Saint of the day June 21
St. John Rigby, 1600 A.D. Martyr of England, a layman executed at Southwark. He was born near Wigan, England, and was reconciled to the Church. Admitting that he was a Catholic, he was arrested and placed in Newgate Prison. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Southwark on June 21. John is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales and was canonized in 1970 by Pope Paul VI.
St. Corbmac, 6th century. An abbot and disciple of St. Columba, who made him the superior of Durrow Monastery.
St. Maine. Founder of Saint-Meon in Brittany, France. He was a disciple of St. Samson. Maine, who also is listed as Meen, Mevenus, Mavenus, or Mewan, was either Welsh or Cornish.
St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest. He served in a hospital during the plague of 1587 in Milan, and died from it at the age of 23. Feastday: June 21
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