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Saints of 6 February

76 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 6 February, with short facts.

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Saints (65)

St. Alfonso Maria Fusco Born: 23 March 1839 in Angri, Salerno. Died: 6 February 1910 in Angri, Salerno, Italy. Beatified: 7 October 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Canonized: 16 October 2016 by Pope Francis in Rome, Italy. Patronage: Congregation of the Baptistine Sisters of the Nazarene.
St. Amand of Maastricht Born: c.584 at Poitou, France. Died: c.679 in the monastery at Elnone-en-Pevele (modern Saint-Amand-les-Eaux), France. Also called Apostle of Belgium, Apostle of Flanders, Amand of Belgium, Amand of Elnone, and Amand of France.
St. Amand of Moissac Died: 644. Also called Amandus, Amantius, Amatius.
St. Amand of Nantes Died: 7th century. Also called Amandus, Amantius, Amatius.
St. Amantius of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Born: France. Also called Amanzius.
St. Andrew of Elnone Died: c.690.
St. Antholian of Auvergne Died: c.265 in Auvergne, France. Also called Antoliano, Anatolianus.
St. Antolian of Clermont Died: c.255 in Clermont-Ferrand, Aquitaine (in modern France). Also called Antoliano.
St. Antony Deynan Born: c.1583 at Nagasaki, Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Antony Dainan and Anthony, Antonius.
St. Bonaventure of Miyako Born: at Kyoto, Japan c.1585 in Owari, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX Saint Louis Ibaraki 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Bonaventure of Maeco, Bonaventure of Miako, and Louis Ibarki.
St. Brinolfo Algotsson Died: 6 February 1317 in Skara, Sweden. Canonized: Saint Bridget of Sweden received a vision that revealed the holiness of Brinolfo. Also called Brynolf.
St. Cassius of Auvergne Died: c.265 in Auvergne, France.
St. Cosmas Takeya Born: at Owari, Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Zaquira Tachegia.
St. Dorothy of Caesarea Died: beheaded. Patronage: brewers, brides, florists, gardeners, midwives, newlyweds, and Pescia, Italy. Also called Dora, Dorothea.
St. Dura of Drum-Cremha
St. Elian of Emesa Born: Emesa, Phoenicia (modern Homs, Syria). Died: nails driven into his hands. Also called Elian of Homs and Ellien, Julian.
St. Ethelburga of Wessex Born: England. Died: Rome, Italy.
St. Felipe de Jesus Born: 1575 in Mexico as Philip de al Casas. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Patronage: Mexico City, Mexico, city of and Mexico City, Mexico, archdiocese of. Also called Felipe las Casas Martínez, Philip de la Casas, and Philip of Jesus.
St. Francesco Spinelli Born: 14 April 1853 in Milan, Italy. Died: 6 February 1913 in Rivolta d'Adda, Cremona, Italy. Canonized: 14 October 2018 by Pope Francis at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy.
St. Francis Blanco Born: c.1567 at Monterey, Spanish Galacia. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Francisco Blanco.
St. Francis of Nagasaki Born: 1548 at Miyako, Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Tateyama (Hill of Wheat), Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Francis of Miyako, Francis of Miako, and Franciscus....
St. Francisco of Saint Michael Born: c.1544 at La Parilla, Spain (near Valladolid). Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Tateyama (Hill of Wheat), Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Francisco Andrade Arco and Francis....
St. Gabriel de Duisco Born: c.1578 at Ise, Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Tateyama (Hill of Wheat), Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also kept on 5 February in some calendars.
St. Gerald of Ostia Died: 1077. Patronage: Velletri, Italy. Also called Geraldo, Gerardo, Geroldo, Gherardo.
St. Guarinus of Palestrina Born: c.1080 in Bologna, Italy. Died: 1159. Canonized: by Pope Alexander III.
St. Guethenoc
St. Gundisalvus Garcia Born: 1556 at Bassein, Maharashtra, India. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Patronage: Bombay, India, archdiocese of, Bombay, India, city of, East Indians, and Indian Catholic Youth Movement.
St. Hildegund Died: 6 February 1183. Also called Hilda, Hildegundis, Ildegonda.
St. Ina of Wessex Born: in Wessex, England. Died: 727 at Rome, Italy. Also called Ine, Ini, Im.
St. Jacut Also called Giacuto, Iacuto.
St. James Kisai Born: 1533 in Okayama, Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called James Kizayemon, Ichikawa Kizaemon, and Didacus, Diego, Diogo.
St. Joachim Sakakibara Born: 1556 at Osaka, Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Tateyama (Hill of Wheat), Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Joachim Sakachibara, Joachim Saccachibara, and Ioachim....
St. John Kisaka Born: at Miyako, Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Tateyama (Hill of Wheat), Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called John Kimoia and John Kinuya.
St. John Soan de Goto Born: c.1578 in the Goto Islands, Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called John Soan of Goto, John Soan, John of Goto, and Juan de Soan de Gotó.
St. Kichi Franciscus Born: Kyoto, Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Caius Francis and Gaius Francis. Also kept on 5 February in some calendars.
St. Leo Karasumaru Born: in Owari, Korea. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Tateyama (Hill of Wheat), Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Leo Carasuma.
St. Liminius of Auvergne Died: c.265 in Auvergne, France. Also called Limin, Liminéè, Limineo, Limiunius, Linguin.
St. Luke the Deacon Died: thrown to wild animals c.311 in Emesa, Phoenicia (modern Homs, Syria).
St. Martin of the Ascension Born: c.1567 at Guipuzcoa, Spain. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Tateyama (Hill of Wheat), Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Martin Loynaz de Aguirre, Martin de Aguirre, and Martin Loynaz of the Ascension.
St. Mateo Correa-Magallanes Born: 23 July 1866 at Tepechitlán, Zacatecas, Mexico. Died: shot on 6 February 1927 on the outskirts of Durango City, Durango, Mexico. Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico. Also called Mateo Correa.
St. Matthias of Miyako Born: Japanese. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Tateyama (Hill of Wheat), Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Matthias of Meako.
St. Maximus of Auvergne Died: c.265 in Auvergne, France.
St. Mel of Ardagh Born: British Isles. Died: c.489. Patronage: Ardagh, Ireland, city of, Ardagh, Ireland, diocese of, and Ardagh and Clonmacnois, Ireland, diocese of. Also called Mael, Melchno, Melis.
St. Melchu of Armagh Born: British Isles.
St. Michael Kozaki Born: c.1551 at Ise, Mie, Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Tateyama (Hill of Wheat), Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Michael Cozaki and Michael Kasaki.
St. Mucius the Lector Died: thrown to wild animals c.311 in Emesa, Phoenicia (modern Homs, Syria).
St. Mun of Lough Ree
St. Paul Ibaraki Born: in Owari, Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Tateyama (Hill of Wheat), Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Paulus Ibaraki and Yuanki, Yauniqui.
St. Paul Miki Born: 1562 at Tsunokuni, Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX.
St. Paul Suzuki Born: 1563 at Owari, Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX.
St. Pedro Bautista Blásquez y Blásquez Born: 1542 in San Esteban del Valle, Avila, Castille (in modern Spain). Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 on a hill in Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Patronage: Caceres, Philippines, archdiocese of and Japan. Also called Peter Baptist Blasquez and Pietro Battista Blasquez.
St. Peter of Saint Dionysius Born: France. Died: beheaded outside the city walls of Tunis, Tunisia in 1247. Also called Pietro di San Dionigi.
St. Peter Sukejiroo Born: Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Peter Sukejiro, Peter Xukexico, and Peter Shukeshiko.
St. Relindis of Eyck Died: c.750 in Tongres, Brabant, Astrasia (in modern Belgium). Also called Relindis of Maaseik and Renildis, Renula, Renule, Renilde.
St. Renilde of Aldeneyk Also called Renula.
St. Revocata
St. Saturninus
St. Silvanus of Emesa Died: thrown to wild animals c.311 in Emesa, Phoenicia (modern Homs, Syria). Also called Silvano.
St. Tanco of Werden Born: Ireland. Died: 808. Also called Tancho, Tanchon, Tatta, Tatto.
St. Theophilus
St. Theophilus the Lawyer Born: beheaded in 300 in Caesarea, Cappadocia (in modern Turkey). Also called Theophilus Scholasticus and Theophilus of Caesarea.
St. Thomas Kozaki Born: c.1582 at Ise, Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Thomas Cozaki and Thomas Kasaki.
St. Thomas Xico Born: Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Thomas Dauki, Thomas Dangi, and Thomas Danki.
St. Vaast of Arras Born: c.453 at Limoges, France. Died: 539-540 at Arras, France. Patronage: against eye diseases, children, children late learning to walk, disabled people, Arras, France, city of, and Arras, Boulogne and Saint-Omer, France, diocese of.
St. Victorinus of Auvergne Died: c.265 in Auvergne, France.

Blessed (8)

Blessed Angelus of Furci Born: 1246 at Furci. Died: 6 February 1327 at the Augustinian convent in Naples, Italy. Beatified: 20 December 1888 by Pope Leo XIII (cult confirmed).
Blessed Antimo of Urbino Died: 1438 in Saltara, Pesaro, Italy. Also called Antimo of Saltara and Antonio.
Blessed Biagio of Cento Died: 1462 in Castelluccio, Calabria, Italy.
Blessed Compagno of Recanati Died: 1289 in Recanati, Italy.
Blessed Diego de Azevedo Died: 30 December 1207.
Blessed Francesca of Gubbio Died: 1360.
Blessed Mary Teresa Bonzel Born: 17 September 1830 at Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany as Aline Bonzel. Died: 6 February 1905 at Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Beatified: 10 November 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Aline Bonzel, Maria Theresia, and Regina Christine Wilhelmine Bonzel.
Blessed Teresa Fernandez Died: Consolation monastery, Lorca, Spain.

Martyr groups (1)

Martyrs of Nagasaki Born: 1619 in Nagasaki, Japan. Died: crucified on 5 February 1597 at Tateyama (Hill of Wheat), Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX. Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Nagasaki Martyrs, Saint Paul Miki and Companions, and Saint Peter Baptist and Companions. Also kept on 2 October in some calendars.

Other (1)

Deceased Parents of Dominicans

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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