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Saints of 17 January

29 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 17 January, with short facts.

Marian titles (1)

  • Our Lady of Pontmain

Saints (22)

  • St. Antony the Great Born: 251 at Heracleus, Egypt. Died: 356 at Mount Colzim. Patronage: against eczema, epileptics; against epilepsy, against ergotism, against erysipelas or Saint Anthony's Fire, against pestilence, against skin diseases, against skin rashes, amputees, and others.
  • St. Achillas of Sketis Also called Achilleus.
  • St. Amoes of Sketis Also called Flowers of the Desert.
  • St. Anthony of Rome Died: c.590.
  • St. Eleusippus Died: Langres, France.
  • St. Genitus
  • St. Genulfus Also called Genou.
  • St. Jenaro Sánchez DelGadillo Born: 19 September 1886 at Zapopán. Died: hanged. Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico.
  • St. John of Rome Died: c.590. Also kept on 18 August in some calendars.
  • St. Julian Sabas the Elder Born: Mesopotamian. Died: 377. Also called Julian the Ascetic. Also kept on 24 January in some calendars.
  • St. Leonilla Died: Langres, France.
  • St. Marcellus of Die Died: 510. Also called Marcelo.
  • St. Meleusippus Died: Langres, France.
  • St. Merulus of Rome Died: c.590.
  • St. Mildgytha Died: c.676. Also called Mildgith, Milgitha, Milgithe, Mildgyth.
  • St. Molaise by Kilmolash Born: c.500 in Ireland. Died: c.560 in Ireland. Also called Molaise of Devenish and Laserian.
  • St. Nennius Born: Irish. Also called Nennidhius, Ninnidh, Ninnaid.
  • St. Neosnadia Born: near Loudon.
  • St. Pior Died: 395.
  • St. Richimir Died: c.715. Also called Richimirus, Rigomer.
  • St. Speusippus Died: Langres, France.
  • St. Sulpicius of Bourges Died: 647. Also called Pius of Bourges, Sulpice of Bourges, and Sulpicius the Pious.

Blessed (6)

  • Blessed Beatrix of Cappenberg Born: c.1100 in Cappenger castle, Cappenberg, Selm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • Blessed Enrico Comentina Died: beheaded on 17 January 1345 in Smyrna, Turkey. Patronage: against drought and against flood. Also called Enrico of Asti and Henry....
  • Blessed Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch Born: 720 in Bavaria (in modern Germany). Died: c.802. Beatified: 25 August 1909 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed Joseph of Freising Died: 764.
  • Blessed Rosalina of Villeneuve Born: 1267 in a castle at Villeneuve, France. Died: 17 January 1329. Beatified: 1851 by Pope Blessed Pius IX (cultus confirmed). Patronage: Draguignan, France. Also called Roseline, Roselyne, Rosalinde.
  • Blessed Teresio Olivelli Born: 7 January 1916 at Bellagio, Como, Italy. Died: beaten to death by a guard on 12 January 1945 at Hersbruck, Nürnberger Land, Germany. Beatified: 3 February 2018 by Pope Francis.

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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