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Saints of 20 January

27 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 20 January, with short facts.

Saints (16)

  • St. Sebastian Born: at Narbonne, Gaul (part of modern France). Died: shot. Patronage: against cattle disease, against plague, diseased cattle, dying people, plague victims, against enemies of religion, archers, armourers, and others.
  • St. Ascla of Antinoe Born: Thebes, Egypt. Died: drowned in the river Nile.
  • St. Basilides the Senator
  • St. Bassus the Senator
  • St. Eusebius the Senator
  • St. Eustochia Calafato Born: 25 March (Good Friday) 1434 at Annunziata, Messina, Italy as Smerelda Colonna. Died: 20 January 1491 at Messina, Sicily, Italy. Canonized: 11 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Euthymius the Great Born: 378 at Melitine, Armenia (modern Malatya, Turkey). Died: 20 January 473.
  • St. Eutyches the Senator
  • St. Fechin of Fobhar Born: Connacht, Ireland. Died: in 665. Also called Feichin, Vigean.
  • St. Henry of Uppsala Born: English. Died: struck. Canonized: 1158 by Pope Adrian IV. Patronage: against storms and Finland. Also called Henry of Finland, Henry of Sweden, and Heikki, Henrik.
  • St. Maria Cristina dell'Immacolata Concezione Born: 1 May 1856 in Naples, Italy as Adelaide Brando. Died: 20 January 1906 in Casoria, Naples, Italy. Canonized: 17 May 2015 by Pope Francis. Also called Adelaide Brando, Adelaidis Brando, Maria Cristina Brando, Maria Cristina of the Immaculata, and Maria Christina ab Immaculata Conceptione.
  • St. Molagga of Fermoy Born: Irish. Died: 655. Also called Molagga of Fulachmhin and Laicin, Molacca.
  • St. Neophytus of Nicaea Died: Nicaea. Also called Neofita.
  • St. Stephen Min Kuk-ka Born: 1788 in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Died: 20 January 1840 in prison in Seoul, South Korea. Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Stephanus Min Kuk-ka and Seutepano Min Guek-ga.
  • St. Wulfsi Also called Wulsi.
  • St. Wulstan of Worcester Born: c.1009 at Icentum, Warwickshire, England. Died: 1095. Canonized: 14 May 1203 by Pope Innocent III. Also called Vulstano, Wolstan, Wulfstan.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Fabian Died: c.250.

Blessed (10)

  • Blessed Basil Anthony Marie Moreau Born: 11 February 1799 in Laigné-en-Belin, Sarthe, France. Died: 20 January 1873 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Beatified: 15 September 2007 at Centre Antarès, Le Mans, France by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Benedict Ricasoli Born: at Coltiboni, Fiesole, Italy. Died: 1107. Beatified: 1907 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed). Also called Benedict of Coltiboni.
  • Blessed Bernardo of Poncelli
  • Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi Born: September 1903 in Igboezum, Aguleri, Nigeria as Iwemmaduegbunam. Died: 20 January 1964 at the Royal Infirmary, Leicester, England. Beatified: 22 March 1998 by Pope John Paul II at Oba, Nigeria. Also called Iwemmaduegbunam.
  • Blessed Daniel of Cambron Died: 1232.
  • Blessed Didier of Thérouanne Died: 1194. Also called Desiderius.
  • Blessed Francesco Paoli Born: 1 September 1642 in Argigliano, Casola in Lunigiana, Massa Carrara, Italy. Died: 20 January 1720 in Rome, Italy. Beatified: 18 April 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Angelo Paoli.
  • Blessed Jeroni Fábregas Camí Born: 5 December 1910 in L'Espluga Calba, Lleida, Spain. Died: 20 January 1939 in Santa Coloma de Queralt, Tarragona, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Özséb of Esztergom Born: c.1200 in Esztergom, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary. Died: 20 January 1270 in Szentkereszt (modern Pilisszentkereszt), Pest, Hungary. Beatified: a popular devotion existed for centuries. Patronage: Hermits of Saint Paul of Poland.
  • Blessed Ursula Haider Born: 1413 in Leutkirch, Allgäu, Swabia (in modern Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Died: 20 January 1498 in Villingen (in modern Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Also called Ursula of Leutkirch and Ursula of Villingen.

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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