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Saints of 6 March

37 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 6 March, with short facts.

Saints (29)

  • St. Aetius Died: 845.
  • St. Bairfhion Born: Irish.
  • St. Baldred of Strathclyde Born: c.543 in Ireland. Died: c.607 at Aldhame, Haddingtonshire, Scotland. Also called Baldred of Glasgow.
  • St. Baldred the Hermit Born: England. Died: 756. Also called Baltherus.
  • St. Balther of Lindisfarne Born: c.680 in Ireland. Died: 756. Also called Balther of Tinningham and Balther of Tyninghame.
  • St. Basil of Bologna Died: 335.
  • St. Bassa of Nicomedia
  • St. Cadroe Born: Scottish. Died: 976.
  • St. Chrodegang of Metz Born: c.714 at Hesbaye, Brabant. Died: 6 March 776 at Metz, France.
  • St. Claudianus of Nicomedia Also called Claudian.
  • St. Colette Born: 13 January 1381 at Corbie, Picardy, France as Nicolette Boilet. Died: 6 March 1447 at Ghent, Belgium. Canonized: 24 May 1807 by Pope Pius VII. Also called Coleta, Colette Boylet, Collette of Corbie, Nicholette Boilet, and Nicolette.
  • St. Cyriacus of Trier Born: 3rd century Poitiers, France. Died: 4th century. Also called Cyriacus of Trèves.
  • St. Cyril of Constantinople Born: 1126 at Constantinople. Died: 1224.
  • St. Evagrius of Constantinople Also called Evagrio, Euagrius, Evagrios.
  • St. Fridolin of Säckingen Born: Irish. Died: c.540 at Säckingen, Germany. Patronage: for good weather, carpenters, cattle, Alsace, France, Glarus, Switzerland, Säckingen, Germany, and Strasbourg, France. Also called Apostle of the Upper Rhine, Fridolin Vandreren of Säckingen, Irish Wanderer, and Fidold, Fridolinus.
  • St. Heliodorus the Martyr
  • St. Julian of Toledo Born: 642. Died: 690 at Toledo, Spain.
  • St. Kyneburga of Castor Born: in northern England. Died: c.680. Also called Cyneburgh, Cyneburga.
  • St. Kyneswide of Castor Also called Cyneswith, Cyneswide, Kuneswide.
  • St. Marcian of Tortona Died: crucified c.119. Patronage: Genola, Italy and Tortona, Italy. Also called Marciano, Marcianus, Martianus, Marzano, Marziano.
  • St. Patrick of Málaga Born: at Malaga, Spain. Died: c.307 in Auvergne, France. Canonized: Pre-Congregation.
  • St. Rose of Viterbo Born: 1234 at Viterbo, Italy. Died: 6 March 1252. Canonized: 1457 by Pope Callistus III. Patronage: exiles, people rejected by religious orders, tertiaries, Alcolea, Spain, and Viterbo, Italy. Also called Rose of Vieterbo and Rosa.
  • St. Sananus Born: Ireland. Died: 485 in Plouzané, Brittany, France. Patronage: Plouzané, France of natural causes.
  • Blessed Sylvester of Assisi Died: 1240.
  • St. Tibba of Castor
  • St. Venustus of Milan Also kept on 6 May in some calendars.
  • St. Victor of Nicomedia
  • St. Victorinus of Nicomedia
  • St. Vittore of Piacenza Also called Victor.

Blessed (3)

  • Blessed Guillermo Giraldi Died: in Barcelona, Spain.
  • Blessed Mechthild of Hochsal Born: 11th century. Died: 1081 in Hochsal, Landkreis Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
  • Blessed Ollegarius of Tarragona Born: 1060 at Barcelona, Spain. Died: 1137. Beatified: 25 May 1675 by Pope Clement X. Also called Ollegarius Bonestruga and Ollegarius of Barcelona.

Martyr groups (3)

  • Martyrs of Amorium Also called Martyrs of Syria and Martyrs of Samarra.
  • Martyrs of Italy
  • Martyrs of Nicopolis Died: Nicopolis, Bithynia, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey). Also called Martyrs of Nikopolis.

Other (2)

  • Cairpre Crom of Clonmacnoise
  • Pontius de Polignac

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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