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Saints of 7 May

29 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 7 May, with short facts.

Saints (19)

  • St. Abba Also called Alla.
  • St. Agostino Roscelli Born: 27 July 1818 at Bargone di Casarza Ligure, Italy. Died: 7 May 1902 at Genoa, Italy. Canonized: 10 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Augustine Roscelli and Augustin Roscelli.
  • St. Augustine of Nicomedia
  • St. Augustus of Nicomedia
  • St. Cerenico of Spoleto Died: 7 May 669. Also called Cenerico, Cenic, Cinereo.
  • St. Domitian of Huy Born: 6th century in Gaul. Died: 560. Patronage: against fever and Huy, Liège, Belgium.
  • St. Duje Born: Antiohia, Syria. Died: beheaded in 304 at Salona, Dalmatia (in modern Croatia). Patronage: Split, Croatia. Also called Doimus, Domnio, Domnius, Dujam.
  • St. Flavia Domitilla of Terracina Died: at Terracina, Italy.
  • St. Flavius of Nicomedia
  • St. John of Beverley Born: at Harpham, Yorkshire, England. Died: 7 May 721 at Inderawood Abbey, England. Canonized: 1037 by Pope Benedict IX. Patronage: diocese of Middlesbrough, England. Also called John of York.
  • St. Juvenal of Benevento Died: c.132.
  • St. Maurelius of Voghenza-Ferrara Died: 7 May 644.
  • St. Peter of Pavia Born: Lombardy (in modern Italy). Died: c.735.
  • St. Placid of Autun Died: c.675. Also called Placidus of Autun and Plait of Autun.
  • St. Quadratus of Herbipolis Died: martyred in 257 at Herbipolis, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Quadratus of Nicomedia Died: beheaded in Nicomedia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Rose Venerini Born: 9 February 1656 at Viterbo, Italy. Died: 7 May 1728 at Rome, Italy. Canonized: 15 October 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Rosa.
  • St. Serenicus of Hyesmes Born: Spoleto, Italy. Died: c.669.
  • St. Serenus of Hyesmas Born: Spoleto, Italy.

Blessed (7)

  • Blessed Albert of Bergamo Born: at Villa d'Ogna, Italy. Died: 7 May 1279 in Cremona, Italy. Beatified: 9 May 1748 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed). Patronage: bakers and day labourers. Also called Alberto da Bergamo.
  • Blessed Antonio de Agramunt
  • Blessed Francesco Paleari Born: 22 October 1863 in Pogliano Milanese, Milan, Italy. Died: 7 May 1939 in Turin, Italy. Beatified: 17 September 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Gisella of Ungarn Born: 11th century. Died: c.1095 at Passau, Germany. Also called Gisella of Hungary and Gisela, Gisele, Gizella.
  • Blessed Jan Eugeniusz Bajewski Born: 17 January 1915 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Died: 8 May 1941 in the Oswiecim (Auschwitz) death camp, Malopolskie. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Antonin Bajewski.
  • Blessed Miqael of Ulompo Born: Syria. Also called Michael Ulumbijski.
  • Blessed Villanus of Gubbio Born: Gubbio, Italy. Died: 1237.

Other (3)

  • Antonio Pecierskij
  • Apparition of the Holy Cross over Jerusalem
  • Berchan of Daire Eachdroma

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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