September 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Pre-Schism Western saints
Pre\-Schism Western saints
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* [Martyrs Nemesian, Felix, Lucius, another Felix, Litteus, Polyanus, Victor, Jader, Dativus and Companions](/wiki/Martyrs_of_Sigum "Martyrs of Sigum") (257\)
* Saint Agapius (*Agapitus*), [Bishop of Novara](/wiki/Bishop_of_Novara "Bishop of Novara") (447\)
* Saint [Veranus of Vence](/wiki/Veranus_of_Vence "Veranus of Vence"), son of St Eucherius of Lyons, he became a monk at Lérins, then later [Bishop of Vence](/wiki/Bishop_of_Vence "Bishop of Vence") in the south of France (c. 480\)
* Saint [Finnian of Movilla](/wiki/Finnian_of_Movilla "Finnian of Movilla") (*Findbarr, Winnin*), Abbot, in Ulster (579\)[September 23 / September 10](http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?today=23&month=9). HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
* Saint [Salvius](/wiki/Salvius_of_Albi "Salvius of Albi"), [Bishop of Albi](/wiki/Bishop_of_Albi "Bishop of Albi") in Gaul, Confessor (584\)
* Saint Candida the Younger, a married woman in Naples who hallowed herself as a wife and as a mother (586\)
* Saint [Theodard of Maastricht](/wiki/Theodard_of_Maastricht "Theodard of Maastricht") (c. 670\)
* Saint Autbert, [Bishop of Avranches](/wiki/Bishop_of_Avranches "Bishop of Avranches"), founder of the Monastery of Mont\-St\-Michel on the Normandy coast (c. 709\)
* Saint [Frithestan](/wiki/Frithestan "Frithestan"), a disciple of St Grimbald, he was consecrated [Bishop of Winchester](/wiki/Bishop_of_Winchester "Bishop of Winchester") in England by St [Plegmund](/wiki/Plegmund "Plegmund") (933\)
* Saint Peter Martinez (*Peter of Mozonzo*), a monk at the monastery of St Mary of Mozonzo, later Abbot of [St Martin in Compostella](/wiki/Monastery_of_San_Marti%C3%B1o_Pinario "Monastery of San Martiño Pinario"), and finally (c 986\) Archbishop (c. 1000\)

Why are martyrs important to Christian history?