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Saints of 28 January

38 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 28 January, with short facts.

Saints (26)

  • St. Thomas Aquinas Born: c.1225 at Roccasecca, Aquino, Naples, Italy. Died: 7 March 1274 at Fossanuova monastery near Terracina, Italy. Canonized: 18 July 1323 by Pope John XXII. Also called Angelic Doctor, Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, Great Synthesizer, and The Dumb Ox.
  • St. Aemilian of Trebi Born: Armenian. Died: tied to an olive tree and beheaded on 28 January 304 about two miles outside Trevi, Italy. Patronage: Trevi, Italy. Also called Emiliano, Miliano.
  • St. Agatha Lin Born: c.1817 at Qinglong, Guizhou, China. Died: beheaded 28 January 1858 at Mao-ken, Langdai, Guizhou, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Agatha Lin Tchaio, Lin Zhao Agatha, and Jiade.
  • St. Antimus of Brantôme
  • St. Archebran Born: Irish.
  • St. Brigid of Picardy Born: Scotland. Died: Picardy, France.
  • St. Callinicus of Apollonia Died: 251 at Apollonia, Phrygia (modern Turkey).
  • St. Cannera of Inis Cathaig Born: Irish. Died: c.530. Also called Cainder, Kinnera.
  • St. Constantly
  • St. Flavian of Civitavecchia Died: 304 in Civitavecchia, Italy.
  • St. Glastian of Kinglassie Died: 830. Patronage: Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland. Also called Glastianus.
  • St. James the Hermit Born: near Cyrus, Syria. Died: 457. Also called James the Lonely, James Hypeterius, and James the Palestinian. Also kept on 26 November in some calendars.
  • St. Jean of Réomay Born: 425 at Dijon, France. Died: 25 January 539 at Réomay, France. Also called Jean of Réomé.
  • St. Jerome Lu Born: c.1811 at Langdai, Guizhou, China. Died: tortured and beheaded on 28 January 1858 at Mao-Cheu, Langdai, Guizhou, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Hieronymus Lu Tingmei, Jerome Lou-Tin-Mei, Lu Tingmei Hieronymus, and Yeilou.
  • St. Joseph Freinademetz Born: 15 April 1852 in Pedraces in Val Gadena. Died: 28 January 1908 in Taikia, China. Canonized: 5 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Giuseppe Freinademetz, Joseph of Shantung, and Jozef Freinademetz.
  • St. Julian of Cuenca Born: 1127 at Burgos, Spain. Died: 28 January 1208 in Cuenca, Spain. Canonized: 18 October 1594 by Pope Clement VIII. Patronage: basket makers, for rain, Cuenca, Spain, city of, and Cuenca, Spain, diocese of. Also called Julian of Burgos.
  • St. Lawrence Wang Born: c.1802 in Yuyang, Guizhou, China. Died: beheaded on 28 January 1858 in Maokou, Langdai Co., Guizhou, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Lawrence Ouang and Lawrence Wang Bing.
  • St. Leonides of Thebaid
  • St. Leucius of Apollonia Died: 251 at Apollonia, Phrygia (modern Turkey).
  • St. Maura of Picardy Born: Scotland. Died: Picardy, France.
  • St. Meallan of Cell Rois Also called Meallan of Cill Ruis and Meallan of Kilrush.
  • St. Palladius of Antioch Died: 390.
  • St. Paulinus of Aquileia Born: c.726 Premariacco near Cividale, Italy. Died: 11 January 804. Also called Paulinus II.
  • St. Radegonde of Celles Born: c.673. Died: c.680 in Chelles Abbey.
  • St. Richard of Vaucelles Born: England. Died: 1169.
  • St. Thyrsus of Apollonia Died: 251 at Apollonia, Phrygia (modern Turkey).

Blessed (10)

  • Blessed Bartolomé Aiutamicristo Born: Pisa, Italy. Died: 28 January 1224 at the monastery of San Frediano, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. Beatified: 1857 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed Charlemagne Born: 2 April 742 Aix-la-Chapelle. Died: 28 January 814 at Aachen (in modern Germany). Beatified: by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed). Patronage: University of Paris. Also called Carlus Magnus, Carolus Magnus, Charles the Great, Charles, King of the Franks, and Karl der Grosse.
  • Blessed Giovanni of Medina
  • Blessed James the Almsgiver Born: at Citta delle Pieve (Chiusi), Lombardy, Italy. Died: murdered on 15 January 1304.
  • Blessed Julian Maunoir Born: 1 October 1606 at Saint-Georges-de-Reitembault, France. Died: 8pm on 28 January 1683 at Plévin, France. Beatified: 20 May 1951 by Pope Pius XII. Also called Julien Maunoir and Apostle of Brittany.
  • Blessed María Luisa Montesinos Orduña Born: 3 May 1901 in Valencia, Spain. Died: 28 January 1937 in Picassent, Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Mosè Tovini Born: 27 December 1877 in Cividate Camuno, Brescia, Italy. Died: 28 January 1930 in Brescia, Italy. Beatified: 17 September 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Moses Tovini.
  • Blessed Odo of Beauvais Born: 801 at Beauvais, Picardy, France. Died: 880. Beatified: by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed Olympia Bida Born: 1903 at Tsebliv, L'vivs'ka oblast', Ukraine. Died: 28 January 1952 in Kharsk, Tomskaya oblast', Russia. Beatified: 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine. Also called Olga, Olha, Ol'ha, and Olimpia.
  • Blessed Petrus Won Si-jang Born: 1732 in Hongju, Chungcheong-do, South Korea. Died: 28 January 1793 in Jeonju, Jeolla-do, South Korea. Beatified: 15 August 2014 by Pope Francis.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Alexandria Died: 356 in Alexandria, Egypt.

Other (1)

  • Gentile Giusti

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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