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Saints of 22 March

26 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 22 March, with short facts.

Marian titles (2)

  • Our Lady of Sorrows of Castelpetroso
  • Our Lady of the Seven Veils

Saints (17)

  • St. Avitus of Périgord Died: 518.
  • St. Basil of Ancyra Died: mauled by wild beasts in 364 in the area at Caesarea, Palestine.
  • St. Basilissa of Galatia Died: martyred in 250 in Galatia, Asia Minor (part of modern Turkey).
  • St. Benevenuto Scotivoli of Osimo Born: 1188 in Ancona, Italy. Died: 22 March 1282 in Osimo, Italy. Canonized: 1284 by Pope Martin IV (cultus confirmation). Patronage: Osimo, Italy. Also called Benevenuto of Ancona and Beneventus, Benevenutus, Benvenuto, Benwenut.
  • St. Callinica of Galatia Died: martyred in 250 in Galatia, Asia Minor (part of modern Turkey). Also called Callinicus.
  • St. Darerca Died: 5th century. Patronage: Valentia Island, Ireland.
  • St. Deghitche Also called Deghitghi, Degithea, Geghia.
  • St. Elbod of Bangor Born: mid-8th century Wales. Died: 809. Also called Elbod of Gwynedd and Elfodd, Elvodug, Elfoddw, Elbodus, Elbodius.
  • St. Epaphroditus of Terracina Also called Epaphroditus of Philippi, Epaphroditus the Apostle, Epaphroditus of Adriate, and Epafrodito....
  • St. Failbhe of Iona Born: in Ireland. Died: c.680.
  • St. Harlindis of Arland Died: 745.
  • St. Lea of Rome Died: 384. Patronage: widows.
  • St. Nicholas Owen Born: 16th century Oxford, England. Died: tortured to death on 2 March 1606 in London, England. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Also called John Owen and Little John.
  • St. Octavian of Carthage Died: martyred in 484 at Carthage, North Africa. Also called Octavius, Ottaviano.
  • St. Paul of Narbonne Died: c.250.
  • St. Saturninus the Martyr Died: martyred in northwest Africa.
  • St. Trien of Killelga Also called Trienan of Killelga.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Bronislaw Komorowski Born: 25 May 1889 in Barlozno, Pomorskie, Poland. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Bronislao.
  • Blessed Clemens August von Galen Born: 16 March 1878 at Dinklage Castle, Lower Saxony, Germany. Died: 22 March 1946 at Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Beatified: 9 October 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Lion of Münster.
  • Blessed François-Louis Chartier Born: 6 June 1752 in Marigné, Maine-et-Loire, France. Died: martyred on 22 March 1794 at Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. Beatified: 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy.
  • Blessed Hugolinus Zefferini Born: c.1320 in Cortona, Arezzo, Italy. Died: c.1367. Beatified: 1804 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmed). Patronage: Cortona, Italy (chosen by the citizeins in 1508). Also called Hugolinus of Cortona, Hugolinus Zephyrini, and Hugolino, Ugolino.
  • Blessed Marian Górecki Born: 21 May 1903 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II.

Other (2)

  • Antonio Cocq
  • Antonio Rubino

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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