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Saints of 16 May

39 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 16 May, with short facts.

Saints (26)

  • St. Abdas of Cascar Died: 420 at Ledan, Persia. Also called Audas of Cascar.
  • St. Andrew Bobola Born: 30 November 1591 at Sandomierz, Poland. Died: beheaded at Janow on 16 May 1657 at Pinsk (in modern Belarus). Canonized: 17 April 1938 by Pope Pius XI. Patronage: Poland, archdiocese of Warsaw, Poland, Storefront, and medals and pendants.
  • St. Annobert of Séez Died: c.689. Also called Alnobert, Alnobertus.
  • St. Aquilinus of Isauria
  • St. Brendan the Navigator Born: 460 at Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. Died: c.577 at Annaghdown (Enach Duin). Patronage: boatmen, mariners, sailors, watermen, travellers, whales, diocese of Ardfert, Ireland, diocese of Clonfert, Ireland, and diocese of Kerry, Ireland.
  • St. Carantac Born: 5th century Wales. Also called Carantog, Caimach, Carnath, Cairnach, Carantoc.
  • St. Carantoc Also called Carantock, Carannog, Carantocus, Carentoc.
  • St. Diocletian of Osimo Died: Osimo, Italy.
  • St. Felix of Uzalis Died: Uzalis in North Africa.
  • St. Fidolus of Aumont Died: c.540. Also called Fidolus of Troyes and Fal, Fidolo, Fidouls, Phal.
  • St. Fiorenzo of Osimo Died: Osimo, Italy.
  • St. Fort of Bordeaux Also called Forannan.
  • St. Francoveus Also called Franchy.
  • St. Gennadius of Uzalis Died: Uzalis in North Africa.
  • St. Gens of Le Beaucet Born: 1104 in Monteux, Carpentras, France. Died: 16 May 1127 or 1140 (records vary) at Le Beaucet, France. Patronage: for rain, Saint-Gence, France, and Saint-Gein, France. Also called Gens du Beaucet, Gens Bournarel, Gens the Hermit, and Gein, Gence, Gensius, Gentius, Genzio.
  • St. Germerius of Toulouse Born: c.480 in Angouleme, France. Died: c.560 in Dux, France. Patronage: Major Seminary of Toulouse, France. Also called Germerio, Germier.
  • St. Hilary of Pavia Died: 376.
  • St. Honorius of Amiens Born: Porthieu, Amiens, France. Died: 30 September 653 at Porthieu, Amiens, France. Patronage: against drought, bakers, bakers of holy wafers, cake makers, candlemakers, chandlers, confectioners, corn chandlers, florists, and others. Also called Honoratus, Honortus, Honoré.
  • St. Maxima of Fréjus
  • St. Peregrinus of Auxerre Born: Rome, Italy. Died: beheaded c.261 in Bouhy, France. Also called Pellegrino.
  • St. Peregrinus of Terni Died: c.138.
  • St. Possidius of Calama Born: c.370 in North Africa. Died: c.440 in Mirandola, Italy. Canonized: 19 August 1672 by Pope Clement X. Patronage: Mirandola, Italy and Rhegio, Italy.
  • St. Primael of Quimper Born: British Isles. Died: c.450.
  • St. Simon Stock Born: c.1165 in Aylesford, County Kent, England. Died: 16 May 1265 in the Carmelite monastery at Bordeaux, France. Canonized: never formally canonized. Patronage: Bordeaux, France. Also called Simon Anglus and Simon the Englishman.
  • St. Ubaldus Baldassini Born: c.1085 at Gubbio near Ancona, Umbria, Italy as Ubaldo Baldassini. Died: around sunrise on Monday 16 May 1160 at Gubbio near Ancona, Umbria, Italy. Canonized: 1192 by Pope Celestine III. Also called Ubaldus of Gubbio and Ubaldo, Ubald, Ubalde.
  • St. Victorian of Isauria

Blessed (12)

  • Blessed Adam of Adami Died: c.1286 at the Franciscan convent of Fermo, Italy.
  • Blessed Adam of San Sabine Born: at Fermo, Italy. Died: c.1210 a San Sabine abbey. Patronage: against epilepsy. Also called Adam of Fermo.
  • Blessed Albertin-Marie Maisonade Born: Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Died: stabbed and shot twice on the night of 13 May 1799 in Casamari Abbey, Veroli, Frosinone, Italy. Beatified: 17 April 2021 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Ignace-Alexandre-Joseph Cardon Born: Cambrai, Nord, France. Died: 14 May 1799 in Casamari Abbey, Veroli, Frosinone, Italy. Beatified: 17 April 2021 by Pope Francis. Also called Brother Simèon-Marie.
  • Blessed Jan Chrysostom Zavrel Born: 1725 in Chodov, Prague (in modern Czech Republic). Died: 13 May 1799 in Casamari Abbey, Veroli, Frosinone, Italy. Beatified: 17 April 2021 by Pope Francis. Also called Dominique-Marie and Jan Chrysostom Zawrel.
  • Blessed Louis of Mercy Died: 14 century in Valladolid, Spain. Also called Ludovico della Pieta.
  • Blessed Maturin-Marie Pitri Born: Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France. Died: shot on 13 May 1799 in Casamari, Veroli, Frosinone, Italy. Beatified: 17 April 2021 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Michal Wozniak Born: 28 July 1875 in Suchým Lesie, Pecice, Mazowieckie, Poland. Died: 16 May 1942 in the concentration camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Modeste-Marie Burgen Born: Bourgogne, Marne, France. Died: 13 May 1799 in Casamari Abbey, Veroli, Frosinone, Italy. Beatified: 17 April 2021 by Pope Francis. Also called Bougue.
  • Blessed Vitaliy Bayrak Born: 24 February 1907 at Shvaikivtsy, Ternopil's'ka oblast', Ukraine. Died: beaten to death on 21 April in 1946 in prison at Drohobych, L'vivs'ka oblast', Ukraine. Beatified: 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine. Also called Vitalii Bairak, Vitalij Bajrak, and Volodomyr Bairak.
  • Blessed Vladimir Ghika Born: 25 December 1873 in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey). Died: 16 May 1954 in Jilava, Bucharest, Romania. Beatified: 31 August 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Vladimir Ghica and Apostolic Wanderer.
  • Blessed Zosimo Maria Brambat Born: Milan, Italy. Died: 16 May 1799 in Casamari, Veroli, Frosinone, Italy. Beatified: 17 April 2021 by Pope Francis.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Saint Sabas

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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