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Saints and Blesseds

Saint Aphian

Born:	287?
Died:	306 🩸 (Caesarea in Palæstina, Palestine † 19)

Layperson. Brother of Saint Aedesius of Alexandria. Martyr.

Saint Aphrahat

Born:	280?
Died:	345? (Antioch, Turkiye † 65)

Anchorite.

Saint Aphthonius

Died:

330 🩸 (Persia, Iraq)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Acindynus, Saint Pegasius, Saint Elpidephorus and Saint Anempodistus. Martyr.

Saint Apodemo de Zaragoza

Died:

304 🩸 (Zaragoza, Spain)

Layperson. Martyr.

Blessed Apolinar Franco García, O.F.M. Obs.
アポリナール･フランコ (日本語)

Born:	1575 (Aguilar del Campo, Palencia, Spain)
Died:	1622.09.12 🩸 (Ōmura, 長崎県, 九州, Japan † 46)
Beatified:	1867.07.07

Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor. Martyr.

Blessed Apollinaire de Pozat, O.F.M. Cap.
Jean-Jacques Morel (secular name)

Born:	1739.06.12 (Prez-vers-Noréaz, Fribourg, Switzerland)
Died:	1792.09.02 🩸 (Paris, France † 53)
Beatified:	1926.10.17

Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans). Martyr.

Saint Apollinaire de Valence

Bishop of Valence (France) (495? – 520?)

Bishop. Brother of Saint Avit de Vienne.

Blessed Apollonia
アポロニア (日本語)

Born:	(Hirado, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Died:	1622.09.10 🩸 (Nishizaka, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:	1867.07.07

Layperson of Nagasaki. Married. Member of Confraternity of the Rosary. Martyr.

Saint Apollonia of Alexandria

Died:

259 🩸 (Alexandria, Egypt)

Layperson. Martyr.

Saint Apollonio di Roma

Died:

185.04.21 🩸 (Roma, Italy)

Layperson. Apologist, philospher. Martyr.

Saint Apollonius

Died:

305 🩸 (Antinoöpolis, Egypt)

Layperson. Musician. Companion of Saint Philemon. Martyr.

Saint Apollonius

Died:

303? 🩸 (Alexandria, Egypt)

Priest. Martyr.

Saint Apollonius

Died:

III century 🩸 (Egypt)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Marcian and Saint Nicanor. Martyr.

Saint Apollonius of Sardis

Born:	(Sardis in Lydia, Turkiye)
Died:	250 🩸 (Iconium, Turkiye)

Layperson. Martyr.

Blessed Apolonia del Santísimo Sacramento, C.C.V.
Apolonia Lizárraga y Ochoa de Zabalegui (secular name)

Born:	1867.04.18 (Lezáun, Pamplona, Spain)
Died:	1936.09.08 🩸 (Barcelona, Spain † 69)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Religious of Carmelite Sisters of Charity Vedruna. Martyr.

Saint Apphia

Died:

I century (Colossae, Turkiye)

Layperson. Wife of Saint Philemon of Colossae.

Saint Apphia of Colossae

Died:

68 (Colossae, Turkiye)

Layperson. Wife of Saint Philemon of Colossae.

Saint Appiano di Comacchio

Died:

VIII century (Comacchio, Italy)

Hermit.

Saint Aprus de Sens

Born:	(France)
Died:	650?
Canonised:	1903.12.09 (equipollently)

Priest. Hermit.

Saint Apuleio

Died:

I century 🩸 (Roma, Italy)

Layperson. Disciple of Simon Magus. Companion of Saint Marcello. Martyr.

Saint Aquila

Died:

I century (Israel)

Layperson. Husband of Saint Priscilla. Tentmaker with Saint Paul of Tarsus. One of the Seventy Disciples.

Saint Aquila

Died:

III century 🩸 (Caesarea of Mauritania, Algeria)

Layperson. Wife of Saint Severian. Martyr.

Saint Aquila

Died:

361 🩸 (Palestine)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Domitius, Saint Pelagia, Saint Eparchius and Saint Theodosia. Martyr.

Blessed Aquilino, F.M.S.
Baldomero Baró Riera (secular name)

Born:	1903.09.29 (Tiurana, Lleida, Spain)
Died:	1936.09.03 🩸 (Les Avellanes, Balaguer, Lleida, Spain † 32)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Marist Brothers. Martyr.

Blessed Aquilino Javier, F.S.C.
Celestino Ruiz Alegre (secular name)

Born:	1902.04.06 (Mazueco de Lara, Burgos, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.28 🩸 (Griñon, Madrid, Spain † 34)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers). Martyr.

Blessed Aquilino Pastor Cambeos

Born:	1911.01.04 (Zarza de Granadilla, Cáceres, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1935.08.25
Died:	1936.08.28 🩸 (Ubeda, Jaén, Spain † 25)
Beatified:	2021.10.30 (Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain)

Priest of Diocesan Labourer Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Martyr.

Blessed Aquilino Rivera Tamargo

Born:	1907.01.04 (Peal de Becerro, Jaén, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1933.04.15
Died:	1936.11.22 🩸 (Almería, Spain † 29)
Beatified:	2017.03.25 (Almería, Spain)

Priest of Guadix. Martyr.

Saint Arcadius

Died:

VI century (Jerusalem, Israel)

Religious. Monk. Son of Saint Xenophon and Saint Mary.

Saint Arcadius

Born:	(Spain)
Died:	437 🩸 (Africa, Tunisia)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Paschasius, Saint Probus and Saint Eutychius. Martyr.

Saint Arcadius of Mauretania

Died:

302? 🩸 (Caesarea di Mauritania, Algeria)

Layperson. Martyr.

Blessed Arcángel de Valdavida, O.F.M. Cap.
Ángel de la Red Pérez (secular name)

Born:	1882.02.26 (Valdavida, León, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.14 🩸 (Jove, Asturias, Spain † 54)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans). Martyr.

Blessed Arcangela, O. Carm.
Eleanora Girlani (secular name)

Born:	1460 (Trino, Italy)
Died:	1494.01.25 (Mantova, Italy † 33)
Beatified:	1864.10.01 (equipollently)

Religious of Carmelite Sisters.

Blessed Arcangelo Canetoli, C.R.S.M.R.

Born:	1460 (Bologna, Italy)
Died:	1513.04.16 (Gubbio, Italy † 52)
Beatified:	1748.10.02 (equipollently)

Priest of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour at Bologna.

Blessed Arcangelo Placenza da Calatafimi, O.F.M.

Born:	1390 (Calatafimi, Italy)
Died:	1460.07.24 (Alcamo, Italy † 69)
Beatified:	1836.09.09 (equipollently)

Priest of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans).

Saint Arcangelo Tadini

Born:	1846.12.12 (Verolanuova, Brescia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1870
Died:	1912.05.20 (Botticino Sera, Brescia, Italy † 65)
Beatified:	1999.10.03
Canonised:	2009.04.26

Priest of Brescia. Founder of Congregation of the Worker Sisters of the Holy House of Nazareth.

Saint Archelao di Ostia

Died:

235 🩸 (Ostia, Italy)

Deacon. Companion of Saint Ciriaco di Ostia and Saint Massimo di Ostia. Martyr.

Saint Archelaus of Nicomedia

Died:

III century? 🩸 (Nicomedia in Bithynia, Turkiye)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Photius of Nicomedia and Saint Quirinus of Nicomedia. Martyr.

Saint Archinimus

Died:

462? 🩸 (Carthage, Tunisia)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Armogastes and Saint Saturus. Martyr.

Saint Archippus of Colossae

Born:	(Colossae, Turkiye)
Died:	I century 🩸

Bishop of Laodicea (? – I century)

Bishop. Disciple of Saint Paul of Tarsus (Philemon 1:2, Colossians 4:17). Martyr.

Saint Ardaing de Tournus

Died:

1056 (Tournus, France)

Abbot. Abbot of Saint-Philibert de Tournus.

Saint Ardo Smaragdus

Died:

843.03 (Aniane, France)

Priest. Monk of Aniane. Hagiographer. Disciple of Saint Benedikt von Aniane.

Saint Ardon d’Aniane, O.S.B.

Died:

843 (Aniane, France)

Priest of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines). Monk of Aniane abbey.

Saint Arduino di Ceprano

Born:	(Silian, England)
Died:	627.07.28 (Ceprano, Italy)

Priest.

Saint Ares

Born:	(Egypt)
Died:	308 🩸 (Ashkelon, Israel)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Probus and Saint Elias. Martyr.

Saint Arethas

Died:

523 🩸 (Najran, Saudi Arabia)

Layperson. Martyr.

Saint Arey de Gap

Born:	535? (Chalon-sur-Saône, France)
Died:	604.05.01 (Gap, France † 68)
Canonised:	1903.12.09 (equipollently)

Bishop of Gap (France) (579? – 604.05.01)

Bishop.

Saint Argeo

Died:

IV century 🩸 (Cori, Italy)

Layperson. Brother of Saint Narciso and Saint Marcellino. Martyr.

Saint Argimiro de Córdoba

Died:

856.06.28 🩸 (Córdoba, Spain)

Layperson. Martyr.

Saint Ariadne of Prymnessus
Arianna di Primnesso (Italiano)

Born:	(Phrygia, Turkiye)
Died:	II century 🩸 (Phrygia, Turkiye)

Layperson. Martyr.

Saint Arialdo di Milano

Born:	1010? (Cucciago, Italy)
Died:	1066.06.27 🩸 (Isolino Partegora, Italy † 55)
Canonised:	1904.07.13 (equipollently)

Deacon. Martyr.

Saint Aristarchus of Thessalonica

Born:	(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Died:	I century (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Bishop. Disciple of Saint Paul of Tarsus on journey to Rome.

Saint Aristeo di Capua

Died:

🩸

Bishop of Capua (Italy) (300 – 303)

Bishop. Companion of Saint Antonino. Martyr.

Blessed Arístides Marcos, F.S.C.
Pedro José Cano Cebrían (secular name)

Born:	1906.06.01 (Villalba de los Morales, Teruel, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.12 🩸 (Benicarló, Castellón, Spain † 30)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers). Martyr.

Saint Aristides of Athens

Died:

134? 🩸 (Athens, Greece)

Layperson. Author of the Apology of Aristides. Martyr.

Saint Aristo of Alexandria

Died:

III century? 🩸 (Alexandria, Egypt)

Priest. Martyr.

Saint Aristo of Carthage

Died:

250 🩸 (Carthage, Tunisia)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Mappalicus of Carthage, Saint Bassus of Carthage, Saint Fortunius of Carthage, Saint Paul of Carthage, Saint Fortunata of Carthage, Saint Victorinus of Carthage, Saint Victor of Carthage, Saint Eremius of Carthage, Saint Credula of Carthage, Saint Ereda of Carthage, Saint Donatus of Carthage, Saint Fermus of Carthage, Saint Venustus of Carthage, Saint Frutus of Carthage, Saint Julia of Carthage and Saint Martial of Carthage. Martyr.

Saint Aristone

Died:

IV century? 🩸 (Fiumicino, Italy)

Layperson. Martyr.

Blessed Armand-Anne-Auguste-Antonin-Sicaire Chapt de Rastignac

Born:	1727.10.01 (Corgnac, Dordogne, France)
Died:	1792.09.02 🩸 (Abbey of St-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, France † 64)
Beatified:	1926.10.17

Priest of Orléans. Martyr.

Blessed Armand de Foucauld de Pontbriand

Born:	1751.11.24 (Celles, Dordogne, France)
Died:	1792.09.02 🩸 (Paris, France † 40)
Beatified:	1926.10.17

Priest of Arles. Martyr.

Saint Armel des Boschaux

Born:	482 (Glamorgan, Wales)
Died:	552 (Les Boschaux, France † 70)

Hermit.

Blessed Armida Barelli, O.F.S.

Born:	1882.12.01 (Milano, Italy)
Died:	1952.08.15 (Marzio, Italy † 69)
Beatified:	2022.04.30 (Milano, Milano, Italy)

Layperson.

Saint Armogastes

Died:

462? 🩸 (Carthage, Tunisia)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Archinimus and Saint Saturus. Martyr.

Saint Arnold Janssen, S.V.D.

Born:	1837.11.05 (Goch, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1861.08.15
Died:	1909.01.15 (Steyl, Netherlands † 71)
Beatified:	1975.10.19
Canonised:	2003.10.05

Founder of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites) (1875.09.08)

Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites) (1875.09.08 – 1909)

Founder of Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit (1889)

Founder of Sister Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration (1896)

Priest of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites). Founder of Congregation of the Missionary Sisters. Founder of Servants of the Holy Spirit. Founder of Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration.

Blessed Arnoldo Cirilo, F.S.C.
Joan Font Taulat (secular name)

Born:	1890.07.01 (Viladamat, Girona, Spain)
Died:	1937.01.23 🩸 (Lleida, Spain † 46)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers). Martyr.

Blessed Arnoldo Julián, F.S.C.
Jesús Juan Otero (secular name)

Born:	1902.06.06 (Abastas, Palencia, Spain)
Died:	1936.07.25 🩸 (Montcada, Barcelona, Spain † 34)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers). Martyr.

Saint Arnould de Palmèle

Born:	1040 (Tiegem, Belgium)
Died:	1087.08.15 (Oudenburg, Belgium † 46)
Canonised:	1120.01.06

Bishop of Soissons (France) (1081 – 1082)

Bishop. Founder of Abbey of St. Peter in Oudenburg.

Blessed Arnould, F.S.C.
Julian-Nicolas Rèche (secular name)

Born:	1838.09.02 (Landroff, Moselle, France)
Died:	1890.10.23 (Rheims, France † 52)
Beatified:	1987.11.01

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers).

Saint Arsacius

Died:

358? (Nicomedia, Turkiye)

Hermit.

Saint Arsenio di Reggio Calabria

Born:	810 (Reggio Calabria, Italy)
Died:	904.05.12 (Armo, Italy † 93)

Hermit. Basilian monk.

Blessed Arsenio, O.H.
Benito José Labre Mañoso González (secular name)

Born:	1879.07.19 (Lomoviejo, Valladolid, Spain)
Died:	1936.07.30 🩸 (Calafell, Tarragona, Spain † 57)
Beatified:	1992.10.25

Religious of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Martyr.

Blessed Arsenio Maria da Trigolo, O.F.M. Cap.
Giuseppe Antonio Migliavacca (secular name)

Born:	1849.06.13 (Trigolo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1874.03.21
Died:	1909.12.10 (Bergamo, Italy † 60)
Beatified:	2017.10.07 (Milano, Milano, Italy)

Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans).

Saint Arsenius

Died:

250 🩸 (Alexandria, Egypt)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Heron, Saint Isidore and Saint Dioscorus. Martyr.

Saint Arsenius of Scetis

Born:	350? (Roma, Italy)
Died:	445 (Troe, Egypt † 95)

Deacon. Anchorite.

Saint Artelaide di Benevento

Born:	544 (Costantinopole, Turkiye)
Died:	567.03.03 (Benevento, Italy † 22)

Layperson.

Saint Artema di Pozzuoli

Born:	(Pozzuoli, Italy)
Died:	III century 🩸 (Pozzuoli, Italy)

Layperson. Martyr.

Saint Artémides Zatti, S.D.B.

Born:	1880.10.12 (Boretto, Italy)
Died:	1951.03.15 (Videma, Río Negro, Argentina † 70)
Beatified:	2002.04.14
Canonised:	2022.10.09

Religious of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians). Pharmacist.

Saint Artemio

Died:

302 🩸 (Roma, Italy)

Layperson. Roman jailer. Husband of Saint Candida. Father of Saint Paulina. Martyr.

Saint Arthaud de Belley, O. Cart.

Born:	1101
Died:	1206 (Lochieu, France † 105)
Canonised:	1834.06.02 (equipollently)

Bishop of Belley (France) (1188 – 1190)

Bishop and religious of Carthusian Order (Carthusians).

Blessed Arturo Donoso Murillo, O.H.

Born:	1917.03.13 (Puebla de Alcocer, Badajoz, Spain)
Died:	1936.11.30 🩸 (Paracuellos de Jarama, Madrid, Spain † 19)
Beatified:	1992.10.25

Religious of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Martyr.

Blessed Arturo Franco Castro

Born:	1878.12.16 (Córdoba, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1903.06.06
Died:	1936.07.23 🩸 (Fernán-Núñez, Córdoba, Spain † 57)
Beatified:	2021.10.16 (Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain)

Priest of Córdoba. Martyr.

Blessed Arturo García de la Fuente, O.E.S.A.

Born:	1902.06.19 (Madrid, Spain)
Died:	1936.11.30 🩸 (Paracuellos de Jarama, Madrid, Spain † 34)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Priest of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine (Augustinian Hermits). Martyr.

Blessed Arturo, F.S.C.
Joaquim Oliveras Puljarás (secular name)

Born:	1875.02.15 (San Feliu de Pallarols, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.28 🩸 (Griñon, Madrid, Spain † 61)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers). Martyr.

Blessed Arturo Ros Montalt

Born:	1901.10.26 (Vinalesa, Valencia, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.28 🩸 (Moncada, Valencia, Spain † 34)
Beatified:	2001.03.11

Layperson of Valencia. Married. Martyr.

Blessed Arturo Tamarit Pinyol, C.M.F.

Born:	1913.08.02 (Solerás, Lleida, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1936.04.19
Died:	1936.07.25 🩸 (Lleida, Spain † 22)
Beatified:	2017.10.21 (Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)

Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians). Martyr.

Blessed Ascensión de San José de Calasanz, C.C.V
Ascensión Lloret Marco (secular name)

Born:	1879.05.21 (Gandía, Valencia, Spain)
Died:	1936.09.07 🩸 (Gandía, Valencia, Spain † 57)
Beatified:	2001.03.11

Religious of Carmelite Sisters of Charity Vedruna. Martyr.

Blessed Ascensión de San José, O.P.
Isabel Sánchez Romero (secular name)

Born:	1861.05.09 (Huéscar, Granada, Andalucía, Spain)
Died:	1937.02.15 🩸 (Huéscar, Granada, Andalucía, Spain † 75)
Beatified:	2022.06.18 (Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain)

Religious of Order of Preachers (Dominican Nuns). Martyr.

Saint Ascla of Antinoe

Died:

IV century 🩸 (Egypt)

Layperson. Martyr.

Saint Asella di Roma

Born:	334 (Roma, Italy)
Died:	406? († 72)

Layperson.

Blessed Asensio de la Viuda Solla, O.P.

Born:	1880.06.19 (Valdespino Vaca, León, Castilla y Leon, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.14 🩸 (El Picado, Almagro, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain † 56)
Beatified:	2022.06.18 (Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain)

Religious of Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Martyr.

Saint Asicus of Elphin

Died:	490? (Racoon, Ireland)
Canonised:	1902.06.19 (equipollently)

Bishop-Abbot nullius of Elphin (Ireland) (450? – 490?)

Bishop. Disciple of Saint Patrick.

Blessed Assunta Marchetti, M.S.C.S.

Born:	1871.03.26 (Lombrici di Camaiore, Italy)
Died:	1948.07.01 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil † 77)
Beatified:	2014.10.25 (São Paulo, Brazil)

Religious and founder of Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo.

Saint Asterio di Ostia

Died:

IV century? 🩸 (Ostia, Italy)

Priest. Martyr.

Saint Asterius

Died:

270? 🩸 (Cæsarea, Israel)

Layperson. Roman senator. Martyr.

Saint Asterius

Died:

303 🩸 (Cilicia, Turkiye)

Layperson. Brother of Saint Claudius and Saint Neon. Martyr.

Saint Asterius of Ayaș

Died:

III century 🩸 (Ayaș, Turkiye)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Thalalæus of Ayaș and Saint Alexander of Ayaș. Martyr.

Saint Asterius of Edessa

Born:	(Iraq)
Died:	284 🩸 (Iraq)

Layperson. Martyr.

Saint Asyncritus

Died:

I century (Roma, Italy)

Layperson. Disciple of Saint Paul of Tarsus (Romans 16:14).