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Saints of 10 May

33 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 10 May, with short facts.

Saints (21)

  • St. John of Ávila Born: 6 January 1499 at Almodovar del Campo (Ciudad Real), Toledo, New Castile, Spain. Died: 10 May 1569 at Montilla, Provincia de Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain. Canonized: 31 May 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Patronage: Andalusia, Spain, Spain, Spanish secular clergy, and World Youth Day 2011.
  • St. Alphius of Lentini Born: Sicily, Italy. Died: 251 in Lentini, Sicily, Italy. Patronage: Lentini, Sicily, Italy and Trecastagni, Sicily, Italy. Also called Alfio.
  • St. Aurelian of Limoges Patronage: butchers of Limoges, France. Also called Aurélien Cotta.
  • St. Blanda of Rome Died: beheaded c.232 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Calepodius of Rome Died: stabbed. Also called Calepodio.
  • St. Catald of Taranto Born: 7th century Munster, Ireland. Died: c.685 in Taranto, Italy. Patronage: against blindness, against drought, against epilepsy, against hernias, against paralysis, against plague, against storms, blind people, and others. Also called Catald of Tarentum and Catald of Rachau.
  • St. Comgall of Bangor Born: c.510 Dalaradia. Died: 601 at Bangor Abbey, Ireland. Canonized: 1903 (cultus confirmed).
  • St. Cyrinus of Lentini Born: Sicily. Died: 251 in Lentini, Sicily, Italy. Patronage: Lentini, Sicily, Italy and Trecastagni, Sicily, Italy. Also called Cirino.
  • St. Dioscorides of Smyrna Died: at Smyrna, Asia Minor.
  • St. Epimachus of Rome Died: burned at the stake c.250 in Alexandria, Egypt.
  • St. Felix of Rome Died: beheaded c.232 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Frodoino of Novalesa Born: latter 8th century. Died: 816.
  • St. Gordian the Judge Died: beheaded in 362 on the Latin Road outside Rome, Italy. Also called Gordian of Rome and Gordianus....
  • St. Joseph de Veuster Born: 3 January 1840 on the family farm at Tremeloo, Belgium as Joseph de Veuster. Died: 15 April 1889 at Molokai, Hawaii. Canonized: 11 October 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Apostle to the Lepers, Damian de Veuster, and Father Damien.
  • St. Palmatius of Rome Died: beheaded c.232 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Philadelphus of Lentini Born: Sicily, Italy. Died: 251 in Lentini, Sicily, Italy. Patronage: Lentini, Sicily, Italy and Trecastagni, Sicily, Italy.
  • St. Quartus of Capua Born: Capua, Italy. Died: martyred at Rome, Italy.
  • St. Quintus of Capua Born: Capua, Italy. Died: martyred at Rome, Italy.
  • St. Simplicius of Rome Died: beheaded c.232 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Solange of Bourges Born: 863 at Villemont near Bourges, France. Died: stabbed. Patronage: Berry, France, Bourges, France, children, drought relief, for rain, rape victims, shepherdesses, and shepherds. Also called Solange of Berry, Solange of Bourges of Genevieve du Berry, and Solangia....
  • St. Thecla

Blessed (10)

  • Blessed Amalarius of Metz Born: 775 in Metz, Kingdom. Died: c.853. Also called Amalarius of Trier and Fortunatus, Symphosius.
  • Blessed Antonio of Norcia Died: c.1310 in Norcia, Italy.
  • Blessed Beatrix of Este the Elder Born: between 1200 and 1206 in the castle of d'Este, Italy. Died: 10 May 1226. Beatified: 19 November 1763 by Pope Clement XIII.
  • Blessed Enrico Rebuschini Born: 28 April 1860 at Gravedona, Como, Italy. Died: 10 May 1938 in Cremona, Italy. Beatified: 4 May 1997 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Giusto Santgelp Born: France. Died: Mercedarian convent of Saint Anthony the Abbot, Tarragona, Spain.
  • Blessed Ivan Merz Born: 16 December 1896 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Died: 10 May 1928 in Zagreb, Croatia. Beatified: 22 June 2003 by Pope John Paul II in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Also called John Merz.
  • Blessed Miro of Canzo Born: c.1306 in Canzo, Lake Como, Italy. Died: 1381 in Sorigo, Lake Como, Italy.
  • Blessed Nicholas Albergati Born: 1373 at Bologna, Italy. Died: 9 May 1443 at Siena, Italy. Beatified: 25 September 1744 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed). Patronage: learning.
  • Blessed Vasile Aftenie Born: 14 June 1899 in Lodroman, Valea Lungã, Alba, Romania. Died: 10 May 1950 in the prison hospital in Vacaresti, Bucharest, Romania. Beatified: 2 June 2019 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed William of Pontoise Born: England. Died: c.1195.

Other (2)

  • Frodoino
  • Job Patronage: against abscesses, against depression, against ulcers, and ulcer sufferers.

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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