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Saints of 22 February

24 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 22 February, with short facts.

Feasts (1)

  • Chair of Peter

Saints (15)

  • St. Abilius of Alexandria Died: c.98.
  • St. Aristion of Salamis Died: martyred in the Battle of Salamis in Cyprus.
  • St. Aristone of Arsinoe Born: 4th century. Died: 5th century. Also called Ariston.
  • St. Athanasius of Nicomedia Born: Constantinople. Died: c.818.
  • St. Baradates of Cyrrhus Died: c.460. Also called Baradatas, Baradatus.
  • St. Elwin Born: Ireland. Also called Allan, Alleyn, Elwyn.
  • St. Gurnin Also called Gurmin, Gurminn.
  • St. John the Saxon Born: in Saxony (part of modern Germany). Died: 895.
  • St. Limnaeus
  • St. Margaret of Cortona Born: 1247 at Loviano, Tuscany, Italy. Died: 22 February 1297 at Cortona, Italy. Canonized: 16 May 1728 by Pope Benedict XIII.
  • St. Maximian of Ravenna Born: 499 in Pola, Istria (modern Pula, Croatia). Died: 556. Also called Maximianus.
  • St. Papias of Hierapolis Died: early 2nd century. Also called Papia di Gerapoli.
  • St. Paschasius of Vienne Died: 312. Also called Paschase, Pascase, Pascasio.
  • St. Raynerius of Beaulieu Died: c.967. Also called Raynier.
  • St. Thalassius

Blessed (7)

  • Blessed Angelus Portasole Born: c.1296 in Perugia, Italy. Died: 1334 on Ischia, Naples, Italy. Also called Angelo.
  • Blessed Diego Carvalho Born: c.1578 in Coimbra, Portugal. Died: martyred by exposure on 22 February 1624 at Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX. Also called Didacus, James.
  • Blessed Émilie d'Oultremont d'Hoogvorst Born: 11 October 1818 in Wegimont near Liège, Belgium. Died: 22 February 1878 at the home of her son Adrien in Florence, Italy. Beatified: 12 October 1997 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Émilie d'Oultremont van der Linden d'Hooghvorst, Marie of Jesus, and Mary of Jesus.
  • Blessed Isabella of France Born: March 1225. Died: 22 February 1270 at the abbey of Longchamp, France. Beatified: 1521 by Pope Leo X (cultus confirmation). Patronage: sick people. Also called Isabel of France.
  • Blessed Miguel Facerías Garcés Born: 22 February 1861 in Perarrua, Huesca, Spain. Died: shot on 22 February 1937 in at Caseta de Alboquers, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 21 October 2017 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Mohammed Abdalla Born: African.
  • Blessed Richard Henkes Born: 26 May 1900 in Ruppach. Died: 22 February 1945 in cell block 17. Beatified: 15 September 2019 by Pope Francis.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Arabia

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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