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Saints of 24 March

33 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 24 March, with short facts.

Saints (19)

  • St. Agapitus of Synnada
  • St. Aldemar the Wise Born: 985 in Capua, Italy. Died: c.1080 in Bucchianico, Italy. Also called Aldemar of Capua, Aldemar of Bucchhianico, and Aldemaro, Aldemario.
  • St. Bernulf of Mondovì Also called Bernulf of Asti and Bernolfo of....
  • St. Caimin of Lough Derg Born: Irish. Died: 653. Also called Camin of Inniskeltra, Caminus of Lough Derg, and Cammin of Inniskeltra.
  • St. Cairlon of Cashel Born: Irish. Died: 6th century. Also called Caorlan.
  • St. Catherine of Sweden Born: 1331 in Sweden. Died: 24 March 1381. Canonized: 1484 (cultus confirmed) by Pope Innocent VIII. Patronage: against abortions and against miscarriages. Also called Catherine Vastanensis, Catherine of Vadstena, and Katarina....
  • St. Domangard of Maghera Died: c.500. Patronage: Maghera, County Down, Ireland. Also called Donard.
  • St. Epicharis of Rome Died: 300.
  • St. Epigmenius of Rome Died: c.300 in Rome, Italy. Also called Epigmène.
  • St. Hildelith of Barking Born: in England. Died: c.712.
  • St. Latinus of Brescia Died: 115. Also called Flavius Latinus.
  • St. Macartan of Clogher Born: 5th century Ireland. Died: c.505. Patronage: Clogher, Ireland, diocese of. Also called Aedh mac Carthin and Macartin, MacCartain, MacCarthen, MacCarthius.
  • St. Mark of Rome Died: c.148 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Pigmenius of Rome Died: drowned in the Tiber River in 362. Also called Pigmentius, Pigmène, Pimenius.
  • St. Romulus of North Africa
  • St. Secundus of North Africa Died: Mauritania. Also called Secondino, Secundulus.
  • St. Seleucus of Syria Born: Syrian.
  • St. Severo of Catania
  • St. Timothy of Rome Died: c.148 in Rome, Italy.

Blessed (9)

  • Blessed Anna Ellmerer Born: 12 May 1889 in Grafing bei München, Ebersberg, Germany. Died: shot on 24 March 1945 in Nysa (Neisse Oberneuland), Poland. Also called Sister Maria Felicitas.
  • Blessed Bertha de'Alberti of Cavriglia Born: c.1106 on the family estate in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Died: Easter Sunday, 6 April 1163 at Fiesole, Italy. Patronage: Montano, Italy and Cavriglia, Italy. Also called Bertha de Bardi, Bertha de'Alberti, Bertha d'Alberti, Bertha of Cavriglia, and Berta....
  • Blessed Bertrada of Laon Born: 726. Died: 12 July 783. Patronage: spinners. Also called Bertrada the Pius, Bertrada la Pia, and Bertha, Berta.
  • Blessed Brian O'Carolan Born: Irish. Died: martyred on 24 March 1606 near Trim, Meath, Ireland. Beatified: 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy.
  • Blessed Diégo Josef of Cádiz Born: 30 March 1747 in Cádiz, Seville, Spain as Francisco José López-Caamaño García-Pérez. Died: 24 March 1801 in Ronda, Malaga, Spain. Beatified: 22 April 1894 by Pope Leo XIII. Also called Apostle of the Blessed Trinity, Didacus of Cádiz, and Francisco José López-Caamaño García-Pérez.
  • Blessed John del Bastone Born: c.1200 in Paterno, Italy. Died: 24 March 1290 at the hermitage of Monte Fano, Italy. Beatified: 29 August 1772 by Pope Clement XIV (cultus confirmed). Also called Giovanni Bonello Botegoni, John Bottegoni, John of the Staff, and John of the Club.
  • Blessed Luczja Heymann Born: 19 April 1875 in Lubiesz, Tuczno, Walcz, Poland. Also called Sister Maria Sapientia and Lucia Emmanuela.
  • Blessed Maria Serafina of the Sacred Heart Born: 11 September 1849 in Imér, Trent, Italy. Died: 24 March 1911 in Faicchio, Benevento, Italy. Beatified: 28 May 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Clotilde Micheli, Maria Serafina del Sacro Cuore di Gesu Micheli, and Seraphina Micheli.
  • St. Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez Born: 15 August 1917 in Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel, El Salvador. Beatified: 23 May 2015 by Pope Francis. Canonized: 14 October 2018 by Pope Francis at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy. Patronage: Caritas Internationalis (chosen 17 May 2015) and World Youth Day 2019.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Africa
  • Martyrs of Caesarea Died: beheaded in 303 at Caesarea, Palestine.

Other (3)

  • Jadwiga Töpfer
  • Marta Melusja Rybka
  • Martyred Ulma Family of Markowa

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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