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Saints of 21 May

44 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 21 May, with short facts.

Saints (32)

  • St. Adalric of Blèze Died: in 888 at Blèze, Côte-d'Or, France.
  • St. Ageranus of Blèze Died: in 888 at Blèze, Côte-d'Or, France. Also called Ayran, Ayrman.
  • St. Ansuinus of Blèze Died: in 888 at Blèze, Côte-d'Or, France.
  • St. Antiochus of Caesarea Philippi Died: Caesarea Philippi.
  • St. Bairfhion of Killbarron Born: Irish. Patronage: Drumcuillan, County Laoghis, Ireland and Killbarron, County Donegal, Ireland. Also called Barrfoin, Barrindus.
  • St. Berard of Blèze Died: 888 at Blèze, Côte-d'Or, France.
  • St. Collen of Denbighshire Born: c.600 in Wales. Also called Colan, Gollen.
  • St. Donatus of Caesarea Died: Caesarea, Cappadocia.
  • St. Eugene de Mazenod Born: 1 August 1782 at Aix-en-Provence. Died: 21 May 1861 at Marseille, France. Canonized: 3 December 1995 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter's Square, Rome, Italy. Patronage: dysfunctional families. Also called Charles Joseph Eugene de Mazenod.
  • St. Eutychius of Mauretania
  • St. Genesius of Blèze Died: 888 at Blèze, Côte-d'Or, France.
  • St. Godric of Finchale Born: 1069 at Walpole, Norfolk, England. Died: 1170 at Finchale, County Durham, England. Also called Godrick.
  • St. Hospitius of Cap-Saint-Hospice Died: 21 May 581. Also called Ospicio, Sospis.
  • St. Isberga Died: c.800. Patronage: Artois, France. Also called Itisberga.
  • St. Mancio of évora Also called Mancinelli.
  • St. Nicostratus of Caesarea Philippi Died: Caesarea Philippi.
  • St. Paternus of Vannes Died: c.475. Also called Paternus the Elder and Paterno, Patern, Pern.
  • St. Polieuctus of Caesarea Died: Caesarea, Cappadocia (in modern Turkey). Also called Polieuto, Polieutto.
  • St. Polius of Mauretania
  • St. Restituta of Corsica Died: beheaded 21 May in 217, 218, 225 or 303 (records vary). Also called Restitude, Restitute, Ristituta.
  • St. Rodron of Blèze Died: 888 at Blèze, Côte-d'Or, France.
  • St. Secundinus of Cordoba Died: c.306 in Cordoba, Spain.
  • St. Secundus of Alexandria Died: Pentecost season.
  • St. Serapion the Sindonite Born: Egypt. Died: 356.
  • St. Sifrard of Blèze Died: 888 at Blèze, Côte-d'Or, France.
  • St. Synesius
  • St. Theobald of Vienne Died: 1001. Also called Thibaud of Vienne.
  • St. Theopompus
  • St. Timothy of Mauretania
  • St. Valens of Auxerre Died: Auxerre, France.
  • St. Vales
  • St. Victorius of Caesarea Died: Caesarea, Cappadocia (in modern Turkey).

Blessed (9)

  • Blessed Adilio Daronch Born: 25 October 1908 in Dona Francisca, Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Died: martyred on 21 May 1924 in Feijão Miúdo, Três Passos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Beatified: 21 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Franz Jägerstätter Born: 20 May 1907 in Sankt Radegund, Oberösterreich, Austria. Died: beheaded on 9 August 1943 in Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany. Beatified: 26 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Franz Jaegerstaetter.
  • Blessed Hemming of Åbo Born: late 13th century in Balinge parish. Died: 21 May 1366. Beatified: miracles reported at his tomb, and by 1400 there were pilgrimages made to it.
  • Blessed Hyacinth-Marie Cormier Born: 8 December 1832 in Orléans, Loiret, France as Henri Cormier Bracquemond. Died: 12:30pm on 17 December 1916 at the priory of the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome, Italy. Beatified: 20 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Jean Mopinot Born: 12 December 1724 in Rheims, Ardennes, France. Died: 21 May 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Brother Léon.
  • Blessed Lucio del Rio Born: 1242. Died: 1342 at the Santa Eulalia Mercedarian convent in Barcelona, Spain.
  • Blessed Manuel Gómez González Born: 29 May 1877 in San José de Ribarteme, Pontevedra, Spain. Died: 21 May 1924 in Feijão Miúdo, Três Passos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Beatified: 21 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Pietro Parenzo Born: 12th century Rome, Italy. Died: hit in the head. Beatified: 1200. Patronage: Orvieto, Italy.
  • Blessed Silao Born: early 11th century Ireland. Died: late 11th century in Lucca, Italy.

Martyr groups (3)

  • Martyrs of Egypt
  • Martyrs of Pentecost in Alexandria Died: 339 in Alexandria, Egypt.
  • Martyrs of the Mexican Revolution Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II.

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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