Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast Day of St. Charles Lwanga and his companions, who were martyred by the king for refusing to submit to his sexual demands. Charles, was a convert to Catholicism from paganism.

On June 1st, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Justin Martyr. He was a first-century Christian philosopher and apologist, martyred around 165 AD.

Justin and six other Christians (five men and a woman) were put to death in 165 by beheading after they refused to offer sacrifice to the gods at Rome. His response to the command of Rusticus the Prefect to worship the idols was a simple statement:

"No right minded person forsakes the truth for falsehood."

He is a patron saint of philosophers, lecturers, and apologists and is remembered for his writings defending Christianity against Roman persecution.