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Saints of 9 March

19 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 9 March, with short facts.

Saints (18)

  • St. Gregory of Nyssa Born: c.333 at Caesarea, Cappadocia. Died: c.398.
  • St. Alvera of Limeuil Also called Alvère.
  • St. Anthony of Froidemont Also called Anthony of Liaroles and Anthony of Luxeuil.
  • St. Bosa of York Died: 696. Also called Boso.
  • St. Brigid of Moin-Miolain Also called Brigidade Moimiolain.
  • St. Bruno of Querfort Born: c.970 at Querfort (in modern Germany) as Bruno. Died: beheaded by pagan Prussians in 1009. Patronage: Prussia. Also called Apostle of Livonia, Second Apostle of the Prussians, and Boniface, Brun.
  • St. Candidus Died: frozen to death in 320 in Sebaste, Armenia. Also called Candide.
  • St. Catherine of Bologna Born: 8 September 1413 at Bologna, Italy as Caterina dei Vigri. Died: 9 March 1463 at Bologna, Italy. Canonized: 22 May 1712 by Pope Clement XI. Patronage: against temptations, art, artists, liberal arts, painters, Bologna Academy of Art, Bologna, Italy, city of, Works, and others.
  • St. Colman of Clontivrin Also called Colmán, Colmanus, Mocholm.
  • St. Constantine of Cornwall Died: murdered by thieves c.587 who cut off his right arm and allowed him to bleed to death.
  • St. Cyrion Died: frozen to death in 320 in Sebaste, Armenia. Also called Quirinus.
  • St. Dominic Savio Born: 2 April 1842 at Riva di Chieri, Turin, Italy. Died: 9 March 1857 at Mondonio, Italy. Canonized: 12 June 1954 by Venerable Pope Pius XII.
  • St. Frances of Rome Born: 1384 in Rome, Italy as Francesca Bussa de' Leoni. Died: 1440 in Rome, Italy. Canonized: 29 May 1608 by Pope Paul V. Patronage: against plague, automobile drivers (given in 1951), automobilists, aviators, cab drivers, death of children, lay people, motorcyclists, and others.
  • St. Ioannes Baptista Chon Chang-un Born: 1811 in Seoul, South Korea. Died: 9 March 1866 in In-Ko-Ri, Seoul, South Korea. Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Jeon Jang-Un, Yohan, and John Baptist Chon Chang-un.
  • St. Mary of Seyne Born: 12th century Germany. Died: 1200.
  • St. Pacian of Barcelona Died: c.390 at Barcelona, Spain. Also called Pacià, Pacianus.
  • St. Petrus Ch'oe Hyong Born: 1814 in Gongju, Chungcheong-do, South Korea. Died: 9 March 1866 in In-Ko-Ri, Seoul, South Korea. Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Choe Hyeong, Peteuro, and Peter Ch'oe Hyong.
  • St. Vitalis of Calabria Born: Castronovo di Sicilia, Palermo, Sicily. Died: 893 at the monastery on Mount Vulture near Rapolla, Italy. Patronage: Amento, Italy and Castronovo di Sicilia, Sicily. Also called Vitalis of Castronuovo, Vitalis of Castronovo, and Vitale....

Blessed (1)

  • Blessed Battista of Florence Died: c.1510 in Campli.

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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