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Saints of 8 February

39 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 8 February, with short facts.

Marian titles (2)

  • Our Lady of the Lily
  • Our Lady of Virtues

Saints (26)

  • St. Cointha of Alexandria Born: Egyptian. Died: dragged to death by a horse thru the streets of Alexandria, Egypt in 249. Also called Coint, Cointa, Quinta.
  • St. Cuthman of Steyning Died: 9th century. Patronage: against poverty, bachelors, poor people, shepherds, and single laymen. Also called Cuthmann, Cutmano, Cutmanus.
  • St. Cyriacus of Rome Died: in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Dionysus of Armenia
  • St. Elfleda of Whitby Born: 653. Died: 714.
  • St. Emilian of Armenia Also called Aemilian.
  • St. Gaudinus of Soissons Died: possibly drowned in early 8th century. Also called Gaudin, Gaudino.
  • St. Gisela Died: 1277.
  • St. Honoratus of Milan Died: 570. Also called Onorato.
  • St. Invenzio of Pavia Died: February 397 in Pavia, Italy.
  • St. Isaias Boner Born: c.1400 at Cracow, Poland. Died: 8 February 1471 at Cracow, Poland.
  • Blessed Jacoba de Settesoli Born: 1190 at Torre Asturias, Italy. Died: c.1273. Also called Jacqueline.
  • St. Jerome Emiliani Born: 1481 at Venice, Italy. Died: 8 February 1537 in Italy. Canonized: 16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII. Patronage: abandoned people, orphans (chosen by Pope Pius XI in 1928), and Venice, Italy. Also called Geronimo, Gerolamo Miani, and Jerom Aemiliani.
  • St. Josephine Bakhita Born: 1868 at Oglassa, Darfur, Sudan. Died: 8 February 1947. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy. Patronage: Sudan and Name Meaning. Also called Giuseppina Bakhita, Madre Moretta, and Sister Moretta.
  • St. Kigwe of Monmouthshire Patronage: Kew, Cornwall, England. Also called Ciwa, Ciwg, Cwick, Kewe, Kigwoe, Kuet, Kywere.
  • St. Laureatus of Rome Died: c.258 in Rome, Italy. Patronage: Castelpoto, Italy. Also called Laureatus of Castelpoto.
  • St. Lucius of Rome Died: in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Meingold Died: murdered in 892. Patronage: bakers and Huy, Belgium. Also called Mengold, Meingaud.
  • St. Mlada of Prague Died: 994. Also called Mary of Prague and Mileda of Prague.
  • St. Nicetius of Besançon Died: 611. Canonized: 24 November 1900 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation). Also called Niceto, Nicezio, Nizier.
  • St. Oncho of Clonmore Died: c.600 at the monastery in Clonmore, Ireland. Also called Onchu, Onchuo.
  • St. Paul of Rome Died: in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Paul of Verdun Died: c.649. Also called Paulus.
  • St. Ruidche Born: 9th century Ireland.
  • St. Sebastian of Armenia
  • St. Stephen of Muret Born: c.1046 at Thiers, Auvergne, France. Died: 8 February 1124. Canonized: 1189 by Pope Clement III. Also called Stephen of Grandmont, Stephen of Thiers, and Étienne de....

Blessed (7)

  • Blessed Bonifacio of Siena Born: 13th century Siena, Italy. Died: 1290. Also called Bonafino.
  • Blessed Ermanno of Foligno Born: late 12th century. Died: 1256.
  • Blessed Esperanza de Jesus Born: 30 September 1893 in Santomera, Murcia, Spain as Josefa Alhama Valera. Died: 8 February 1983 in Collevalenza, Perugia, Italy. Beatified: 31 May 2014 by Pope Francis. Patronage: Handmaids of Merciful Love and Sons of Merciful Love.
  • Four Mercedarian Evangelists
  • Blessed Johann Philipp Jeningen Born: 5 January 1642 in Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany. Died: 8 February 1704 in Ellwangen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Beatified: 16 July 2022 by Pope Francis. Also called Apostle of the Ries.
  • Blessed Josephina Gabriella Bonino Born: 5 September 1843 in Savigliano, Italy. Died: 8 February 1906 in Savona, Italy. Beatified: 17 May 1995 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Gabriela, Giuseppina.
  • Blessed Peter Igneus Born: Italy. Died: 1089. Also called Peter Aldobrandini, Peter Mezzobarbo, Peter of Pavia, Peter of the Fire, and Peter the Fire-Tried.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Constantinople Died: 485 in Constantinople.
  • Martyrs of Persia

Other (2)

  • John of Villers
  • Paul of Loccum

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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