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Saints of 12 March

31 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 12 March, with short facts.

Saints (20)

  • St. Almut of Wetter Born: 9th century Germany. Died: 10th century. Also called Almud.
  • St. Alphege the Bald Died: 951. Also called Alphege of Winchester, Alphege the Elder, and Ælfheah, Elphege, Elfego, Elpigio.
  • St. Basilissa of Asia
  • St. Bernard of Carinola Born: 1040 at Capua, Italy. Died: 1109. Patronage: Carinola, Campania, Italy. Also called Bernard of Capua.
  • St. Corman of Iona Born: Ireland. Also called Coman.
  • St. Doroteo of Nicomedia Died: hanged in 303 in Nicomedia, Bythinia (in modern Turkey). Also called Doroteus.
  • St. Egdunus Died: hung by his feet over a fire to die of smoke inhalation in 303 in Nicomedia, Asia Minor.
  • St. Fechno Died: 580. Also called Fiachna.
  • St. Gorgonio of Nicomedia Died: hanged in 303 in Nicomedia, Bythinia (in modern Turkey). Also called Gorgonius.
  • St. Heiu of Hartlepool Died: mid-7th century.
  • St. Indrecht of Iona Died: 854.
  • St. Joseph Zhang Dapeng Born: c.1754 in Duyun, Guizhou Province, China. Died: strangled to death on 12 March 1815 in Guiyang, Guizhou, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Iosephus Zhang Depeng, Joseph Tchang Taong, Joseph Tshang-ta-Pong, and Ruose.
  • St. Luigi Orione Born: 23 June 1872 at Pontecurone, Allessandria, Italy. Died: 12 March 1940 at San Remo, Imperia, Italy. Canonized: 16 May 2004 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Aloysius Orione.
  • Martyrs of Nicomedia Born: c.550 in County Donegal, Ireland. Died: in 303 in Nicomedia, Bithynia (in modern Turkey) Saint Mura McFeredach. Patronage: Fahan, Ireland and O'Neill clan. Also called Mura of Fahan and Murames, Muran, Murin.
  • St. Maximilian of Thebeste Born: 274. Died: beheaded c.295 at Thebeste, Numidia, North Africa. Also called Maximilian of Tebessa, Maximilian of Theveste, and Mamilian....
  • St. Paul Aurelian Born: Glamorgan, Wales. Died: 572 on Île de Batz, France. Patronage: Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France. Also called Paul of Léon, Paol Aorelian, Paulinus Aurelianus, Paul Aurelian of Léon, and Pol Aurelian.
  • St. Peter of Nicomedia Died: whipped until his bones showed. Also called Peter Cubicolario and Peter Cubicularius.
  • St. Peter the Deacon Born: 6th century. Died: early c.605. Patronage: Salassola, Italy. Also called Peter Levita.
  • St. Seraphina Born: 1238 at San Geminiano, Tuscany, Italy. Died: 12 March 1253. Patronage: disabled people, handicapped people, physically challenged people, spinners, and San Gimignano, Italy. Also called Fina, Serafina.
  • St. Theophanes the Chronographer Born: Constantinople. Died: 12 March 817. Also called Theophanus the Chronicler, Theophanus the Confessor, Theophanus of Isaurius, and Teofane....

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Innocent I Born: at Albano Laziale, Italy. Died: 12 March 417 at Rome, Italy. Also called Innocenzo. Also kept on 28 July in some calendars.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Angela Salawa Born: 9 September 1881 in Siepraw, Malopolskie, Poland. Died: 12 March 1922 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland. Beatified: 13 August 1991 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Aniela Salawa.
  • Blessed Beatrix of Engelport Born: 13th century Germany. Died: c.1275.
  • Blessed Claudius the Minor Also called Claude.
  • Blessed Girolamo da Recanati Died: 12 March 1350 in Recanati, Piceno, Italy. Beatified: 1804 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation). Also called Girolamo Gherarducci and Jerome....
  • Blessed Giustina Bezzoli Francucci Born: c.1257 in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. Died: 12 March 1319 in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. Beatified: 14 January 1891 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed Manuel Solórzano Born: c.1905 in Suchitoto, Cuscatlán, El Salvador. Beatified: 22 January 2022 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Nelson Rutilio Lemus Chávez Born: 10 November 1960 in El Paisnal, San Salvador, El Salvador. Beatified: 22 January 2022 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Rutilio Grande Garcia Born: 5 July 1928 in El Paisnal, San Salvador, El Salvador. Beatified: 22 January 2022 by Pope Francis.

Other (2)

  • Brian Bòruimhe
  • Symeon the New Theologian

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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