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Martyr of Amastria, Paphlagonia. He was put to death for cutting down a tree consecrated to a pagan deity.

Queen of Poland and model of faith. She was the daughter of King Louis I of Hungray, ascending the throne at age thirteen. She married Jagiello of Lithuania only after he became a chirstan, and then actively promoted Christianity in Lithuania.

Blessed Bartholomew of Braga, later known as Bartolomeus a Martyribus (Bartolomeu dos Mártires in Portuguese), out of veneration for the church in which he was baptized, was a Portuguese Dominican theologian and Archbishop of Braga.

Martyr on the island of Jersey, Britain. Also called Helerous, he was murdered by pagans he was evangelizing. He was born in Tongres, Belgium, and raised by a priest; later, he spent time with St. Marculf at Nanteuil.

Are inaccessible monday afternoon. >> we have swift water teams in that area trying to gain access to continue doing welfare checks. >> reporter: at least 50 people were rescued as roads are washed out and rivers continue to rise. neighboring massachusetts sending their emergency task force members to help out. >> it's going on for days. and that's my concern. >> reporter: this is the kind of rain we get with a tropical storm that stalls over the northeast like agnes that just went through corning and new york in the 1972 range, not something that we see on a daily basis for a summer type stor...