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Saints of 4 February

45 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 4 February, with short facts.

Marian titles (1)

  • Our Lady of Fire

Saints (29)

  • St. Aldate of Gloucester Born: Britain. Died: 5th century. Also called Aldate of Caer Loew and Aldad, Eldad, Eldadus, Eldate.
  • St. Aquilinus of Fossombrone Died: martyred at Fossombrone, Italy.
  • St. Aventinus of Chartres Died: c.520 in Châteaudun.
  • St. Aventinus of Troyes Born: Bourges, France. Died: c.538. Also called Aventin, Aventine.
  • St. Cuanna of Lismore Also called Cuona, Cuannachaeus.
  • St. Donatus of Fossombrone Died: martyred at Fossombrone, Italy.
  • St. Eutychius of Rome
  • St. Filoromus of Alexandria Died: c.311 in Alexandria, Egypt. Also called Philoromus.
  • St. Firmus of Genoa Died: Genoa, Italy.
  • St. Gelasius of Fossombrone Died: martyred at Fossombrone, Italy.
  • St. Geminus of Fossombrone Died: martyred at Fossombrone, Italy.
  • St. Gilbert of Limerick Died: c.1145. Also called Gilla, Gille, Gillebert, Gilli.
  • St. Gilbert of Sempringham Born: 1083 at Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England. Died: 1189-1190 at Sempringham, England. Canonized: 1202 by Pope Innocent III.
  • St. Isidore of Pelusium Born: c.375 at Alexandria, Egypt. Died: c.449-450.
  • St. Jane of Valois Born: 23 April 1464 in Nogent-le-Roi, County of Dreux (in modern France). Died: 4 February 1505 at Bourges, France. Canonized: 28 May 1950 by Pope Pius XII (her Cause had been submitted in 1614). Patronage: Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
  • St. John de Brito Born: 1 March 1647 at Lisbon, Portugal. Died: dismembered and beheaded 4 February 1693 at Oreiour, India. Canonized: 22 June 1947 by Pope Pius XII. Patronage: Portugal, Sivagangai, India, diocese of, and World Youth Day 2023. Also called Apostle of Madura, John de Britto, and Jean, João.
  • St. John of Irenopolis
  • St. Joseph of Leonessa Born: 8 January 1556 at Leonessa, Umbria, Italy as Eufranio Desiderio. Died: Saturday 4 February 1612 at Umbria, Italy. Canonized: 29 June 1746 by Pope Benedict XIV. Patronage: Leonessa, Italy. Also called Eufranio Desiderio, Joseph Desideri, and Joseph of Leonissa.
  • St. Liephard of Cambrai Born: England. Died: 640 near Cambrai, France.
  • St. Magnus of Fossombrone Died: martyred at Fossombrone, Italy.
  • St. Modan Born: Ireland. Died: 6th century at Dumbarton, Scotland. Patronage: against drought and against dysentery. Also called Maden, Maudan.
  • St. Nicholas Studites Born: in Sydonia, Crete. Died: 863 at Studius monastery, Constantinople.
  • St. Nithard Died: 845.
  • St. Obitius Born: in Brescia, Italy. Died: c.1204. Beatified: 1900 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed).
  • St. Phileas of Alexandria Born: Egyptian. Died: c.311 in Alexandria, Egypt. Also called Phileas of Thmuïs and Fileas....
  • St. Themoius Also called Themius.
  • St. Theophilus the Penitent Died: c.538.
  • St. Vincent of Troyes Died: c.546.
  • St. Vulgis of Lobbes Died: c.760.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Rabanus Maurus Born: 776 at Mainz, Germany. Died: 4 February 856 at Winkel, Germany. Also called Hrabanus Maurus, Maurus Magnentius Rabanus, Reabanus Maurus, and Rhabanus Maurus.
  • Blessed Agnes of Büren Born: latter 14th century Büren, Germany. Died: early 15th century at the monastery of Gnadenthal in Hünfelden, Hesse, Germany.
  • Blessed Alfonso de Meneses Also called Alphonse de Meneses.
  • Blessed Angela Serafina Correggiari Born: latter 15th century in Ferrara, Italy. Died: 4 February 1512 at the convent of Santa Caterina in Ferrara, Italy.
  • Blessed Christian of Himmerod Also called Cristiano.
  • Blessed Dionisio de Vilaregut Also called Dionysius de Vilaregut.
  • Blessed Irmtrud Also called Irma, Irmtruda.
  • Blessed John Speed Born: at Durham, England. Died: 4 February 1594 at Durham, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called John Spence, Martyrs of England and Wales, and Durham Martyrs.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Jesuit Martyrs of Japan
  • Martyrs of Perga Died: c.250 in Perga, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey).

Other (5)

  • Ammonisia
  • Elisabetta Amodei
  • Gemolo
  • Imerio di Bosto
  • Lifardus of Canterbury

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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