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Saints of 22 May

45 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 22 May, with short facts.

Saints (26)

  • St. Rita of Cascia Born: 1386 at Roccaparena, Umbria, Italy. Died: 22 May 1457 at the Augustinian convent at Cascia, Italy. Canonized: 24 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII. Also called Margarita of Cascia, Rita La Abogada de Imposibles, and Saint of the Impossible.
  • St. Aigulf of Bourges Born: at Bourges, France. Died: 836. Also called Aigulphus, Ayoul, Aieul, Aout, Hou.
  • St. Atto of Pistoia Died: 1153. Also called Atho, Attho, Attone.
  • St. Aureliano of Pavia Died: early 3rd century Rome, Italy.
  • St. Ausonius of Angoulême
  • St. Baoithin of Ennisboyne Born: Irish. Patronage: Ennisboyne, Ireland. Also called Baithin mac Findech.
  • St. Basiliscus of Pontus Died: beheaded c.310 in Comana, Pontus (in modern Turkey). Also called Basiliscus of Comana and Basilicus, Basilisco.
  • St. Bobo of Provence Born: Provence, France. Died: 22 May 986 near Voghera, Pavia, Italy. Patronage: Voghera, Italy. Also called Bobo of Voghera and Beuvon, Bovo.
  • St. Boethian of Pierrepont Born: Ireland. Died: near Laon, France. Patronage: sick children.
  • St. Castus the Martyr Died: burned to death c.250 in North Africa.
  • St. Conall of Inniscoel Also called Coel, Conald.
  • St. Emilius the Martyr Died: burned to death c.250 in North Africa. Also called Aemilius, Emilio.
  • St. Faustinus the Martyr Died: c.362 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Fulgencio of Otricoli Died: 6th century in Otricoli, Terni, Italy.
  • St. Helen of Auxerre Died: c.415 at Auxerre, France. Also called Helena.
  • St. Humility Born: 1226 at Faenza, Italy as Rosanna. Died: 22 May 1310 at Florence, Italy. Canonized: 27 January 1720 by Pope Clement XI. Also called Rosanna, Humilitas, Umiltà.
  • St. John of Parma Born: in Parma, Italy. Died: c.982 in Parma, Italy.
  • St. Julia of Corsica Born: 6th to 7th century Carthaginian. Died: beaten and crucified c.616-620 at Cape Corso, Corsica. Patronage: torture victims, Corsica, France, Brescia, Italy, Leghorn, Italy, and Livorno, Italy. Also called Julia of Carthage.
  • St. Lupicinus of Verona Also called Lupicino.
  • St. Lupo of Limoges Died: 637.
  • St. Marcian of Ravenna Died: c.127. Also called Mariano.
  • St. Margaret of Hulme Born: 12th century England. Died: 1170. Also called Margaret of Hoveton and Margarita, Margherita, Marguerite.
  • St. Quiteria Also called Kitheriammal, Quiteira, Quitterie.
  • St. Romanus of Subiaco Died: c.560.
  • St. Timothy the Martyr Died: c.362 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Venustus the Martyr Died: c.362 in Rome, Italy.

Blessed (9)

  • Blessed Diego de Baja
  • Blessed Dionisio Senmartin Died: c.1350.
  • Blessed Fulk of Castrofurli Died: c.600 in the area of Castrofuli, Italy. Beatified: 1572 (cultus confirmation). Patronage: Castrofuli, Italy and Santopadre, Italy. Also called Folco.
  • Blessed Giacomo Soler
  • Blessed Giusto Samper Died: c.1350.
  • Blessed John Baptist Machado de Tavora Born: 1580 at Terceira, Portuguese Azores. Died: beheaded on 22 May 1617 at Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX. Patronage: diocese of Creek, Portugal. Also called João Baptista Machado de Távora.
  • Blessed John Forest Born: 1471 at Oxford, England. Died: hanged and burned to death on 22 May 1538 at Smithfield, England. Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII. Also called John Forrest.
  • Blessed Maria Rita Lópes Pontes de Souza Brito Born: 26 May 1914 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Died: 13 March 1992 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Beatified: 22 May 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. Canonized: 13 May 2019. Also called Sister Dulce.
  • Blessed Pedro of the Assumption Born: c.1570 in Cuevas, Toledo, Spain. Died: 22 May 1617 in Kori, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyred in the Spanish Civil War Also kept on 6 April, 20 May, 25 July, 26 July, and 92 other days in some calendars.

Other (9)

  • Dominico Ngon
  • Franciscan Martyrs of Japan
  • Helen of Carnarvon
  • Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini
  • Matthias of Arima
  • Michael Ho-Dinh-Hy
  • Pedro of Cordova
  • Viano
  • Zota

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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