embrace celibacy. Gwynllyw died around the year of Our Lord 500. He, Gwladys, and at least four of their children, including Cadoc, are all venerated as saints.
IN Persia, the holy martyrs Jonas and Barachisius, under Sapor, king of Persia. Jonas, being pressed in a vice till his bones were broken, was cut in twain; Barachisius was suffocated by burning pitch poured into his throat.
At Heliopolis, near Mount Lebanon, under Julian the Apostate, St. Cyril, deacon and martyr, whose body was opened and his liver plucked out by the Gentiles, who devoured it like wild beasts.
At Nicomedia, the martyrdom of the holy martyrs Pastor, Victorinus and their companions.
In Africa, under the Arian king Genseric, during the persecution of the Vandals, the holy confessors Armogastes, count, Mascula, Archimimus, and Saturus, master of the king’s household. Having endured many severe torments, as well as reproaches, for the confession of the truth, they reached the end of their glorious combats.
At Asti, St. Secundus, martyr.
In the monastery of Luxeuil, the decease of the abbot St. Eustasius, a disciple of St. Columban, who had under his guidance nearly six hundred monks. Eminent in sanctity, he was also renowned for miracles.
℣. And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
℟. Thanks be to God.