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Saints of 12 May

30 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 12 May, with short facts.

Saints (22)

  • St. Epiphanius of Salamis Born: 315 at Besanduk. Died: 403 at sea. Also called Epiphanius of Constanzo, Epiphanius of Constantia, Epiphanius of Cyprus, Epiphanus, Epifanio, and Oracle of Palestine.
  • St. Germanus I of Constantinople Born: c.640 in Constantinople. Died: 12 May 733 at Platonium.
  • St. Achilleus of Terracina Died: beheaded in 98 on the Ardeatine road outside Rome, Italy. Also called Achille, Achilles, Acilius, Aquileus.
  • St. Candida Maria de Jesus Cipitria y Barriola Born: 31 May 1845 in Andoáin, Guipúzcoa, Spain as Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola. Died: 9 August 1912 in Salamanca, Spain. Canonized: 17 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola. Also kept on 9 August in some calendars.
  • St. Cassio of Sinuessa Also called Cassius.
  • St. Casto of Calvi Also called Castus.
  • St. Crispoldus Died: c.300 in Bettona, Italy. Patronage: Bettona, Italy.
  • St. Cyril of Galatz Died: 3rd century Galatz (Axiopolis), Mesia (in modern Romania). Also called Cyril of Axiopolis.
  • St. Diomma of Kildimo Born: Irish. Died: 5th century. Patronage: Kildimo, County Limerick, Ireland. Also called Diamma, Dimma, Dioma.
  • St. Dionysius of Asia Born: Asia Minor. Died: 304 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Dominic de la Calzada Born: Victoria, Biscay, Spain. Died: 1109. Patronage: Spanish civil engineers. Also called Dominic of the Causeway, Dominic of Landeveien, and Domenico, Dominicus....
  • St. Ephrem of Jerusalem Also called Efrem.
  • St. Erc Nasca of Tullylish Also called Erc Nasca de Talach-leis, Erc Nasca of Tilaig Leis, Erc Nasca of Tulach-lis, Erc Nasca of Ui Eachach Uladh, and Erc Nasc, Earc, Ercus, Herc.
  • St. Ethelhard of Canterbury Born: Louth, Lincolnshire, England. Died: 12 May 805 at Canterbury, England. Also called Aethelheard, Aethilheard, and Ethelreard.
  • St. Euphrosyna of Terracina Died: 2nd-century Terracina, Italy.
  • St. Modoald of Trier Born: Aquitaine, France. Died: 640 in Trier, Germany.
  • St. Nereus of Terracina Died: beheaded in 98 on the Ardeatine road outside Rome, Italy.
  • St. Palladius of Rome Died: c.304 at Rome, Italy.
  • St. Pancras of Rome Born: c.290 at Phrygia. Died: beheaded c.304 on the Via Aurelia, Rome, Italy. Patronage: against cramps, against false witness or perjury, against headaches, children, oaths, treaties, diocese of Albano, Italy, and 27 cities in Germany and Italy.
  • St. Philip of Agira Born: c.396 in Thrace. Died: c.453 in Agira, Sicily, Italy. Patronage: Agira, Sicily, Italy and Zebbug, Malta. Also called Apostle of the Sicilians, Philip of Aggira, Philip of Agirone, Philip of Agirya, and Philip of Argira.
  • St. Richrudis of Marchiennes Born: 612 in Gascony, France. Died: 12 May 687 in Marchiennes, Belgium. Also called Rictrude, Rictrudis.
  • St. Theodora of Terracina Died: 2nd-century Terracina, Italy.

Blessed (7)

  • Blessed Álvaro del Portillo Díez de Sollano Born: 11 March 1914 in Madrid, Spain. Died: 23 March 1994 in Rome, Italy. Beatified: 27 September 2014 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Dedë Malaj Born: 16 November 1917 in Dushkul, Mali Shëngjinit, Lezhë, Albania. Died: shot on 12 May 1959 in Shkodrë, Albania. Beatified: 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Ejëll Deda Born: 22 February 1917 in Shkodrë, Albania. Died: 12 May 1948 in prison in Shkodrë, Albania. Beatified: 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Imelda Lambertini Born: 1322 at Bologna, Italy. Died: Feast. Beatified: 20 December 1826 by Pope Leo XII (cultus confirmed). Patronage: first communicants (named by Pope Saint Pius X).
  • Blessed Jane of Portugal Born: 16 February 1452 at Lisbon, Portugal. Died: 12 May 1490 in Aveiro, Portugal. Beatified: 31 December 1692 by Pope Innocent XII (cultus confirmed). Patronage: diocese of Aveiro, Portugal. Also called Joan, Joana, Johanna.
  • Blessed Lucien Galan Born: 9 December 1921 in Golinhac, Aveyron, France. Died: shot on 12 May 1968 on the highway in Houey Makchan, Paksong, Champasak, Laos. Beatified: 11 December 2016 by Pope Francis. Also called Lucian, Luciano.
  • Blessed Thomas Khampheuane Inthirath Born: May 1952 in Nong Sim, Champasak, Laos. Died: shot on 12 May 1968 om the highway in Houey Makchan, Paksong, Champasak, Laos. Beatified: 11 December 2016 by Pope Francis.

Other (1)

  • Blessesd Juan de Segalars Born: Barcelona, Spain. Died: 24 October 1466 in Barcelona, Spain.

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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