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Saints of 1 January

63 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 1 January, with short facts.

Feasts (2)

Feast of the Circumcision of the Lord Also called In Circumcisione Domini et Octav Nativitatis.
Mary, Mother of God

Saints (42)

St. Fulgentius of Ruspe Born: c.465 at Carthage, North Africa (modern Tunis, Tunisia). Died: 1 January 533 in Ruspe. Also called Fabius Claudius Gordianus Fulgentius.
St. Baglan of Wales Also called Faglan and Breton Missionaries to Britain.
St. Basil of Aix Died: 521.
St. Basilius of Ancyra Died: torn to pieces by lions in the arena in Caesarea in 362.
St. Brogan
St. Buonfiglio Monaldi Died: 1 January 1261. Beatified: 1 December 1717 by Pope Clement XI (cultus confirmed). Canonized: 15 January 1888 by Pope Leo XIII. Also called Bonfilio Monaldo.
St. Clarus of Vallis Regia Died: 1043. Also called Chiaro.
St. Clarus of Vienne Born: c.590 in Vienne, Dauphine, France. Died: c.660. Beatified: 9 December 1903 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed). Patronage: tailors. Also called Clair of Vienne and Clair du Dauphiné.
St. Colman mac Rónán Also called Colmanus.
St. Colman Muillin of Derrykeighan Also called Colman of Doire Caocháin, Colman Moldendarius, Colman Miller, and Colmanus....
St. Concordius of Arles Died: c.343. Also called Concorde.
St. Concordius of Spoleto Died: beheaded c.175 in a prison cell in Spoleto, Italy. Also called Concord, Concorde, Memorial.
St. Concordius of Tivoli Born: Rome, Italy. Died: beheaded in 175 at Tivoli, Italy. Also called Concordio.
St. Connat Died: c.590. Also called Comnatan.
St. Cuan Died: 6th century. Also called Claunus, Mochua, Moncan, Moncain.
St. Demet of Plozévet Also called Demet of Plozeved, Demat, Dervel, Devet, Tevet, Zevet, and Breton Missionaries to Britain.
St. Elvan Born: 2nd century Britanny (part of modern France). Also called Eluan, Elvanus.
St. Eugendus of Condat Born: c.449 at Izernore, Ain, France. Died: 1 January 510 at Condat, Switzerland. Patronage: Saint-Oyen, Tarentaise, France, Saint-Oyen, Valley of Aoste, Italy, and Saint-Oyens, Vaud, Switzerland.
St. Euphrosyne of Alexandria Died: 470. Also called Euphrosyna, Smaragdus.
St. Fanchea of Rossory Born: at Clogher, Ireland. Died: c.585. Also called Faenche, Fainche, Faine, Garbh, Garbhp.
St. Felix of Bourges Died: c.580.
St. Fintan of Myshall Born: Ireland. Also called Fintan of Midhíseal and Fintanus, Fiontan.
St. Frodobert of Troyes Born: c.600 in Troyes, France. Died: c.670 in Troyes, Neustria (in modern France). Also called Frodobert of Moutier-la-Celle, Frodobert of Luxeuil, and Frobert, Frodoberto.
St. Gregory Nazianzen the Elder Born: c.276 at Nazianzos, Cappadocia, Asia Minor. Died: 374.
St. Joseph Mary Tomasi Born: 12 September 1649 at Licata. Died: 1 January 1713 at home next to the church of San Lorenzo in Panisperna, Rome, Italy. Canonized: 12 October 1986 by Pope John Paul II.
St. Justin of Chieti Died: c.540. Patronage: Chieti, Italy.
St. Maelrhys Born: 6th century Brittany (part of modern France).
St. Magnus the Martyr
St. Mydwyn Born: 2nd century Britanny (part of modern France). Also called Meduin, Medwin, Medwy.
St. Odilo of Cluny Born: 962 at Auvergne, France. Died: 1 January 1049 at Souvigny, France. Patronage: against jaundice and souls in Purgatory. Also called Archangel of Monks and Olon, Odilon.
St. Peter of Atroa Born: 773 near Ephesus, Asia Minor (modern Turkey) as Theophylact. Died: 1 January 837 at Atroa. Also called Pierre d'Atroa and Theophylact.
St. Peter of Temissis Born: Pelopon, Greece. Died: hanged in 1776 in Temissis, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey).
St. Sciath of Ardskeagh Died: 6th-century Ireland. Also called Scéithe, Scethe, Scetthe, Skay.
St. Severino Gallo Born: France. Died: tortured then nailed to a pole and left to die.
St. Telemachus Also called Almachio, Almachius, Almachus.
St. Thaumastus of Mainz Died: 5th century Poitiers, France. Patronage: against colic in children, against fever, and against toothache. Also called Thaumastus of Poitiers and Theomastus of....
St. Theodotus Died: beheaded.
St. Tyfrydog Born: Welsh. Also called Tyvrydog.
St. Vincent Strambi Born: 1 January 1745 at Civitavecchia, Italy. Died: 1 January 1824 in Rome, Italy. Canonized: 11 June 1950 by Pope Pius XII. Also called Vincenzo Maria Strambi.
St. William of Dijon Born: 962 in the family castle on San Giuglio Island, Lake Orta, Novara, Piedmont. Died: 1 January 1031 at Fecamp monastery, Normandy, France. Also called William of Cluny, William of Saint Benignus, William of Volpiano, and Guglielmo, Guillaume.
St. Zedislava Berka Born: c.1220 in the diocese in Križanov, Ždár nad Sázavou, Vysocina kraj (modern Czech Republic). Died: 1 January 1252 at Jablonné, Ceská Lípa, Liberecký kraj (modern Czech Republic). Beatified: 28 August 1907 by Pope Pius X (cultus confirmed). Canonized: 21 May 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
St. Zygmunt Gorazdowski Born: 1 November 1845 at Sanok, Podkarpackie, Poland. Died: 1 January 1920 at Lviv, L'vivs'ka oblast', Ukraine. Canonized: 23 October 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI at Rome, Italy. Also called Zigmund Horazdowski.

Blessed (14)

Blessed Adalbero of Liège Born: 1070. Died: 1 January 1128. Also called Adalbero of Louvain and Alberon....
Blessed Andrés Gómez Sáez Born: 7 May 1894 in Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. Died: shot on 1 January 1937 in Santander, Cantabria, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
Blessed Beatrice of Amptenhausen Died: 1 January 1111.
Blessed Bonannus of Roio Died: c.1320.
Blessed Catherine de Solaguti
Blessed Gisela of Rosstreppe Died: late 9th century in Harz, Germany.
Blessed Hugolinus of Gualdo Cattaneo Born: c.1200 in Gualdo Cattaneo, Italy. Died: 1 January 1260 in Gualdo Cattaneo, Italy. Beatified: 12 March 1919 by Pope Benedict XV (cultus confirmed). Patronage: Gualdo Cattaneo, Italy. Also called Hugo Linus a Gualdo Captaneorum, Hugo Linus of Gualdo, and Ugolino de Gualdo.
Blessed Jean-Baptiste Lego Born: 13 May 1766 in La Flèche, Sarthe, France. Died: 1 January 1794 at Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. Beatified: 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy.
Blessed Jean of Saint-Just-en-Chaussée Born: c.1100 in France. Died: 1160.
Blessed Lojze Grozde Born: 27 May 1923 in Trzisce, Zgornje Vodale, Slovenia. Died: tortured to death on 1 January 1943 in Mirna, Trebnje, Slovenia. Beatified: 13 June 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Alojzij Grozde.
Blessed Marian Konopinski Poznan Born: 10 September 1907 in Kluczewo, Wielkopolskie, Poland. Died: 1 January 1943 in the concentration camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II.
Blessed Odilo of Stavelot Died: 954.
Blessed René Lego Born: 5 October 1764 in La Flèche, Sarthe, France. Died: 1 January 1794 at Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. Beatified: 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy. Also called Renatus Lego.
Blessed Valentin Paquay Born: 17 November 1828 in Tongres, Limburg, Belgium as Louis Paquay. Died: 1 January 1905 in Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium. Beatified: 9 November 2003 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Jan Louis Paquay, Joannes Ludovicus Paquay, Valentijn Paquay, Valentine Paquay, and Valentinus Paquay.

Martyr groups (2)

Martyred Soldiers of Rome Died: martyred c.304 at Rome, Italy.
Martyrs of Africa

Other (3)

Breton Missionaries to Britain
Titular Feast of the Society of Jesus
World Day of Peace

This list combines the Vatican News “Saint of the day” pages with a long-form calendar of saints, blessed, and feasts (credited on our Resources page). Calendars differ, so a note marks each place the sources disagree. This is not the General Roman Calendar. Resources · Sources & method

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