About Special Saints' Days

Saints' Days

ADRIAN. September 8. As also of his wife, Natalia. Anniversary of translation of his relics to Rome; anciently his festival on day of his martyrdom, March 4, 306. Patron of soldiers in Flanders, Germany, and northern France; also against the plague. Relics in Abbey of St. Adrian, Gearsburg, Belgium; and elsewhere.

AFRA. August 5. Especially celebrated in Augsburg, of which city (her native one) she is patroness. Martyred Aug. 7,304.

AGATHA. February 5. Patroness of Malta, and Catania, Sicily. Died February 5,251.

AGNES. January 21. Supposed anniversary of martyrdom in 304.

ALBAN. June 22. First English saint and martyr, died June 22, 303. Present town of St. Albans upon site of martyrdom.

AMABLE. June 11. Patron of Riom, France. Died 475.

AMBROSE. December 7. Patron of Milan. Died April 4, 397. Founder of church, now Sant' Ambrogio basilica Maggiore, Milan, in 387. One of four Latin Fathers.

ANDREW. November 30. Apostle, patron of Scotland and Russia.

ANNE. July 26. Supposed anniversary of her death. Mother of the Virgin Mary. Patroness of Canada.

ANSELM. April 21. Archbishop of Canterbury (1033-1109).

ANTHONY. January 17. Hermit (251-356).

ANTHONY OF PADUA. June 13. Died June 13, 1231.

APOLLONIA. February 9. Martyred February 9, 250. Patroness of those suffering from toothache.

ATHANASIUS. May 2. One of four Greek Fathers. Died May 2, 373.

AUGUSTINE. August 28. Died 430. Patron of theologians and learning. Bishop of Hippo in Africa. One of four Latin Fathers.

AUGUSTINE. May 26. Apostle to England in 596. Died May 26, 604.

BABYLAS. September 1 (14) in Eastern Church; January 24 in Western Church (237-250). Bishop of Antioch. Relies said to have silenced the revived oracle of Apollo at Delphi, during reign of Julian the Apostate.

BARBARA. December 4. Patroness of Ferrara, Mantua and Guastalla, Italy, and of armourers and gunsmiths. Died December 4,235 (?).

BARNABAS. June 11. His birthday. One of the patrons of Milan. Apostle.

BARTHOLOMEW. August 24. Apostle.

BASIL THE GREAT. January 1, Eastern Church; June 14, Western Church (328-380).

BATHILDA. January 30 in France; January 26 in Roman Martyrology (died ca. 680).

BAYO OR BAVON. October 1. Patron of Ghent (589-653).

BENEDICT. March 21. Founder of Benedictine Order (480-543).

BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX. August 20. Founder of Abbey of Clairvaux, one of the Fathers of the Church (1091-1153).

BERNARD OF MENTHON. June 15. Founder of hospices in the Alps, "Great St. Bernard" and "Little St. Bernard" (923-1008 ?).

BLAISE. February 3. Patron of Ragusa, and of those afflicted with throat diseases. Bishop of Sebaste, Cappadocia (died 316).

BONIFACE. June 5. Apostle of Germany (680-755).

BRIDGET OR BRIDE. February 1. Patroness of Ireland (450-521).

BRUNO. October 6. Founder of Carthusian Order (1035-1101).

CATHERINE. November 25. Patroness of Venice and appealed to against diseases of the tongue.

CATHERINE OF SIENA. Patroness of Siena; lived in fourteenth century.

CECILIA. November 22. Patroness of sacred music (died 100).

CLEMENT. November 23. Patron of farriers and blacksmiths (died 100).

COLUMBAN. November 21. Irish saint (543-615).

CRISPIN AND CRISPINIAN. October 25. Patrons of shoemakers (died 284).

CUTHBERT. March 20. Patron saint of Durham, England (died 687).

DAVID. March 1. Patron saint of Wales (446-549).

DECLAN. July 24. First bishop of Ardmore, Ireland.

DENIS. October 9. Patron of France. Living in 250.

DOMENIC. August 4. Founder of Dominican Order (1170-1221).

EDMUND. November 20. King of East Anglia and martyr (died 870).

EDWARD. March 18. King of England and martyr (962-978).

EDWARD THE CONFESSOR. October 13. King of England (1004-1066).

ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY. November 19. Daughter of Alexander II, King of Hungary (1207-1231).

ELMO (ERASMUS). June 2 (died 304).

ELOY (ELIGIUS). December 1. Patron of goldsmiths (588-659).

EMERIC. November 4. Eldest son of St. Stephen of Hungary.

ENGRACIA.

ERIC (OR HENRY). May 18. Patron of Sweden (died 1151).

ETHELREDA (AUDREY). October 17. Princess of East Anglia (died 679).

EUPHEMIA. September 16. Patroness of Chalcedon (died ca. 307).

FELICITAS. November 23. Patroness of male heirs (died 173).

FILLAN. January 9. Scotch saint (died ca. 649).

FILOMENA (FILUMINA, PHILOMENA). August 10. Supposititious saint.

FRANCIS OF ASSISI. October 4. Founder of Franciscan Order (1182-1226).

FRANCIS XAVIER. December 3. Patron and Apostle of India (1506-1552).

FRIDESWIDE. October 19. Patroness of city and university of Oxford, daughter of Sidan, Prince of Oxford (died ca. 740).

GENEVIEVE. January 3. Patroness of Paris.

GEORGE. April 23. Patron of England, of Germany and Venice, of soldiers and armourers (born third century).

GILES. September 1. Patron of Edinburgh (ca. 640-).

GREGORY THE GREAT. March 12 (born 540).

GUDULA. January 8. Patron of Brussels (born middle of seventh century).

HELENA. August 18. Wife of Constantius, mother of Constantine the Great (died 328).

HENRY OF BAVARIA. July 15. Patron of Bavaria. Emperor (Henry II) of Germany (972-1024).

HILARY. January 14 (died 368).

HONORATUS. Bishop of Arles. Died January 6,429.

HONORATUS (HONORE). May 16. Patron of bakers. Bishop of Amiens. (Died 690.)

HUBERT OF LIEGE. November 3. Patron of the chase and of dogs (died 727).

IGNATIUS LOYOLA. July 3. Founder of Jesuit Order (1491-1556).

ISIDORE THE PLOUGHMAN (Isidro el Labrador). May 15. Patron of Madrid and of farmers (born ca. 1110-1170).

JAMES THE GREAT. July 25. Apostle; patron of Spain and of pilgrims to Jerusalem (died 42).

JANUARIUS. September 19. Patron of Naples (died 305).

JEROME. September 30. Patron of scholars. One of the four Latin Fathers (342-420).

JOHN THE BAPTIST. June 24, or Midsummer Day.

JOHN THE EVANGELIST. December 27 (died 101).

JOSEPH. March 19.

JULIAN HOSPITATOR. January 9. Patron of hospitals (died 313).

JUSTINA OF PADUA. October 7. One of the patrons of Padua and Venice (died 303).

KENELM. December 13 and July 17. Son of Kenulph, King of Murcia (812-820).

KEYNE (KEYNA). Cornish saint (died 689).

KILIAN. July 8. Irish saint (died 689).

LAWRENCE. August 10. Patron of Nuremberg, Genoa, and of the Escorial.

LEONHARDT. November 6. Patron of prisoners and slaves; in Bavaria, of cattle (died ca. 560).

LUCY (LUCIA). December 13. Patron of Syracuse, and against eye-diseases.

LUDMILLA. September 16. Patron of Bohemia. Queen of that country (died ca. 920).

LUKE. October 18. Patron of painters.

MACAIRE THE ELDER. January 15. (Fourth century.)

MACAIRE THE YOUNGER. January 2. (Fourth century.)

MALO (MACLOU). November 15. Patron of St. Malo, France (died 627).

MARGARET. July 20. One of the patrons of Cremona and of women in childbirth (died fourth century).

MARK. April 25. Evangelist (died 68).

MARTHA OF BETHANY. July 29. Patroness of cooks and housewives (died 84).

MARTIN OF TOURS. November 11, Martinmas. Patron of Tours and of beggars, tavern-keepers and wine-growers (316-397).

MARY MAGDALENE. July 22. Patroness of Provence and of Marseilles as well as of penitent fallen women.

MATTHIAS. February 24.

MAURICE. September 22. Patron of Austria, Savoy, Mantua, and of foot-soldiers (fourth century).

MICHAEL. September 29. Archangel.

NICHOLAS. December 6. Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, patron of Russia, and especially of serfs and serfdom (died 342).

OLAF. July 29. Patron of Norway. Not canonized but informally accepted.

OUEN (OUINE). August 24. Patron of Rouen (595-683).

PANTALEONE. June 27. Patron of physicians (fourth century).

PATRICK. March 17. Patron of Ireland (born ca. 386).

PAUL. June 29 (with St. Peter), and January 25.

PETER. June 29; also August 1, St. Peter's Chains, and January 18, Chair of St. Peter.

PHILIP. May 1. Patron of Brabant and Luxemburg.

PHILIP NERI. May 26. Founder of Oratorian Order (1515-1595).

POLYCARP. January 26. Bishop of Smyrna (died 167).

QUIETUS. (No day.) Bones in church of Our Lady of Grau, Hoboken, enshrined June 1, 1856, Archbishop Bailey officiating.

ROCHE (ROCH, ROQUE). August 16. Patron of prisoners and the sick, especially the plague-stricken (born ca. 1280-1327).

ROMAIN. October 23. Patron of Rouen (died 639).

ROMUALD. February 7 (956-1027).

ROSALIA. September 4. Patroness of Palermo (died 1160).

RUMALD (RUMBALD). November 3. Patron of Brackley and Buckingham, England. Son of King of Northumbria.

SCHOLASTICA. February 10. Sister of St. Benedict (died ca. 543).

SEBALD. Son of a Danish king (eighth century).

SEBASTIAN. January 20. Patron of Chiemsee, Mannheim, Oetting, Palma, Rome, Soissons, and of archers (fourth century).

SECUNDUS. March 30. Patron of Asti (died 119).

STEPHEN. December 26. Patron of horses.

SWITHIN (SWITHUN). July 15. Patron of Winchester (died 862).

SYMPHOROSA. July 18. Only in Greek Church. A Jewish martyr, the mother of the Maccabees (second century B.C.).

THERESA. October 15. Patron of Spain (1515-1582).

THOMAS A BECKET. July 7 (1117-1170).

THOMAS DIDYMUS. December 21. Apostle, patron of Portugal and Palma.

URBAN. May 25. Pope and martyr (died 236).

URSULA. October 21. Patroness of young girls, and of educational institutions (died 383).

VALENTINE. February 14 (first century).

VERONICA. Shrove Tuesday (first century).

VICTOR. Patron of Marseilles (fourth century).

VINCENT. January 22. Patron of Lisbon, Valencia, Saragossa, Milan, and Chalons.

VINCENT DE PAUL. July 19. Founder of Order of the Sisters of Charity.

VITUS. June 15. Patron of Bohemia, Saxony, Sicily, and of dancers and actors (third century).

WALBURGA. February 25 (died ca. 778).

WILLIAM. January 10. Patron of Bruges (died 1209).