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Saints of 5 March

34 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 5 March, with short facts.

Saints (20)

  • St. Adrian of Caesarea Died: beheaded on 5 March 308 at Caesarea, Palestine. Also called Adrian of Batanaea and Adriano, Adrianus, Hadrian.
  • St. Caron
  • St. Carthach the Elder Born: Irish. Died: c.540. Also called Carthach Mc Erbthaide and Carthage, Carthac, Cartaco.
  • St. Clement of Santa Lucia Died: c.800.
  • St. Colman of Armagh
  • St. Conon of Pamphylia Also called Conon the Gardener, Conon of Palestine, Conon of Magydos, Conon of Mandona, and Conone....
  • St. Elouan of Brittany Born: Ireland.
  • St. Eusebius of Cremona Born: at Cremona, Italy. Died: c.423.
  • St. Eusebius the Martyr
  • St. Framboldus of Bayeux Canonized: Pre-Congregation. Also called Framboldo, Frambold, Franbolt, Frambaud, Franbourd.
  • St. Gerasimus of Palestine Born: Lycia. Died: c.475. Patronage: Cephalonia, Greece. Also called Gerasimus of Jordan, Gerasimus of Lycia, Gerasimus of the Jordan, and Gerasimos of....
  • St. Gerasimus of San Lorenzo Born: c.1100 in San Lorenzo, Calabria, Italy. Died: 25 April 1180 in San Lorenzo, Italy. Also called Gerasimus the Abbot and Gerasimos, Gerasimo.
  • St. John Joseph of the Cross Born: 15 August 1654 at Ischia, Naples, Italy as Carolo Gaetano Calosirto. Died: 5 March 1734. Canonized: 26 May 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI. Patronage: Ischia, Italy. Also called Carolo Gaetano Calosinto, Giovan Giuseppe della Croce, Giovanni Giuseppe Calosinto of the Cross, and John Joseph Calosinto.
  • St. Kieran Born: Corca-Laighde (modern Cape Clear), Ireland. Died: c.530. Patronage: Diocese of Ossory, Ireland. Also called Kieran of Saighir, Kieran of Seirkeiran, Kieran the Elder, Kieran Saighir, and Kieran mac Luaigne.
  • St. Mark the Ascetic Also called Mark the Wrestler and Mark the Hermit.
  • St. Oliva of Brescia Died: 138.
  • St. Phocas of Antioch Died: drowned in his bath c.320 at Antioch.
  • St. Piran Died: 5 March 480. Patronage: Cornwall, England, miners, Piran, Slovenia, tin miners, and tinners. Also called Peran, Perran, Pyran, Piranus.
  • St. Theophilus of Caesarea Died: c.195.
  • St. Virgilius of Arles Born: 6th century Gascony, France. Died: c.618. Also called Virgil.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Lucius I Born: Rome, Italy. Died: 5 March 254 at Rome, Italy. Patronage: Copenhagen, Denmark. Also called Loukis.

Blessed (11)

  • Blessed Christopher Macassoli of Vigevano Born: c.1415 in Milan, Italy. Died: 5 March 1485 at Vigevano, Italy. Beatified: 23 July 1890 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed). Also called Kristoffer Macassoli av Vigevano and Cristoforo Macassoli.
  • Blessed Claudius I of Auxerre Also called Claude.
  • Blessed Conrad Scheuber Born: 1481 in Altfellen, Switzerland. Died: 5 March 1559 in Bettelruti, Switzerland. Also called Konrad.
  • Blessed Dietmar von Minden Born: Bavaria (in modern Germany). Died: 5 March 1206. Also called Thietmar, Thiemo, Theodemarus.
  • Blessed Giovanna Irrizaldi
  • Blessed Ion Costist Born: 29 June 1556 in Zaxo, Suceava, Romania. Died: 5 March 1625 in Naples, Italy. Beatified: 30 October 1983 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Ion Kostist, John Kostistk, Geremia of Wallachia, Ieremia of Wallachia, and Jeremiah of Valachia.
  • Blessed Lazër Shantoja Born: 2 September 1892 in Shkodrë, Albania. Died: shot on 5 March 1945 in Tiranë, Albania. Beatified: 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Orante of Ortucchio Born: c.1400 in Calabria, Italy. Died: 5 March 1431 outside the church of Santa Maria in Ortucchio, Italy.
  • Blessed Ponzio of Villeneuve Died: 24 or 26 (records vary) March 1087 at the abbey of Sant'André in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France. Also called Ponce.
  • Blessed Roger Died: 1236 in Spain.
  • Blessed Romeo of Limoges Died: 1380 at Lucca, Italy. Also called Romaeus.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Africa Died: 254 in Africa.

Other (1)

  • Cono the Miracle Worker

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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