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Saints of 22 January

27 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 22 January, with short facts.

Saints (15)

  • St. Anastasius the Persian Born: in Persia as Magundat. Died: strangled and beheaded in 628 in Persia. Patronage: against headaches and goldsmiths. Also called Anastasius XIV, Magundat.
  • St. Antioco Sabaita Born: Medosaga, Ankara, Galatia. Died: 630.
  • St. Blaesilla Born: c.363. Died: 383 in Rome, Italy. Patronage: brides and widows.
  • St. Brithwald of Ramsbury Died: 1045. Also called Birthwald of Glastonbury and Brithwald of Sarum.
  • St. Dominic of Sora Born: c.951 at Foligno, Etruria (Tuscany district of modern Italy). Died: 1031 at Sora, Campania, Italy. Patronage: against fever and against snakes.
  • St. Francesc Gil de Federich de Sans Born: 14 December 1702 in Tortosa, Spain. Died: beheaded on 22 January 1745 in Thang Long, Hanoi, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Gaudentius of Novara Born: Ivrea, Italy. Died: 417. Patronage: Novara, Italy. Also called Gaudentus.
  • St. Mateo Alonso de Leciñana Born: 26 November 1702 in Nava del Rey, Valladolid, Spain. Died: beheaded on 22 January 1745 in Thang Long, Hanoi, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Alfonso Leciniana, Alonso Leciniana, Mateo Alonso de Leciñana y Alonso, and Matthew Alonso Leziniana.
  • St. Olcese Died: early 5th century in Sant’Olcese, Liguria, Italy. Also called Ursicino, Ursicinus.
  • St. Orontius of Puigcerda Born: at Cimiez, France. Died: martyred in 305 at Puigcerda, Spain.
  • St. Valerius of Saragossa Died: 315. Patronage: Zaragoza, Spain. Also called Valerio, Valero.
  • St. Victor of Puigcerda Born: at Cimiez, France. Died: martyred in 305 at Puigcerda, Spain.
  • St. Vincent of Puigcerda Born: at Cimiez, France. Died: martyred in 305 at Puigcerda, Spain.
  • St. Vincent of Saragossa Born: at Heusca, Aragon (in modern Spain). Died: 304 at Valencia, Spain. Patronage: vine dressers, vinegar makers, vintners, wine growers, wine makers, Portugal, and 5 cities. Also called Vincent of Zaragoza, Vincent the Deacon, Vincent Tourante, Vincent of Aragon, and Vincent of Huesca.
  • St. Vincent Pallotti Born: 21 April 1795 in Rome, Italy. Died: 22 January 1850 in Rome, Italy. Canonized: 20 January 1963 by Pope John XXIII.

Blessed (11)

  • Blessed Antonio della Chiesa Died: 1459 in Como, Lombardy, Italy.
  • Blessed Bernard of Vienne Born: 778 near Lyons, France. Died: 23 January 842 at Vienne, France. Beatified: 1907 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmation). Also called Barnard, Barnardo.
  • Blessed Esteve Santacana Armengol Born: 20 September 1885 in El Papiol, Barcelona, Spain. Died: 22 January 1937 in Cerdanyola, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 21 November 2015 by Pope Francis. Also called Father Remigi of El Papiol.
  • Blessed Giuseppe Nascimbeni Born: 22 March 1851 in Torri del Benaco, Verona, Italy. Died: 22 January 1922 in Castelletto del Garda, Verona, Italy. Beatified: 17 April 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Joseph Nascimbeni.
  • Blessed Ladislao Batthyány-Strattmann Born: 20 October 1870 in Dunakiliti, Hungary. Died: 22 January 1931 at Vienna, Austria. Beatified: 23 March 2003 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann and László Batthyány-Strattmann.
  • Blessed Laura Vicuña Born: 5 April 1891 in at Santiago, Chile. Died: 22 January 1904 at Junín de los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina. Beatified: 3 September 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: abuse victims, against incest, against the death of parents, Argentina, incest victims, and martyrs.
  • Blessed Maria Mancini Died: 22 January 1431 in Pisa, Italy. Beatified: 2 August 1855 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed Theodolinda the Queen Born: 570 in Regensburg, Germany. Died: 22 January 627 in Monza, Italy. Also called Theodolinda of Monza.
  • Blessed Walter of Himmerode Born: Brabant (in modern Belgium). Died: 1222 at Villers, Belgium. Also called Walter of Bierbeek, Walter of Himmerod, Walter of Villers, and Gautier, Gualterius, Walther, Waltherus.
  • Blessed William Joseph Chaminade Born: 8 April 1761 at Perigeux, France. Died: 22 January 1850. Beatified: 3 September 2000 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter's, Rome, Italy. Also called Guillaume Joseph Chaminade.
  • Blessed William Patenson Born: Durham, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called William Pattenson, Addtional Memorial, and Martyrs of Douai.

Other (1)

  • Wendreda

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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