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Saints of 12 January

34 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 12 January, with short facts.

Saints (22)

  • St. Aelred Born: 1110 at Hexham, England. Died: 12 January 1167 at Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, England. Canonized: never formally canonized. Patronage: against kidney disease and against kidney stones. Also called Aelred of Revesby.
  • St. Antony Mary Pucci Born: 16 April 1818 in Poggiole di Vernio, Italy as Eustacchio Pucci. Died: 12 January 1892 at Viareggio, Italy. Canonized: 9 December 1962 by Pope John XXIII. Patronage: Vernio, Italy. Also called Anthony Mary Pucci, Antonio Maria Pucci, Eustacchio Pucci, and Il Curatino.
  • St. Arcadius of Mauretania Died: slowly hacked to death one joint.
  • St. Benedict Biscop Born: c.628 in Northumbria, England as Benet Biscop. Died: 12 January 690. Patronage: English Benedictines, musicians, painters, and Sunderland, England. Also called Benet Biscop and Biscop Baducing.
  • St. Bernard of Corleone Born: 6 February 1605 at Corleone, Palermo, Sicily as Filippo Latino. Died: 12 January 1667 at Palermo, Sicily. Canonized: 10 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Bernardo de Corleone, Filippo Latino, and Philipi Latini.
  • St. Biccianus Died: in Africa.
  • St. Caesaria of Arles Born: c.465. Died: c.530. Also called Cesarie, Cesira.
  • St. Caroticus Died: in Africa.
  • St. Eutropius Died: c.405 in Asia Minor.
  • St. Ferréolus of Grenoble Died: beaten to death. Beatified: 1907 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed). Also called Fergeol, Ferréolo.
  • St. John of Ravenna Died: 494. Also called Jean.
  • St. Marguerite Bourgeous Born: 17 April 1620 at Troyes, Aube, France. Died: 12 January 1700 at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Canonized: 31 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: against death of parents, against impoverishment, against poverty, people rejected by religious orders, and poor people.
  • St. Martin of Leon Born: in León, Old Castile, Spain. Died: 12 January 1203 at León, Spain. Also called Martin of the Holy Cross.
  • St. Martinian of Belozersk Born: 1398. Died: 1483 at the monastery of White Lake. Also called Martinian of Byelozersk, Martinian of the White Lake, Martinian of the Black Sea, and Martinien, Martinianus.
  • St. Peter of Abessala Born: Greece. Died: burned to death in 309.
  • St. Probus of Verona Died: late 6th century.
  • St. Quinctus the Soldier Died: in Africa.
  • St. Satyrus Born: Arab. Died: 267 in Achaea (in modern Greece). Also called Satyre.
  • St. Tatiana of Rome Died: beheaded c.226 in Rome, Italy. Patronage: students, school children. Also called Martina, Tatienne.
  • St. Tigrius Died: c.405 in Asia Minor. Also called Tygrius.
  • St. Victorian of Asana Born: Italian. Died: c.560 in Spain.
  • St. Zoticus of Tivoli Died: Tivoli, Italy.

Blessed (9)

  • Blessed Antoine Fournier Born: 26 January 1736 in La Poitevinière, Maine-et-Loire, France. Died: shot on 12 January 1794 in Avrillé, Maine-et-Loire, France. Beatified: 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy. Also called Antonio.
  • Blessed Bartholomew Alvarez Born: near Braganza, Portugual. Died: beheaded in 1737 in Tonkin (modern Vietnam).
  • Blessed Bernardo de Plano Born: French. Died: 12 January 1419 at the monastery of San Martino, Perpignan, France.
  • Blessed Emmanuel d'Abreu Born: 1708 at Arouca, Portugal. Died: beheaded in 1737 in Tonkin (modern Vietnam).
  • Blessed John Gaspard Cratz Born: 15 September 1698 at Golzheim, Düren, Germany. Died: beheaded in 1737 in Tonkin (modern Vietnam). Also called Johann Kaspar Kratz and Joanes Kaspar Kratz.
  • Blessed Lucia of Valcaldara Born: 1370 in Norcia, Perugia, Italy. Died: 12 January 1430. Also called Lucia of Norcia.
  • Blessed Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung Born: 28 February 1895 at Sam Phran, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Died: 12 January 1944. Beatified: 5 March 2000 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter's Square, Rome, Italy.
  • Blessed Pierre-François Jamet Born: 12 September 1762 in Fresnes, Aisne, France. Died: 12 January 1845 in Caen, Calvados, France. Beatified: 10 May 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Peter Francis Jamet and Second Founder of the Institute of the Good Savior.
  • Blessed Vincent de Cunha Born: Portuguese. Died: beheaded in 1737 in Tonkin (modern Vietnam).

Martyr groups (3)

  • Martyrs of Africa Died: in Africa.
  • Martyrs of Ephesus Died: martyred c.762. Also called Ephesus Martyrs.
  • Martyrs of Iona Died: martyred in 750 at Iona, Ireland. Also called Iona Martyrs.

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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