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Saints of 1 May

54 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 1 May, with short facts.

Saints (43)

  • St. Joseph Died: 1st century. Patronage: educators and teachers. Also called Joseph of Nazareth, Joseph the Artisan, Joseph the Betrothed, and Joseph the Worker. Also kept on 19 March in some calendars.
  • St. Aceolus of Amiens Died: 303 near Amiens, France. Also called Acheul and Ach, Ache.
  • St. Aedhgein of Fobhar Died: 766.
  • St. Aldebrandus of Fossombrone Born: 1119 in Sorrivoli, Italy. Died: 30 April 1219 in Fossombrone, Italy. Patronage: Fossombrone, Italy. Also called Aldebrand, Aldebrando, Hildebrand.
  • St. Amator of Auxerre Born: 344 in Auxerre, Gaul (modern France). Died: 1 May 418 in the cathedral of Auxerre, France. Also called Amatre, Amadour.
  • St. Ambrose of Ferentino Born: Liguria, Italy. Died: drowned in a well 16 August 304 at Ferentino, Italy.
  • St. Andeolus of Smyrna Born: Smyrna. Also called Andeolus of Vivarais, Andeolus of Vals, Andeol, Andéolo, Andreolus, and Other Memorials.
  • St. Arnold of Hiltensweiler Born: 11th century at Hiltensweiler, Germany. Also called Arnold von Hiltensweiler.
  • St. Asaph of Llanelwy Died: c.550. Also called Asaph of Llan-Elwy and Asa of....
  • St. Augustine Schoffler Born: 22 November 1822 at Mittelbronn, Moselle, France. Died: beheaded on 1 May 1852 at Son-tai, Tonkin, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Augustus Schoffler and Agostino Schoeffler.
  • St. Banban Also called Banbhan.
  • St. Benedict of Szkalka Born: 10th century Nitra (in modern Slovakia) as Stojislav. Died: strangled by thieves in 1012 on Mount Zobor, Slovakia. Canonized: 1085 by Pope Saint Gregory VII. Patronage: sailors on the River Váh. Also called Stojislav.
  • St. Bertha of Avenay Died: c.685. Patronage: against insanity. Also called Bertha of Val d'Or.
  • St. Bertha of Kent Born: 539 in modern France. Died: 612.
  • St. Brecan of Ara
  • St. Brieuc of Brittany Born: c.420 at Dyfed, Cardiganshire, Wales. Died: c.510 at Saint-Brieuc-des-Vaux, France. Patronage: purse makers (from the legendary size of his alms-giving) and Saint-Brieuc-des-Vaux, France.
  • St. Ceallach of Killala Born: 6th century. Also called Kellach of Killala.
  • St. Cecilio of Illiberis
  • St. Cominus of Catania Died: in Catania, Sicily.
  • St. Esicio of Carcer
  • St. Eufrasio of Ilitirgi
  • St. Evermarus of Rousson Died: murdered by robbers c.700 in Rousson, Belgium. Also called Evermarus of Tongres and Evermar of....
  • St. Gistaldo Died: drowned in a well in La Beauce d'Orléans (in modern France) in 523. Also called Giselades, Giselahad, Gisgald, Siglad.
  • St. Grata of Bergamo Died: c.307 in Bergamo, Italy. Patronage: Grassobbio, Italy.
  • St. Gundebado Died: drowned in a well in La Beauce d'Orléans (in modern France) in 523. Also called Gundebaldo.
  • St. Hippolytus of Atripalda Died: beheaded on 1 May 303 on the banks of the Sabato River near Abellinum (near modern Atripalda, Italy). Patronage: Atripalda, Italy. Also called Ipolisto.
  • St. Indalecio of Urci
  • St. Isidora of Egypt Died: c.365. Also called Isidora the Simple, Isidora the Stolta, Isidora the Fool, and Isidora of Tabenna.
  • St. John-Louis Bonnard Born: 1 March 1824 at Saint Christot-en-Jarret, Loire, France. Died: beheaded on 1 May 1852 at Tonkin, Indo-China (modern Vietnam). Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Giovanni Ludovico Bonnard.
  • St. Marculf Born: at Bayeux, France. Died: 558. Patronage: against scrofula, against skin diseases, against skin rashes, and against struma.
  • St. Nathchaoimhe of Terryglass
  • St. Orentius of Auch Died: c.439. Also called Orientius of Auch.
  • St. Orentius of Loret Died: c.240. Patronage: against vermin. Also called Orentius of Huesca and Orenzio of....
  • St. Patientia of Loret Died: c.240. Patronage: against vermin. Also called Patientia of Huesca, Pazienza of..., and Patience of....
  • St. Peregrine Laziosi Born: 1260 at Forli, Italy. Died: 1 May 1345 at Forli, Italy. Canonized: 27 December 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII. Patronage: against cancer, against breast cancer, against open sores, against skin diseases, AIDS patients, cancer patients, sick people, diocese of Forli-Bertinoro, Italy, and others.
  • St. Richard Pampuri Born: 2 August 1897 at Trivolzio, Pavia, Italy as Erminio Filippo Pampuri. Died: 1 May 1930 in Milan, Italy. Canonized: 1 November 1989 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Erminio Filippo Pampuri, Herminio Felipe Pampuri, Riccardo Pampuri, and Ricardo Pampuri.
  • St. Romanus of Baghdad Born: early 8th-century in Galatia. Died: throat cut in 780.
  • St. Segundo of Ábula
  • St. Sigismund of Burgundy Died: executed in 523 at Orleans, France. Patronage: against fever, Czech Repubic, and Freising, Germany. Also called King Sigismund.
  • St. Tesifonte of Bergium
  • St. Theodard of Narbonne Born: c.840 at Montauban, France. Died: 1 May 893 at Montauban, France. Also called Audard, Teodardo.
  • St. Thorette
  • St. Torquatus of Guadix Died: early 2nd century; records vary on whether he was a martyr. Patronage: Guadix, Spain. Also called Torquato.

Blessed (9)

  • Blessed Arigius of Gap Born: 535. Died: 604. Beatified: 9 December 1903 by Pope Saint Pius X. Also called Aray, Aredius, Arey, Arige, Érige.
  • Blessed Felim O'Hara Born: Irish. Died: martryed on 1 May 1582 in Moyne, Cork, Ireland. Beatified: 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy.
  • Blessed Juan de Huete Died: stoned to death by Moors in 1482 in Granada, Spain.
  • Blessed Juan de Zorroza Died: stoned to death by Moors in 1482 in Granada, Spain.
  • Blessed Julian Cesarello de Valle Born: late 13th century at Valle, Istria, Venetian Republic (in modern Croatia). Died: c.1349 at Valle, Istria, Venetian Republic (in modern Croatia). Beatified: 26 February 1793 by Pope Pius VI.
  • Blessed Klymentii Sheptytskyi Born: 17 November 1869 at Prylbychi, Lviv District, Ukraine. Died: 1 May 1951 in the prison at Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Ukraine. Beatified: 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine. Also called Clement Sheptytsky, Clemente Septyckyj, and Klymentij Sheptyckyj.
  • Blessed Mafalda of Portugal Born: 1184 in Portugal. Died: 2 May 1257 in Arouca, Portugal. Beatified: 14 March 1792 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed Petronilla of Moncel
  • Blessed Vivald of Gimignano Born: mid-13th century in Gimignano, Italy. Died: May 1320. Beatified: 13 February 1908 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmation). Also called Vivald of San Geminiano and Ubaldo, Vivaldo, Waldo.

Other (2)

  • Jeremiah the Prophet Born: c.760 BC. Died: stoned to death c.705 BC at age 55 in Egypt.
  • Madonna of Giubino

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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