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Saints of 5 January

44 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 5 January, with short facts.

Saints (28)

  • St. Syncletica Patronage: against bodily ills or sickness, against loss of parents, against temptations, sick people, and single laywomen. Also called Sincletica.
  • Sts. Ambrosius, Lucas, Privatus and Victorinis of Piacenza
  • St. Apollinaris Syncletica Also called Dorotheus.
  • St. Astolfus of Mainz Died: 28 January 826 in Mainz, Germany. Also called Astolfo, Haistulf, Uistulfus.
  • St. Cera of Kilkeary Born: in Tipperary, Ireland. Died: 679.
  • St. Charles of Mount Argus Born: 11 December 1821 in Munstergeleen, Limburg, Netherlands as Joannes Andreas Houben. Died: 5 January 1893 at Mount Argus, Ireland. Canonized: 3 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy.
  • Blessed Convoyon of Redon Born: in 788 Saint-Malo, Brittany. Died: 5 January 868 at Saint-Maixent-de-Plélan monastery, Plélan, France. Beatified: 3 May 1866 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed). Also called Convoyon of Brittany.
  • St. Deogratias of Carthage Died: 457 in Carthage (modern Tunis, Tunisia).
  • St. Domno of Bergamo Died: 307 outside the city of Bergamo, Italy.
  • St. Dorotheus the Younger Born: 11th century in Trebizond (modern Trabzon, Turkey). Also called Dorotheus of Khiliokomos.
  • St. Edward the Confessor Born: 1003 at Islip, Oxford, England. Died: 5 January 1066. Canonized: 1161 by Pope Alexander III. Patronage: difficult marriages, English royal family, kings, separated spouses, and Sestriere, Italy.
  • St. Emiliana of Rome Born: Roman citizen. Patronage: single laywomen. Also called Aemiliana, Emilian, Emilienne.
  • St. Euprexia of Mineo Died: early 4th century in Mineo, Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy.
  • St. Gaudentius of Gniezno Born: c.960 at Castle Libice near Pardubice, Bohemia. Died: c.1004 in Gniezno, Bohemia (in modern Poland). Also called Gaudenty, Radim, Radzim Slavnik, Radim Gaudentius.
  • St. Genoveva Torres Morales Born: 3 January 1870 in Almenara, Castile, Spain. Died: 5 January 1956 in Zaragoza, Spain. Canonized: 4 May 2003 by Pope John Paul II at Plaza de Colón, Madrid, Spain.
  • St. Gerlac of Valkenburg Born: c.1100 at Valkenburg, Netherlands. Died: 1172 - 1177 at Houthem. Patronage: against cattle disease, against plague, and domestic animals. Also called Gerlac von Houthem, Gerlac of Maastricht, and Gerlach, Gerlache, Gerlacus, Gerlachus, Gerlak.
  • St. Gregory of Crete Died: 820 in Constantinople in 820.
  • St. Honobertus of Sens Died: c.755. Also called Aunobertus.
  • St. Honulphus of Sens Died: c.761. Also called Honulph, Honulpho.
  • St. John Nepomucene Neumann Born: 28 March 1811 at Prachititz, Bohemia (Czech Republic). Died: 5 January 1860. Canonized: 19 June 1977 by Pope Paul VI. Also called Giovanni Nepomuceno Neumann and Jan Nepomucký Neumann.
  • St. Menas of Sinai Died: latter 6th-century at monastery of Saint Catherine, Egypt.
  • St. Phosterios Also called Fosterias, Phosterio, Phosterius.
  • St. Rusticianus of Brescia Died: c.594.
  • St. Talida of Antinoë Died: 4th century in Egypt. Also called Talida of Thebes, Talida of Thebais, and Amata, Amma Talida, Diamant.
  • St. Tatiana
  • St. Theodore of Cagliari Died: c.300 in Sardinia, Italy.
  • St. Theognia of Mineo Died: early 4th century in Mineo, Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy.
  • St. Theoidus

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Telesphorus Died: martyred 138 to 139. Also called Telesforo.

Blessed (12)

  • Blessed Alacrinus of Casamari Died: 1216.
  • Blessed Dionisio Ammalio Died: Tarragona, Spain.
  • Blessed François Peltier Born: 26 April 1728 in Savennières, Maine-et-Loire, France. Died: 5 January 1794 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. Beatified: 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy.
  • Blessed Jacques Ledoyen Born: 3 April 1760 in Rochefort-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, France. Died: 5 January 1794 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. Beatified: 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy.
  • Blessed Joan Grau Bullich Born: 14 April 1895 in Coll de Nargó, Lleida, Spain. Died: 5 January 1937 in Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Father Robert.
  • Blessed Marcelina Darowska Born: 28 January 1827 at Szulaki, Poland (now in Ukraine) as Marcelina Kotowicz. Died: 5 January 1911 at Jazlowiec, Poland (now in Ukraine). Beatified: 6 October 1996 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Marcellina Mary of the Immaculate Conception.
  • Blessed Maria Repetto Born: 1 November 1807 at Voltaggio, Italy. Died: 6 January 1890 at Genoa, Italy. Beatified: 4 October 1981 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Paula of Tuscany Born: 1318 in Tuscany, Italy. Died: 1368.
  • Blessed Pierre Tessier Born: 11 May 1766 in La Trinité-d'Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. Died: 5 January 1794 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. Beatified: 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy.
  • Blessed Pietro Bonilli Born: 15 March 1841 in San Lorendo di Trevi, Perugia, Italy. Died: 5 January 1935 in Spoleto, Perugia, Italy. Beatified: 24 April 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Peter Bonilli.
  • Blessed Roger of Todi Died: 5 January 1237 at Todi, Italy. Beatified: 24 April 1751 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed). Also called Ruggero, Ruggiero.
  • Blessed Romanus of Athos Born: 17th century Crete or central Greece. Died: thrown into a dry well to starve for 40 days. Also called Romanus the Neomartyr and Romanos....

Martyr groups (3)

  • Martyrs of Africa
  • Martyrs of Sais Died: drowned near Sais, Egypt.
  • Martyrs of Upper Egypt Died: beheaded and burned alive in 303 in Upper Egypt. Also called Martyrs of Thebaid.

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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