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Saints of 25 January

32 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 25 January, with short facts.

Feasts (1)

  • Conversion of St. Paul

Saints (21)

  • St. Paul the Apostle Date differs between sources; also kept on 29 June.
  • St. Agape the Martyr
  • St. Agileus of Carthage Born: African. Died: c.300 in Carthage in North Africa. Also called Agleus, Agilaeus.
  • St. Amarinus of Clermont Died: 676. Also called Marinus.
  • St. Ananias of Damascus Died: 1st century in Eleutheropolis.
  • St. Apollo of Heliopolis Born: early 4th century Egypt. Died: 395. Also called Apollo of Hermopol and Apollo of Thebais.
  • St. Artemas of Pozzuoli Died: martyred at Pozzuoli, Italy.
  • St. Auxentius of Epirus Born: 1690 at Epirus, Greece. Died: beheaded in 1720 in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey).
  • St. Bretannion of Tomi Died: 380.
  • St. Donatus the Martyr
  • St. Dwynwen Died: c.460. Patronage: lovers (especially Welsh) and sick animals. Also called Dwyn, Donwen, Donwenna, Dunwen.
  • St. Eochod of Galloway Also called Apostle of the Picts of Galloway, Scotland.
  • St. Joel of Pulsano Died: 1185.
  • St. Juventius of Antioch Died: beheaded in 363 at Antioch, Syria.
  • St. Maximinus of Antioch Died: beheaded in 363 at Antioch, Syria.
  • St. Palaemon of Thebaid Died: 325 at Tabennisi, Egypt. Also called Palamon, Palemon.
  • St. Poppo Born: 978 at Flanders, Belgium. Died: 25 January 1048 at Marchiennes, France. Also called Popon, Poppone.
  • St. Praejectus of Clermont Born: 625 in Auvergne, France. Died: stabbed to death on 25 January 676 at Volvic, France. Patronage: Randazzo, Sicily.
  • St. Publius of Zeugma
  • St. Racho of Autun Died: 660. Also called Ragnobert of Autun.
  • St. Sabinus the Martyr

Blessed (10)

  • Blessed Henry Suso Born: 21 March 1295 at Uberlingen, Germany as Heinrich von Berg. Died: 25 January 1366 at Ulm, Germany. Beatified: 1831 by Pope Gregory XVI. Also called Heinrich Seuse, Heinrich von Berg, Henrik Seuse, Amandus, and Servant of the Eternal Wisdom.
  • Blessed Antoni Swiadek Born: 27 March 1909 in Pobiedziska, Wielkopolskie, Poland. Died: 25 January 1945 at the Dachau concentration camp, Oberbayern, Germany. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Warsaw, Poland. Also called Antoni Witek.
  • Blessed Antonio Migliorati Born: 17 January 1355 in Amandola, Ascoli Piceno, Italy. Died: 25 January 1450 in the Saint Augustine monastery Amandola, Ascoli Piceno, Italy. Beatified: by 1460, his memorial was a civic holiday in Amandola, Italy.
  • Blessed Archangela Girlani Born: 1460 at Trino, Italy as Eleanor Girlani. Died: 25 January 1495 at Mantua, Italy. Beatified: 1 October 1864 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed). Also called Eleanor Girlani.
  • Blessed Emilia Fernéndez Rodríguez de Cortés Born: 13 April 1914 in Tíjola, Almería Spain. Died: 25 January 1939 at the Gachas-Colorés prison, Almería Spain. Beatified: 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Francesco Zirano Born: c.1564 in Sassari, Italy. Died: flayed alive on 25 January 1603 in Algiers, Algeria Beatification. Also called Francesco Cirano and Francesco Cyrano.
  • Blessed Guardato di Belforte Piceno Born: c.1360 in Visso, Italy. Died: 25 January 1425 in Belforte del Chienti, Italy. Beatified: 8 January 1514.
  • Blessed Manuel Domingo y Sol Born: 1 April 1836 in Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Died: 25 January 1909 in Tortosa, Spain. Beatified: 29 March 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Michael de Plagis Died: 1619.
  • Blessed Teresa Grillo Michel Born: 25 September 1855 in Spinetta Marengo, Alessandria, Italy as Maddalena Parvopassau. Died: 25 January 1944 in Alessandria, Italy. Beatified: 24 May 1998 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Maddalena Parvopassau and Maria Antonia.

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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