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Saints of 29 January

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

Saints (22)

  • St. Abundantia the Martyr Died: c.304. Also called Abbondanza di Spoleto, Abondance, Abondanoe the Martyr, and Bonde the Martyr.
  • St. Aphraates of Antioch Born: Persia. Died: c.378 near Antioch, Syria (in modern Turkey). Also called Aphraates of Edessa and Afraates of....
  • St. Aquilinus of Milan Born: in Bavaria, Germany. Died: stabbed to death in 650 at Milan, Italy. Patronage: porters.
  • St. Barbea of Edessa Born: Syria. Died: burned.
  • St. Blath of Kildare Died: 523. Also called Flora.
  • St. Caesarius of Angoulême Died: 1st century.
  • St. Constantius of Perugia Died: beheaded in 170. Patronage: Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy, archdiocese of and Perugia, Italy, city of. Also called Costanzo of Perugia.
  • St. Dallan Forghaill Born: c.530 in Magh Slécht, County Cavan, Connaught, Ireland. Died: beheaded by pirates in 598 at the monastery at Inis-coel (Inniskeel), Ireland. Also called Cluain Dallain, Dallan Forchella, Dallan Forgaill, Dallan of Cluain Dallain, and Eochaidh.
  • St. Gildas the Elder Died: 512 at Glastonbury Abbey. Also called Gildas the Albanian and Gildas the Scot.
  • St. Gildas the Wise Born: c.516 at Scotland. Died: c.570 at Houat, Brittany (in modern France). Also called Badonicus.
  • St. Julian the Hospitaller Patronage: boatmen, carnival workers, childless people, circus workers, clowns, ferrymen, fiddlers, fiddle players, and others. Also called Julian the Poor.
  • St. Juniper Died: 1258.
  • St. Maurus of Rome Died: 303 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Papias of Rome Died: 303 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Potamione of Agrigento Born: early 6th century. Died: late 6th century Italy. Also called Potamio, Potamius.
  • St. Sarbelius Died: 101 at Edessa, Mesopotamia. Also called Sharbel.
  • St. Serrano Also called Serano.
  • St. Seustio Died: 303 in Todi, Italy.
  • St. Sulpicius Severus Died: 29 January 591.
  • St. Valerius of Ravenna Died: 15 March 810. Also called Valerio.
  • St. Valerius of Trier Died: c.320.
  • St. Voloc Born: Ireland. Died: c.724. Also called Walloch.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Gelasius II Born: c.1058 at Gaeta, Italy as Giovanni de Gaeta. Died: 29 January 1119 at Cluny, France. Also called Giovanni de Gaeta.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Agnes of Bagno di Romagna Born: Sarsina, Forlì, Italy. Died: 12th century Bagno di Romagna, Forlì, Italy. Beatified: 15 April 1823 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation). Also called Agnes of Sarsina and Agnese....
  • Blessed Boleslawa Maria Lament Born: 3 July 1862 in Lowicz, Lódzkie, Poland. Died: 29 January 1946 in Bialystok, Podlaskie, Poland. Beatified: 5 June 1991 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Bronislaw Markiewicz Born: 13 July 1842 at Pruchnik. Died: 29 January 1912 at Miejsce Piastowe, Poland. Beatified: 19 June 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Charles of Sayn Born: c.1150. Died: 1212 at Hemmerode. Also called Charles of Cologne, Charles of Heisterbach, Charles of Hemmerode, Charles of Hocht, and Charles of Villers.
  • Blessed Radegonda Born: Villamayor de Treviño, Burgos, Spain. Died: 29 January 1156 in San Miguel de Villamayor de Treviño, Spain.

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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