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Saints of 23 May

30 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 23 May, with short facts.

Saints (15)

  • St. Basileus of Braga
  • St. Desiderius of Langres Born: 407 in Genoa, Italy. Died: beheaded near Langres, France. Also called Desiderius of Genoa and Desiderio, Dizier, Didier, Désiré.
  • St. Epitacius of Tuy Also called Epictetus, Epictritus.
  • St. Euphebius of Naples Also called Efébo.
  • St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk Born: 1110 at Polotsk, Belarus as Pradslava. Died: 1173 at the monastery of Mar Saba near Jerusalem. Canonized: 1984 by Pope John Paul II in Belarus. Patronage: Belarus. Also called Yefrasinnya Polatskaya.
  • St. Eutychius of Valcastoria Also called Eutychius of Norvia and Eutizio of....
  • St. Florentius of Valcastoria Also called Florentius of Norcia.
  • St. Goban Gobhnena
  • St. Guibertus of Gorze Born: in the Lorraine region of France. Died: 962 at Gorze Abbey in France. Also called Guibertus of Gembloux and Guibert of....
  • St. John Baptist Rossi Born: 22 February 1698 at Voltaggio. Died: 23 May 1764 at Trinita dei Pellegrini, Italy. Canonized: 8 December 1881 by Pope Leo XIII. Also called John Baptist de Rossi, John Baptist Rossi, and John Baptist de Rubeis.
  • St. Michael of Synnada Died: 826 in Eudokiadu, Turkey. Also called Michael the Confessor.
  • St. Onorato of Subiaco Also called Honoratus, Honore.
  • St. Spes of Campi Died: c.515.
  • St. Syagrius of Nice Died: c.787. Also called Siacre, Siagrio.
  • St. William of Rochester Born: 12th century at Perth, Scotland. Died: throat cut in 1201 at Rochester, England. Canonized: 1256 by Pope Innocent IV. Patronage: adopted children. Also called William of Perth.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Cristoforo Soler
  • Blessed Elizabeth of Melegnano Born: 15th century Melegnano, Italy. Died: 23 May 1530. Also called Lisabetta.
  • Blessed Józef Kurzawa Born: 6 January 1910 in Swierczyni, Wielkopolskie, Poland. Died: 23 May 1940 in Witowo, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Leontius of Rostov Born: Greek. Died: 1077.
  • Blessed Wincenty Matuszewski Born: 3 March 1869 in Chruscienska Wola, Lódzkie, Poland. Died: 23 May 1940 in Witowo, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II.

Martyr groups (5)

  • Martyrs of Béziers Died: 1562 at the Mercedarian convent at Béziers, France.
  • Martyrs of Cappadocia Died: having their bones crushed.
  • Martyrs of Carthage Born: African. Died: beheaded in 259 at Carthage (modern Tunis, Tunisia).
  • Martyrs of Mesopotamia
  • Martyrs of North Africa Died: c.430.

Other (5)

  • Garcia of Cardenas
  • Giulio of Porto
  • Pontius of Condat
  • Raymond Folch
  • Strofan of Cluan-Mor

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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