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Saints of 9 May

26 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 9 May, with short facts.

Saints (15)

  • St. Pachomius Born: c.290 at Upper Thebaid, Egypt. Died: c.346. Also called Pachomius the Elder, Pachomius the Great, and Pachome, Pakhomius.
  • St. Banban the Wise Born: Ireland. Also called Banban Sapiens, Mabran Barbarus, and Mauranum cognomento Barbanum.
  • St. Beatus of Laon Born: Italy. Also called Beatus of Vendome.
  • St. Beatus of Lungern Died: c.112 on Mount Beatenburg, Lake of Thun, Switzerland. Patronage: Beatenberg, Switzerland. Also called Apostle of Switzerland, Beatus of Beatenberg, and Beatus of Thun.
  • St. Brynoth of Scara Born: Sweden. Died: 6 February 1317. Canonized: 1498.
  • St. Dionysius of Vienne Died: c.193. Also called Denis.
  • St. Gerontius of Cervia Died: c.501 on the Flaminian Way at Cagli, Italy. Patronage: Cagli, Italy. Also called Geronzio.
  • St. Giuse Hiên Born: c.1769 in Quân Anh Ha, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam. Died: beheaded on 9 May 1840 at Nam Ðinh, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Giuseppe Dô Quang Hiên, Joseph Hiên, and José Dô Quang Hiên.
  • St. Gorfor of Llanover Born: Welsh. Patronage: Llanover, Gwent, Wales.
  • St. Gregory of Ostia Died: 9 May 1048 at Logroño, Spain. Patronage: protection of crops. Also called Gregorius IV, Gregorio Ostiense, Gregorio di Ostia, and Gregorio de la Berrueza.
  • St. Hermas of Rome
  • St. John of Châlon Died: c.475.
  • St. Sanctan of Kill-da-Les Also called Sanctain.
  • St. Tudwg Born: Wales. Also called Tudinus.
  • St. Vincent of Montes Died: c.950.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Alexandru Rusu Born: 22 November 1884 in Saulia de Câmpie, Mures, Romania. Died: 9 May 1963 in Gherla, Cluj, Romania. Beatified: 2 June 2019 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Benincasa of Montepulciano Born: 1375 at Montepulciano, Siena, Italy. Died: 9 May 1426 at Monticchiello, Italy. Beatified: 23 December 1829 by Pope Pius VIII (cultus confirmation). Also called Benincasa of Montepulciano, Benincosa of..., John Benincasa, and Giovanni Benincasa.
  • Blessed Fortis Gabrielli Born: Gubbio, Umbria, Italy. Died: 9 May 1040. Beatified: 17 March 1756 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed Karolina Gerhardinger Born: 20 June 1797 at Stadtamhof, Bavaria, Germany as Caroline Gerhardinger. Died: 9 May 1879 in München, Bavaria, Germany. Beatified: 17 November 1985 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Caroline Gerhardinger, Maria Teresa Gerhardinger, Maria Theresia of Jesus, and Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger.
  • Blessed Maria del Carmen Rendiles Martinez Born: 11 August 1903 in Caracas, Venezuela. Died: 9 May 1977 in Caracas, Venezuela. Beatified: 16 June 2018 by Pope Francis. Patronage: Servants of Jesus of Caracas. Also called Carmen Elena Rendiles Martínez and María Carmen.
  • Blessed Pedro of Alcobaça Died: c.1160.
  • Blessed Stefan Grelewski Born: 3 July 1899 in Dwikozy, Swietokrzyskie, Poland. Died: starved to death on 9 May 1941 in the camp hospital of Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Thomas Pickering Born: c.1621 in Westmorland, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.

Martyr groups (2)

  • 20 Mercedarian Martyrs of Riscala Died: 16th century at the Santa Maria convent at Riscala, France.
  • Martyrs of Persia

Other (1)

  • Isaiah the Prophet

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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