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Saints of 6 May

32 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 6 May, with short facts.

Saints (19)

  • St. Acuta Died: Milan, Italy.
  • St. Benedicta of Rome Died: c.546. Also called Benedikta.
  • St. Colman Mac Ui Cluasigh of Cork Died: 7th century.
  • St. Colman of Loch Echin
  • St. Edbert of Lindisfarne Born: 7th century England. Died: 6 May 698. Also called Eadbert, Eadbeorht, Eadberht.
  • St. Evodius of Antioch Died: c.69.
  • St. Francis de Montmorency Laval Born: 30 April 1623 in Montigny-sur-Avre, Normandy, France. Died: 6 May 1708 in Quebec, Canada. Canonized: 3 April 2014 by Pope Francis (equipollent canonization). Patronage: patrons of the bishops of Canada. Also called François de Montmorency Laval.
  • St. Heliodorus Died: late 3rd century in Africa.
  • St. James of Numidia Died: tortured and beheaded 6 May 259 at Lambesa, Numidia (Algeria). Also called James of Lambesa, James of Lambaesis, and James of Lambese.
  • St. John Before the Latin Gate
  • St. Justus of Vienne Died: 168.
  • St. Lucius of Cyrene Also called Lukius and Lukios.
  • St. Marianus of Lambesa Died: beheaded in 259 at Lambesa, North Africa.
  • St. Petronax of Monte Cassino Born: c.670 at Brescia, Lombardy. Died: c.747. Also called Petronax of Brescia and Second Founder of Monte Cassino.
  • St. Protogenes of Syria Born: 4th century Edessa, Syria. Also called Protogenes of Harran and Protogene of....
  • St. Theodotus of Kyrenia
  • St. Venerius of Milan Died: 409.
  • St. Venustus of Africa Died: late 3rd century in Africa.
  • St. Venustus of Milan Also kept on 6 March in some calendars.

Blessed (13)

  • Blessed Anna Rosa Gattorno Born: 14 October 1831 at Genoa, Italy as Rose Maria Benedetta. Died: 9am on 6 May 1900 at Rome, Italy. Beatified: 9 April 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Rose Maria Benedetta.
  • Blessed Anthony Middleton Born: Middleton Tyas, North Yorkshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Bartolomeo Pucci-Franceschi Born: latter 13th century in Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy. Died: 6 May 1330 in Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy. Beatified: 24 June 1880 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed Edward Jones Born: Diocese of Saint Asaph, Wales. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Henryk Kaczorowski Born: 10 July 1888 in Bierzwiennej, Wielkopolskie, Poland. Died: gassed on 6 May 1942 in the concentration camp at Dachau, Bavaria, Germany. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Warsaw, Poland.
  • Blessed Jacinto Vera y Durán Born: 3 July 1813 onboard a ship on the Atlantic Ocean off Ilha de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil. Died: 6 May 1881 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Beatified: 6 May 2023 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Kazimierz Gostynski Born: 8 April 1884 in Warsaw, Poland. Died: gassed on 6 May 1942 in the concentration camp at Dachau, Bavaria, Germany. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Warsaw, Poland. Also called Casimir Gostynski.
  • Blessed Maria Catalina Troiani Born: 19 January 1813 in Giuliano di Roma, Italy. Died: 6 May 1887 in Cairo, Egypt. Beatified: 14 April 1985 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: Franciscan Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Also called Maria Caterina of Saint Rose.
  • Blessed Peter de Tornamira
  • Blessed Pierre I of Tarantasia Born: latter 11th century. Died: 1140. Also called Pierre l'Ancien, Pierre the Elder, and Pierre Ier de Tarentaise.
  • Blessed Ponzio of Barellis Born: Toulouse, France. Died: 17 October 1364 in Toulouse, France.
  • Blessed Prudence Castori Born: Milan, Italy. Died: 1492.
  • Blessed William Tandi

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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