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Saints of 3 May

49 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 3 May, with short facts.

Saints (33)

  • St. Adalsindis of Bèze Died: c.680. Also called Adalsainde, Adalseinde, Adalsind.
  • St. Ahmed the Calligrapher Died: beheaded in 1682.
  • St. Aldwine of Peartney Born: 7th century England. Died: early 8th-century at Peartney Abbey, Lincolnshire, England. Also called Aldwyn of Peartney, Ealdwine of Peartney, and AElwinus of Peartney.
  • St. Alexander of Constantinople Died: burned alive in 313 in Constantinople.
  • St. Alexander of Rome Died: burned and beheaded c.113 on the Via Nomentana in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Ansfrid of Utrecht Born: c.940 in the Brabant region. Died: 3 May 1010 in Amersfoort, Netherlands. Also called Ansfridus, Ansfried, Ansfrido.
  • St. Antonina of Constantinople Died: burned alive in 313 in Constantinople.
  • St. Avitus of Auxerre Also called Avito.
  • St. Cairpre of Maghbile
  • St. Clothach
  • St. Conleth of Kildare Born: c.450 in Ireland. Died: attacked by wolves on 3 May 519 in the forests of Leinster, Ireland. Patronage: Kildare, Ireland, diocese of.
  • St. Daircheall of Gleann-da-locha
  • St. Diodorus the Deacon Died: in Aphrodisia, Caria, Asia Minor.
  • St. Ethelwin of Lindsey Died: 8th century Ireland.
  • St. Eusebius of Auxerre Also called Eusebio.
  • St. Eventius of Rome Died: burned and beheaded c.113 on the Via Nomentana in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Fumac Patronage: Drummuir, Scotland. Also called Fumach.
  • St. Gabriel Gowdel Born: 22 March 1684 at Zwierki, Poland. Died: murdered on 11 April 1690. Patronage: children.
  • St. James the Lesser Died: c.62 at Jerusalem by being thrown. Patronage: dying people, apothecaries, druggists, pharmacists, fullers, hatmakers, hatters, milliners, Uruguay, and 8 cities in Italy. Also called Jacobus Minor, James the Just, James the Less, James the Younger, and James, son of Alphaeus.
  • St. Juvenal of Narni Died: c.373. Patronage: city of Narni, Italy and diocese of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy. Also called Giovenale, Juvenalis.
  • St. Maura of Antinoe Died: c.286. Also called Moura.
  • St. Nem of Drum Dallain
  • St. Peter of Argos Died: c.922.
  • St. Philip of Zell Died: c.770. Patronage: babies.
  • St. Philip the Apostle Born: at Bethsaida, Palestine. Died: stoned to death. Patronage: hat makers, hatters, milliners, pastry chefs, Luxembourg, Uruguay, and 37 cities.
  • St. Rhodopianus the Deacon Died: in Aphrodisia, Caria, Asia Minor.
  • St. Roincenn Conlaedh Born: Ireland. Died: 519.
  • St. Sarnat Born: Irish.
  • St. Scannal of Cell-Coleraine Died: c.563.
  • St. Stanislas Kazimierczyk Born: 27 September 1433 in Kazimierz, Lubelskie, Poland as Louis Soltys. Died: 3 May 1489 in Kazimierz, Lubelskie, Poland. Canonized: 17 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Louis Scholtis, Louis Soltys, Stanislas Kazimierz, and Stanislaw Kazimierczyk.
  • St. Theodulus of Rome Died: burned and beheaded c.113 on the Via Nomentana in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Timothy of Antinoe Born: Perapa (Egyptian Thebaid). Died: nailed to a wall in mock crucifixion c.286 in Thebais, Egypt; it took him nine days to die of shock.
  • St. Viola of Verona Also called Iole, Violetta.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Alexander I Also called Alessandro I.

Blessed (14)

  • Blessed Adam of Cantalupo in Sabina Beatified: 1634 by Pope Urban VIII. Also called Adamo.
  • Blessed Alexander of Foigny Born: c.1180 in Scotland. Died: 4 May 1229.
  • Blessed Alexander Vincioli Born: in Perugia, Italy. Died: 1363 at Sassoferrato, Italy.
  • Blessed Arnaldo de Rossinol Born: latter 13th century Spain. Died: 3 May 1317 at the convent of Santa Maria degli Angeli in El Puig, Valencia, Spain.
  • Blessed Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz Born: 15 February 1830 in Susa, Piedmont, Italy. Died: 3 May 1903 in Susa, Piedmont, Italy. Beatified: 14 July 1991 by Pope John Paul II in Susa, Piedmont, Italy. Also called Edward Joseph Rosaz and Edvard Josef Rosaz.
  • Blessed Emilia Bicchieri Born: 1238 in Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy. Died: 3 May 1314 in Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy. Beatified: 19 July 1769 by Pope Clement XIV (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed Giovanni Avogadro of Vercelli Born: mid-15th century Italy. Died: 1497.
  • Blessed Guglielmo of Florence Born: Florence, Italy. Died: crucified in 1330 in Algiers, Algeria. Also called Guglielmo da Firenze, Guglielmo Novelli, Guglielmo Fiorentino, and William....
  • Blessed Marie Leonie Paradis Born: 12 May 1840 in L'Acadie, Quebec, Canada as Alodie-Virginie Paradis. Died: 3 May 1912 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Beatified: 11 September 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Montreal, Canada. Patronage: archdiocese of Sherbrooke, Canada. Also called Alodie-Virginie Paradis.
  • Blessed Ramon Oromí Sullà Born: 16 September 1875 in Salàs de Pallars, Lleida, Spain. Died: 3 May 1937 in Montcada, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Sostenaeus Died: Mount Senario near Florence, Italy.
  • Blessed Tommaso Acerbis Born: 1563 in Olera, Bergamo, Italy. Died: 3 May 1631 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. Beatified: 21 September 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Tommaso of Olera and Thomas of....
  • Blessed Uguccio Died: Mount Senario near Florence, Italy.
  • Blessed Zechariah Died: c.1249. Also called Zaccaria.

Other (1)

  • Theodosius of Kiev

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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