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Saints of 7 January

46 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 7 January, with short facts.

Saints (35)

  • St. Raymond of Penyafort Born: 1175 at Peñafort, Catalonia, Spain. Died: 6 January 1275 at Barcelona, Spain. Canonized: 29 April 1601 by Pope Clement VIII. Patronage: attornies, barristers, lawyers, canonists, medical record librarians, Barcelona, Spain, Navarre, Spain, Writings, and Summa Cassuam.
  • St. Aldric of Le Mans Born: 21 June 800. Died: 24 March 857 at Le Mans, France. Also called Aldericus, Aldricus, Audry, Elric.
  • St. Anastasius of Sens Died: 977 in Sens, France. Also called Anastasius XVIII.
  • St. Benjamin of Brescia Died: 125 in Brescia, Italy.
  • St. Brannock Born: 6th century Welsh. Also called Barnoc, Brannoc, Brannocus.
  • St. Candida
  • St. Candida of Greece
  • St. Canute Lavard Born: c.1096 at Roskilde, Denmark. Canonized: 1169 by Pope Alexander III. Patronage: Zeeland, Denmark. Also called Canute Laward, Canute of Schleswig, Canute the Lord, Duke of Jutland, and King of the Western Wends.
  • St. Clerus of Antioch Born: Syrian. Died: 300 at Antioch, (in modern Turkey). Also called Bilicerius, Lucerius, Licerius, Lycerius.
  • St. Crispin I of Pavia Died: c.250.
  • St. Crispin II of Pavia Died: 465 in Pavia, Italy.
  • St. Cronan Beg Died: 7th century.
  • St. Cyrus of Constantinople Died: 714 in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey). Also called Ciro, Cyr, Kyros.
  • St. Cywyllog ferch Caw Also called Cwyllog, Cywellog.
  • St. Emilian of Saujon Born: at Vannes, France. Died: 767. Also called Emilian of Combes and Aemilio, Aemilianus.
  • St. Felix of Heraclea
  • St. Giuliano of Gozzano Born: c.350 in Aegina, Greece. Died: 391 in Gozzano, Italy. Patronage: Gozzano, Italy. Also called Giuliano of Orta and Julian, Julianus, Julien.
  • St. Giuse Tuân Born: c.1825 in Nam Dien, Vietnam. Died: beheaded on 7 January 1862 in An Bai, Tonkin (in modern Vietnam). Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Giuseppe, Joseph.
  • St. Januarius of Heraclea
  • St. Julian of Cagliari Died: martyred.
  • St. Kentigerna Born: Ireland. Died: c.734 on Inch Cailleach, Scotland. Also called Caentigern, Kentigerna of Loch Lomand, and Quentigerna.
  • St. Lucian of Antioch Born: mid-3rd century at Samosata, Syria. Died: tortured. Also called Lucian of Drepana, Lucian of Nicomedië, Lucian of Nicomedia, Lucian the Martyr, and Lucian of Samosata.
  • St. Maximus of Brescia Died: 125 in Brescia, Italy.
  • St. Pallada of Greece
  • St. Philo
  • St. Polyanthus
  • St. Polyeuctus of Melitene Died: beheaded in 250 at Melitene, Armenia (modern Malatya, Turkey). Also called Polieuto, Polyeuktos, Polyeuctes, Polyeuktos.
  • St. Reinhold of Cologne Died: beaten to death. Patronage: against plague, sculptors, stone masons, stonecutters, and Dortmund, Germany. Also called Reinhold of Koln and Reinhold of Dortmund.
  • St. Senator of Verona
  • St. Spolicostus of Greece
  • St. Theodore of Egypt Died: 4th century. Also called Theodor.
  • St. Tillo of Solignac Born: c.610 in Saxony (in modern Germany). Died: 702 at Solignac, France. Patronage: against fever, against childhood diseases, children learning to walk, Gits, Belgium, and Izegem, Belgium. Also called Tillo of Westphalia and Tillo of Izegem.
  • St. Valentin II of Terni Died: 533 in Interamna (modern Terni), Italy. Also called Valentine.
  • St. Valentine of Passau Died: 7 January 475 at Mais, Tyrol, Austria. Patronage: against convulsions, against cramps, against epilepsy, against gout, against plague, cattle, epileptics, pilgrims, and others. Also called Valentine of Mais, Valentine of Raetia, Valentine of Ratien, Valentine of Retie, and Valentine of Rezia.
  • St. Virginia of Ste-Verge Died: Deux-Sèvres, Poitou, France. Patronage: against fever and Sainte-Verge, France. Also called Virginia of Poitiers, Virginia of Thonars, Virginia of Tonars, and Sigrid, Verge, Vierge, Virgana.

Blessed (10)

  • Blessed Albert of Siena Born: Monte-alceto, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Died: c.1181.
  • Blessed Ambrose Fernandez Born: 1551 at Sisto, Portugal. Died: in 1620. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Ambrogio Fernandez and Ambrósio Fernandes.
  • Blessed Anselmo
  • Blessed Athanasius of Attalia Died: beheaded in 1700 in Smyrna (in modern Turkey).
  • Blessed Engelbert Beets Born: c.1539 in Hoeleden, Brabant, Flanders (in modern Belgium). Died: 1579 in Sint-Truiden, Limburg, Flanders (in modern Belgium).
  • Blessed Franciscus Bae Gwan-gyeom Born: c.1745 in Dangjin, Chungcheong-do, South Korea. Died: 7 January 1800 in Cheongju, Chungcheong-do, South Korea. Beatified: 15 August 2014 by Pope Francis. Also called Francis.
  • Blessed Leandro Died: at the Mercedarian monastery of Santa Eulalia in Murcia, Spain.
  • Blessed Marie-Thérèse Haze Born: 27 February 1782 in Liège, Belgium as Jeanne. Died: 7 January 1876 in Liège, Belgium. Beatified: 21 April 1991 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Giovanna Haze, Jeanne Haze, Johanna Haze, and Marie-Thérèse of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
  • Blessed Matthew of Agrigento Born: 1377 on the Via Arco di San Francesco di Paola in Rabbato, Agrigento, Italy. Died: 7 January 1450 in the Franciscan monastery of Santa Maria di Gesù, Palermo, Sicily (in modern Italy). Beatified: 21 February 1767 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmation). Also called Matthew Guimerà.
  • Blessed Wittikund of Westphalia Died: c.804 in Enger, Germany. Also called Wittikund of Saxony and Widukind, Wittekind.

Other (1)

  • Return from Egypt

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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