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Saints of 17 March

20 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 17 March, with short facts.

Saints (14)

  • St. Patrick Born: between 387 and 390 at Scotland as Maewyn Succat. Died: between 461 and 464 at Saul, County Down, Ireland. Also called Apostle of Ireland, Maewyn Succat, and Patricius, Patrizio.
  • St. Agricola of Châlon-sur-Saône Born: c.497. Died: 580 at Châlon-sur-Saône, France. Also called Aregl of Châlon-sur-Saône and Agrele of Châlon-sur-Saône.
  • St. Alexander
  • St. Ambrose of Alexandria Died: c.250.
  • St. Diemut of Saint Gall
  • St. Gabriel Lalemant Born: 10 October 1610 at Paris, France. Canonized: 29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI.
  • St. Gertrude of Nivelles Born: 626 at Landen, Belgium. Died: 17 March 659 at Nivelles, Belgium. Patronage: against fear of mice, against fear of rats, against suriphobia, against fever, against insanity, against mental disorders, against mental illness, against mice, and others.
  • St. Jan Sarkander Born: 20 December 1576 at Skotschau (Skoczow), Austrian Silesia (in modern Poland). Canonized: Sunday 21 May 1995 by Pope John Paul II at Olomouc, Czech Republic. Also called John Sarkander, Johannes Sarkander, and Martyr of the Confessional.
  • St. Llinio of Llandinam Died: 520.
  • St. Paul of Cyprus Died: roasted to death hanging upside down over a slow fire in 775.
  • St. Stephen of Palestrina Died: 1144.
  • St. Theodore of Rome Died: 2nd century Rome, Italy.
  • St. Thomasello Born: 1242 at Etruria, Italy. Died: 1270 at Perugia, Italy. Also called Thomasellus, Tomasello.
  • St. Withburgh of East Anglia Died: c.743. Also called Withburgh of Dereham and Vitburga, Wihtburh, Withburga.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Conrad of Bavaria Born: 1105 Veitsburg, Baden-Württemberg. Died: 1154 at the Santa Maria ad Cryptam Benedictine monastery near Modugno, Italy. Beatified: 1832 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmation). Patronage: Molfetta, Italy, city of and Molfetta, Italy, diocese of.
  • Blessed Gertrude of Trzebnica Born: c.1200. Died: December 1268 in Trzebnica, Poland.
  • Blessed Josep Mestre Escoda Born: 12 February 1899 in Dosaiguas, Tarragona, Spain. Died: 17 March 1937 in Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Juan Nepomuceno Zegrí y Moreno Born: 11 October 1831 at Granada, Spain. Died: 17 March 1905 at Malaga, Spain. Beatified: 9 November 2003 by Pope John Paul II. Also called John Nepomucene Zegrí y Moreno and Johannes Nepomuk Zegrí y Moreno.
  • Blessed Maria Bárbara Maix Born: 27 June 1818 in Vienna, Austria. Died: 17 March 1873 in Catumbi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Beatified: 6 November 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Maria Bárbara of the Holy Trinity.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Many Martyrs of Alexandria Died: c.392 in Alexandria, Egypt. Also called Martyrs of Serapis.

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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