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Saints of 4 January

31 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 4 January, with short facts.

Saints (24)

  • St. Angela of Foligno Born: 1248 at Foligno, Umbria, Italy. Died: 4 January 1309 at Foligno, Italy. Beatified: 1693 by Pope Innocent XII (cult confirmed). Canonized: 9 October 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Mistress of Theologians.
  • St. Abruncolo of Langres Died: c.488. Also called Abruncolo of Clermont.
  • St. Aedh Dubh Born: Irish. Died: 639. Also called Aedh of Kildare and Aeduus....
  • St. Aggaeus the Martyr Died: c.300.
  • St. Celsus of Trier Died: c.146.
  • St. Chroman Died: 641. Also called Ghronan.
  • St. Dafrosa of Acquapendente Died: beheaded c.362. Also called Dafrosa of Rome and Aifrosa, Affrosa, Daphrosa.
  • St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Born: 28 August 1774 in New York City, New York, USA as Elizabeth Ann Bayley. Died: 4 January 1821 in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Canonized: 14 September 1975 by Pope Paul VI. Also called Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton and Mother Seton.
  • St. Ferreolus of Uzès Born: at Narbonne, France. Died: 4 January 581 in Uzès, France. Also called Ferreol, Ferreolo.
  • St. Gaius of Moesia Died: c.300 in Moesia (in modern Bulgaria). Also called Caius.
  • St. Gregory of Langres Died: 539.
  • St. Hermes of Moesia Died: c.300 in Moesia (in modern Bulgaria). Also called Ermete.
  • St. Libentius of Hamburg Born: in southern Swabia (modern Germany). Died: 4 January 1013 in Bremen, Germany. Also called Libentius of Bremen and Liawizo, Libenzio.
  • St. Manuel González García Born: 25 February 1877 at Seville, Spain. Died: 4 January 1940 in Madrid, Spain. Beatified: 29 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Canonized: 16 October 2016 by Pope Francis. Patronage: Children of Reparation, Disciples of Saint John, and Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth.
  • St. Mavilus of Adrumetum Died: thrown to wild animals in 212 at Adrumetum, North Africa.
  • St. Neophytos Died: 7th century.
  • St. Neopista of Rome Died: Rome, Italy.
  • St. Oringa of the Cross Born: at Castello di Santa Croce, Arno valley, Tuscany, Italy. Died: 1310 at Castello di Santa Croce, Tuscany, Italy. Also called Christiana of the Cross, Memorials, Oringa, and Christiana.
  • St. Pharaildis of Ghent Born: c.650 in Ghent, Belgium. Died: c.740. Patronage: against childhood diseases, difficult marriages, poultry, victims of abuse, widows, Ghent, Belgium, Smetlede, Belgium, and Bruay, France.
  • St. Rigobert of Rheims Died: c.750 in Rheims, France. Also called Gobert, Rigobertus, Robert.
  • St. Rigomero of Meaux
  • St. Rumon of Audierne Born: late 5th century in Penmarch, Cornwall, England. Died: 6th century. Patronage: Audierne, France. Also called Druman, Drumé, Raimundus, Raymond, Ruman, Ruvon.
  • St. Stephen du Bourg Born: c.1030. Died: 1118 at Meyriat, France. Also called Stephen Bourg-en-Bresse and Etienne....
  • St. Theoctistus

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Chiara de Ugarte
  • Blessed Louis de Halles Died: 1271.
  • Blessed Palumbus of Subiaco Died: c.1070.
  • Blessed Roger of Ellant Born: in England. Died: 4 January 1160 at Ellent, France.
  • Blessed Thomas Plumtree Born: in Lincolnshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 9 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation). Also called Pastor Rebel.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Africa Died: in 484 in North Africa.
  • Martyrs of Rome Died: in 362 in Rome, Italy.

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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