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Saints of 27 February

40 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 27 February, with short facts.

Marian titles (1)

  • Our Lady of Light

Saints (26)

  • St. Gregory of Narek Born: c.950 in Andzevatsik, Kingdom of Vaspurakan, Armenia (in modern Turkey). Died: c.1005 at the monastery of Narek. Canonized: 12 April 2015 by Pope Francis. Also called Grigor Narekatsi and Gregorio di Narek.
  • St. Abundius of Rome
  • St. Alexander of Rome
  • St. Alnoth Died: c.700 near Stowe, England. Also called Aelnoth, Alnothus, Alnoto.
  • St. Anne Line Born: c.1565 at Dunmow, Essex, England as Anne Higham. Died: hanged on 27 February 1601 at Tyburn, London, England. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Patronage: childless people, converts, and widows. Also called Anne Higham and Anne Lyne.
  • St. Antigonus of Rome
  • St. Asclepius of Syria
  • St. Baldomerus of Saint Justus Died: c.650 at Lyon, France. Patronage: locksmiths. Also called Baldomerus of Lyons.
  • St. Basilios of Constantinople Died: c.825. Also called Basilios the Confessor and Basil.
  • St. Besas of Alexandria Died: killed by a mob in 250 at Alexandria, Egypt. Also called Bessa of Alexandria.
  • St. Comgan Died: c.565. Also called Cowan.
  • St. Cronion Eunus Died: scourged. Also called Cronion of Alexandria and Chronion, Cronione, Euno.
  • St. Dionysius of Africa and Companions
  • St. Emmanuel of Cremona Died: 1198 at Adwerth, Frisia (modern Netherlands).
  • St. Eucharius II of Tongeren-Maastricht Born: late 5th century Netherlands. Died: 538. Also called Eucher, Euchère.
  • St. Fortunatus of Rome Died: Rome, Italy.
  • St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows Born: 1 March 1838 at Assisi, Italy. Died: 27 February 1862 at Abruzzi, Italy. Canonized: 13 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV. Patronage: Catholic Action, clerics, students, school children, young people in general, and Abruzzi, Italy (proclaimed on 1 June 1964 by Pope Paul VI).
  • St. Herefrith of Lindsey Died: c.869.
  • St. Hippolytus of Mount Jura Died: c.770.
  • St. Honorina of Graville Died: in Gaul (modern France). Patronage: boatmen, sailors, mariners and Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France. Also called Honorine, Onorina, Ondaine, Ontario.
  • St. Jacob of Syria
  • St. John of Gorze Born: c.900 at Vandières, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. Died: 7 March 974. Also called Jean de Gorze and John of Lorraine.
  • St. Julian of Alexandria Died: scourged.
  • St. Onesima of Cologne
  • St. Procopius of Decapolis Died: c.825.
  • St. Thalilaeus Born: Cilicia (modern Turkey). Also called Thalelaeus.

Blessed (12)

  • Blessed Archangel of Treviglio Died: 27 February 1531. Also called Arcangelo.
  • Blessed Elisabeth of Baldrone Died: c.1280.
  • Blessed Francinaina Cirer-Carbonell Born: 1 June 1781 in Sencelles, Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain. Died: 27 February 1855 in Sencelles, Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain. Beatified: 1 October 1989 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy. Also called Francinaina of the Sorrowful Mother of God and Saint of Sencelles.
  • Blessed Henrik Willebrorts Born: 16th century Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Died: 27 February 1570. Also called Hendrik, Heinrich.
  • Blessed Jacques of Valois Died: Paris, France.
  • Blessed Josep Tous Soler Born: 31 March 1811 in Igualada, Barcelona, Spain. Died: 27 February 1871 in Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 25 April 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called José Tous Y Soler and Josep de Igualada.
  • Blessed Luke of Messina Died: 1149.
  • Blessed Maria Caridad Brader Died: 27 February 1943 in Pasto, Colombia. Beatified: 23 March 2003 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate. Also called Caritas Brader, Karolina Brader Zahner, Maria Josefa Carolina Brader, Mary Charity of the Love of the Holy Spirit, and Mary Josephine Caroline.
  • Blessed Marie Deluil Martiny Born: 28 May 1841 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France as Marie-Caroline-Philomène Deluil-Martiny. Died: shot twice at point-blank range. Beatified: 22 October 1989 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: Daughters of the Heart of Jesus.
  • Blessed Mark Barkworth Born: c.1572 in Lincolnshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called George Barkworth and Mark Lambert.
  • Blessed Roger Filcock Born: c.1570 in Sandwich, Kent, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Arthur Nayler.
  • Blessed William Richardson Born: Wales. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called William Anderson.

Other (1)

  • Ladislas Bathory

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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