July 6
Jan Hus (1369-1415) priest
The Catholic priest Jan Hus, condemned as a heretic after a long battle with Church authorities in his country, and then with the Holy See, was burned at the stake in 1415.
July 7
Athenagoras I (1886-1972) pastor and ecumenical witness
Athenagoras, archbishop of the church of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch, died in Istanbul in 1972. The historic meetings between Athenagoras and Pope Paul VI
July 8
Mael-Ruain (d. 792) monk
Mael-Ruain, an abbot of the Irish monastery of Tallaght, died on July 7, 792. He had been at the helm of a monastic reform that strongly influenced the Irish Church in the following centuries.
July 9
The 32,000 Chinese martyrs of Taiyuan (d. 1900)
In the year 1900, China became the scene of one of the worst xenophobic repressions in history.
July 10
Cyril of Alexandria (ca. 378-444) Church father and pastor
Today the Western churches commemorate Cyril, a patriarch of Alexandria and father of the Church.