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Saints of 20 March

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

Marian titles (1)

  • Our Lady of Calevourt

Saints (28)

  • St. Alexandra of Amisus Died: burned to death c.300 in Amisus, Paphlagonia (modern Samsun, Turkey). Also called Alexandra of Samsun and Alessandra.
  • St. Anastasius XVI Died: 797. Also called Anastasius of Jerusalem and Anastasius of Saint Sabas.
  • St. Archippus of Colossi Died: 1st century. Also called Archippus the Apostle.
  • St. Benignus of Flay Died: 725. Also called Benignus of Fontenelle.
  • St. Caldia of Amisus Died: burned to death c.300 at Amisus, Paphlagonia (in modern Turkey). Also called Claudia.
  • St. Cathcan of Rath-derthaighe
  • St. Clement of Ireland Born: c.750 in Ireland. Died: 20 March 818 in Auxerre, France. Also called Clemens Scotus and Clement of the Paris Schools.
  • St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne Born: 634 somewhere in the British Isles. Died: 20 March 687 at Lindesfarne, England. Also called Thaumaturgus of England and Wonder-Worker of England.
  • St. Derphuta of Amisus Died: burned to death c.300 at Amisus, Paphlagonia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Euphemia of Amisus Died: burned to death c.300 at Amisus, Paphlagonia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Euphrasia of Amisus Died: burned to death c.300 at Amisus, Paphlagonia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Guillermo de Peñacorada Born: Spain. Died: c.1042. Patronage: Cistierna, Spain. Also called Guglielmo, William.
  • St. Herbert of Derwentwater Died: 20 March 687.
  • St. John Nepomucene Born: c.1340 at Nepomuk, Bohemia (in modern Czech Republic) as John Wolflin. Died: burned. Canonized: 19 March 1729 by Pope Benedict XIII. Also called Jan Nepomucký, John Nepomucen, John of Nepomuk, John Wolflin, and Johannes von Nepomuk.
  • St. John Sergius Died: martyred in 796. Also called John of Mar Sabas.
  • St. Jósef Bilczewski Born: 26 April 1860 at Wilamowice, Austria (modern Ukraine). Died: 20 March 1923 at Lviv, Ukraine. Canonized: 23 October 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI at Rome, Italy. Also called Giuseppe Bilczewski, Joseph Bilczewski, Jozef Bilczewski, and Yosyp Bil'chevs'kyi.
  • St. Juliana of Amisus Died: burned to death c.300 at Amisus, Paphlagonia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Maria Josefa Sancho de Guerra Born: 7 September 1842 in Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain. Died: 20 March 1912 in Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Maria Josefa of the Heart of Jesus and Maria Giuseppina del Cuore di Gesù.
  • St. Martin of Braga Born: 515-520 at Pannonia. Died: 580 at Braga, Portugal. Patronage: Braga, Portugal, archdiocese of and Braga, Portugal, city of. Also called Martin of Dumio, Martin of Panónia, Martin of Dume, Martin Bracarense, and Martin Dumiense.
  • St. Matrona of Amisus Died: burned to death c.300 at Amisus, Paphlagonia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Nicetas of Apollonias Also called Nicetas of Bithynia and Niceta.
  • St. Photina of Rome Died: in Rome, Italy. Also called Photina the Samaritan and Fotina....
  • St. Remigius of Strasbourg Died: 783. Also called Remi, Remidius.
  • St. Tertricus of Langres Died: 572.
  • St. Theodosia of Amisus Died: burned to death c.300 at Amisus, Paphlagonia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Urbitius of Metz Died: c.420. Also called Urbicio.
  • St. Vilfinus of Die Also called Ulfino, Vilfino, Vilphin, Vulfino, Vulfinus.
  • St. Wulfram of Sens Born: c.640; French. Died: 20 March 703 at Fontenelle, France. Patronage: Abbeville, France and against the dangers of the sea. Also called Wulfram of Fontenelle.

Blessed (9)

  • Blessed Adalbert Vos Born: 1629 in Meerhout, Antwerp, Flanders (in modern Belgium). Died: 1683.
  • Blessed Ambrose Sansedoni of Siena Born: 16 April 1220 at Siena, Italy. Died: 20 March 1287 at Siena, Italy. Beatified: 8 October 1622 by Pope Gregory XV (cultus confirmed). Patronage: affianced couples, betrothed couples, engaged couples, and Siena, Italy. Also called Ambrogio Sansedoni and Ambrose Sansedone.
  • Blessed Daniel of Ungrispach Born: 1344 at the Ungrispach castle in the duchy of Carinthia (in modern Cormons, Italy). Died: strangled to death in his sleep in 1411 near the San Mattia monastery in the area of Murano, Italy. Also called Daniele.
  • Blessed Eberhard of Mons Died: c.1150. Also called Eberhard of Einberg and Eberhardus, Eberardus, Ebrardus, Évrard.
  • Blessed Francis Palau y Quer Born: 29 December 1811 at Aythona, Lerida, Spain. Died: 20 March 1872 at Tarragona, Spain. Beatified: 24 April 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Francisco Palau y Quer, Francesc Palau Quer, and Francesc of Jesus, Mary, Joseph.
  • Blessed Hippolytus Galantini Born: 1565 at Florence, Italy. Died: 1619. Beatified: 29 June 1825 by Pope Leo XII. Also called Ippolito Galantini.
  • Blessed Jeanne Veron Born: 6 August 1766 in Quelaines, Mayenne, France. Died: 20 March 1794 in Laval, Mayenne, France. Beatified: 19 June 1955 by Pope Pius XII at Rome, Italy.
  • Blessed John Baptist Spagnuolo Born: 17 April 1447 at Mantua, Italy. Died: 20 March 1516 at Mantua, Italy. Beatified: 1890 by Pope Leo XIII. Also called Baptista Mantuanus, Baptista Spagnoli, Baptista Spagnolo, Baptista Spagnuoli Mantuanus, and Baptista Spanuoli Mantuanus.
  • Blessed Nikollë Prennushi Born: 4 September 1885 in Shkodrë, Albania. Died: 20 March 1949 in prison in Durrës, Albania. Beatified: 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis. Also called Vinçenc.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Rome Died: c.303 in Rome, Italy. Also kept on 17 June in some calendars.
  • Martyrs of San Sabas Died: 797.

Other (3)

  • Eithene
  • Mauritius Csák of Hungary
  • Michel Carnano

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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