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Saints of 4 March

48 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 4 March, with short facts.

Saints (24)

  • St. Acacius of Ptolemais Died: Ptolemais, Phoenicia.
  • St. Adrian of May Born: at Pannonia, Hungary. Died: c.875. Also called Odhren.
  • St. Adrian of Nicomedia Died: legs broken. Patronage: against epilepsy, against plague, epileptics, arms dealers, arms manufacturers, butchers, Flemish brewers, prison guards, and others. Also called Hadrian.
  • St. Aetherius the Martyr Also called Etereo, Ethereus, Etherius.
  • St. Agathodorus the Martyr Died: 6 March in the Chersonese region of Greece. Also called Agatodoro.
  • St. Appian of Comacchio Born: 8th century in Liguria, Italy. Died: c.800 at Comacchio, Italy. Also called Apianus, Appiano, Appianus.
  • St. Arcadius of Cyprus
  • St. Basil Died: 6 March 299 in the Chersonese region of Greece. Also called Basilio, Basilius.
  • St. Basinus of Trier Born: in Lorraine, France. Died: c.705. Also called Basino, Basinos.
  • St. Capito the Martyr Died: 22 December 300 in the Chersonese region of Greece. Also called Capitone, Gapito.
  • St. Casimir of Poland Born: 3 October 1458 in Wawel, Kraków, Poland. Died: 4 March 1484 at Grondo, Grand Duchy of Lithuania (in modern Belarus). Canonized: 1522 by Pope Adrian VI. Also called Casimir of Cracow and Kazimieras, Kazimierz, Kazimir.
  • St. Elpidius the Martyr Died: 6 March 300 in the Chersonese region of Greece. Also called Elpidio.
  • St. Ephrem the Martyr Died: 6 March in the Chersonese region of Greece. Also called Efrem.
  • St. Eugene the Martyr Died: 6 March 300 in the Chersonese region of Greece. Also called Eugenio.
  • St. Felix of Rhuys Born: c.970 near Quimper, Brittany (part of modern France). Died: 4 March 1038. Also called Felice.
  • St. Gaius of Nicomedia Died: drowned c.254 at Nicomedia (modern Izmit, Turkey). Also called Caius.
  • St. Giovanni Antonio Farina Born: 11 January 1803 in Gambellara, Vincenza province, Italy. Died: 4 March 1888. Canonized: 23 November 2014 by Pope Francis. Also called Johannes Antonius Farina.
  • St. Gwestlan of Menevia
  • St. Leonard of Avranches Died: c.614. Also called Leodevaldo, Léodowald, Leudeuald, Leodovaldus.
  • St. Nestor the Martyr
  • St. Owen Died: c.680. Also called Ouini, Owin.
  • St. Paolo of Brescia Died: 5th century. Also called Paul, Paolino.
  • St. Peter of Pappacarbone Born: in Salerno, Italy. Died: 1123. Canonized: 1893 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed). Patronage: Policastro, Italy. Also called Peter of Cava, Peter of La Cava, and Peter I of Cava.
  • St. Philip of Cluain-Bainbh Also called Philip of Clocharbainni, Philip of Clogher, and Moggrudo, Moggrudonis, Mogrado, Mogrudo.

Blessed (22)

  • Blessed Alexander Blake Born: England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Christopher Bales Born: Coniscliffe, Durham, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Christopher Bayles and Christopher Evers.
  • Blessed Daniel Dajani Born: 2 December 1906 in Blinisht, Zadrima, Lezhë, Albania. Died: shot by a machine-gun squad at 6am on 4 March 1946 at the cemetery in Shkodrë, Albania. Beatified: 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Fran Mirakaj Born: 13 August 1916 in Kodër Qurk in Iballë of Pukës, Shkodër, Albania. Died: shot at 5am on 4 March 1946 in Tiranë, Albania. Beatified: 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Giovanni Fausti Born: 19 October 1899 in Brozzo, Marcheno, Val Trompia, Brescia, Italy. Died: shot by a machine-gun squad at 6am on 4 March 1946 at the cemetery in Shkodrë, Albania. Beatified: 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis. Also called Gjon Fausti.
  • Blessed Gjelosh Lulashi Born: 2 September 1925 in Shosh, Shkodré, Albania. Died: shot by a machine-gun squad at 6am on 4 March 1946 at the cemetery in Shkodrë, Albania. Beatified: 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Humbert III of Savoy Born: 1136 at Avigliana, Italy. Died: 1189 at Chambéry, France. Beatified: 1838 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed Kolé Shllaku Born: 27 July 1907 in Shkodré, Albania. Died: shot by a machine-gun squad at 6am on 4 March 1946 at the cemetery in Shkodrë, Albania. Beatified: 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis. Also called Brother Gjon.
  • Blessed Marie-Louise-élisabeth de Lamoignon de Dolé de Champlâtreux Born: 3 October 1763 in Paris, France. Died: 4 March 1825 in Vannes, Morbihan, France. Patronage: Sisters of Charity of Saint Louis. Also called Mère Saint-Louis and Mother Saint Louis.
  • Blessed Mark Çuni Born: 30 September 1919 in Ranza Bushat, Shkodër, Albania. Beatified: 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Mieczyslaw Bohatkiewicz Born: 1 January 1904 in Kriukai (Krykaly), Marijampole rajonas, Lithuania. Died: shot on 4 March 1942 in the forest outside Berezovichi (Berezwecz), Hrodzyenskaya voblasts', Belarus. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Miecislao Bohatkiewicz.
  • Blessed Nicholas Horner Born: Grantley, Yorkshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Pedro Ruiz Ortega Born: 14 January 1912 in Vilviestre de Muñó, Burgos, Spain. Died: 4 March 1937 in Montcada, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Pere Roca Toscas Born: 7 October 1916 in Mura, Barcelona, Spain. Died: shot on 4 March 1937 in Montcada, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Placide Viel Born: 26 September 1815 at Quettehou, Normandy, France as Eulalie Victoire Jacqueline Viel. Died: 4 March 1877 at Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, France. Beatified: 6 May 1951 by Pope Pius XII. Also called Eulalie Victoire Jacqueline Viel, Eulalie-Victoire Viel, and Placida Viel.
  • Blessed Qerim Sadiku Born: 18 February 1919 in Vudanje, Yugoslavia (modern Vuthaj, Shkodrë, Albania). Beatified: 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Romeo of Lucca Born: early 14th century. Died: 4 March 1380 in Lucca, Italy. Beatified: 1842 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmation). Also called Enrico.
  • Blessed Rupert of Ottobeuren Born: latter 12th century. Died: 13th century.
  • Blessed Stanislaw Pyrtek Born: 21 March 1913 in Bystra Podhalanska, Malopolskie, Poland. Died: shot on 4 March 1942 in the forest near Berezovichi (Berezwecz), Hrodzyenskaya voblasts', Belarus. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Stanislao Pyrtek and Additional Information.
  • Blessed Valburga of Neuenheerse Beatified: 1823 (elevation of her relics). Also called Walburga, Waldburg.
  • Blessed Wladyslaw Mackowiak Born: 14 November 1910 in Sytki, Podlaskie, Poland. Died: shot on 4 March 1942 in Berezovichi (Berezwecz), Hrodzyenskaya voblasts', Belarus. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Ladislao Mackowiak.
  • Blessed Zoltán Lajos Meszlényi Born: 2 January 1892 in Hatvan, Heves, Hungary. Died: 4 March 1951 in Kistarcsa, Gödölloi, Hungary. Beatified: 1 November 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Nicomedia Died: Nicomedia, Bithynia (in modern Turkey).

Other (1)

  • Martyrs on the Appian Way Died: c.260.

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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