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Saints of 25 May

34 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 25 May, with short facts.

Saints (25)

  • St. Bede the Venerable Born: 672 at Wearmouth, England. Died: 25 May 735. Canonized: 1899 by Pope Leo XIII. Patronage: lectors. Also called Venerable Bede and Father of English History.
  • St. Agustin Caloca Cortes Born: 5 May 1898 at Teul, Zecatecas, Mexico. Died: shot on 25 May 1927 at Colotitlan, Jalisco, Mexico. Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico. Also called Agustin Caloca and Augustine Caloca.
  • St. Aldhelm of Sherborne Born: 640 in England. Died: 25 May 709 at Doulting, Somerset, England. Also called Adhelm, Aldelmus.
  • St. Canio Born: African. Patronage: archdiocese of Acerenza, Italy, Acerenza, Italy, and Calitri, Italy. Also called Canion and Canione.
  • St. Cristobal Magallanes Jara Born: 30 July 1869 in La Sementera, Totatiche, Jalisco, Mexico. Died: shot on 25 May 1927 at Colotlán, Jalisco, Mexico. Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico.
  • St. Denis Ssebuggwawo Born: at Buganda, Uganda. Died: beheaded on 25 May 1886 at Munyonyo, Uganda. Canonized: 18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy. Also called Dionysius Ssebuggwawo, Dionysius Sebuggwawo, and Denis Sebuggwawo.
  • St. Dionysius of Milan Died: 359 in Cappadocia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Dunchadh of Iona Born: Ireland. Died: 717.
  • St. Egilhard of Cornelimünster Died: 881 at Bercheim, Germany.
  • St. Gerbald of Saint Bertin Died: 862.
  • St. Injuriosus of Auvergne Died: c.550.
  • St. Leo of Troyes Died: c.550. Also called Leo of Mantenay and Leone of....
  • St. Madeline Sophie Barat Born: 12 December 1779 at Joigny, France. Died: 25 May 1865 at Paris, France. Canonized: 24 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI.
  • St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi Born: 1566 at Florence, Italy as Catherine. Died: 25 May 1607. Canonized: 28 April 1669 by Pope Clement IX. Patronage: against bodily ills or sickness; sick people and against sexual temptation. Also called Mary-Magdalen de'Pazzi.
  • St. Matthêô Nguyen Van Dac Phuong Born: c.1808 in Ke Lái, Quang Bình, Vietnam. Died: beheaded on 26 May 1861 near Dong Hoi, Quang Bình, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Matteo Nguyen Van Phuong and Matthew Nguyen Van Phuong.
  • St. Maximus of Evreux Died: c.384 bear Evreaux, France. Also called Mauxe.
  • St. Pasicrates of Dorostorum Died: Dorostorum, Mysia, Asia Minor.
  • St. Pherô Doàn Van Vân Born: c.1780 in Ke Bói, Hà Nam, Vietnam. Died: 25 May 1857 in Son Tây, Ha Tay, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Peter Doan Van Van.
  • St. Scholastica of Auvergne Died: c.550.
  • St. Senzio of Bieda Patronage: Blera, Italy. Also called Sensia, Sentias, Sentius, Senzi, Senzius.
  • St. Valentio of Dorostorum Died: Dorostorum, Mysia, Asia Minor.
  • St. Victorinus of Evreux Died: c.384 bear Evreaux, France.
  • St. Winebald of Saint Bertin Died: 862.
  • St. Worad of Saint Bertin Died: 862.
  • St. Zenobius of Florence Died: 25 May 417. Patronage: Florence, Italy. Also called Zanobi, Zenobio.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Gregory VII Born: c.1020 in Soana (modern Sovana), Italy as Hildebrand of Soana. Died: 25 May 1085 at Salerno, Italy. Canonized: 1728 by Pope Benedict XIII (equipollent canonization). Also called Hildebrand of Soana and Ildebrando di Soana.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Antonio Caixal Died: 25 May 1417 in Constance, Switzerland.
  • Blessed Bartolomeo Magi di Anghiari Born: 1460 in Anghiari, Italy. Died: 1510 in Empoli, Italy. Beatified: 19 June 1635.
  • Blessed Gerard of Lunel Born: 1275 in southern France. Died: 1298 at Montesanto, Italy. Beatified: by Pope Benedict XIV. Patronage: against epilepsy; epileptics, against headaches, and Montesanto, Italy. Also called Gerio, Gerius, Gery, Girio, Roger.
  • Blessed Gerardo Mecatti Born: c.1174 in Villamagna, Italy. Died: 13 or 25 May (records vary) in 1242, 1245 or 1254 (records vary) in Villamagna, Italy. Beatified: 18 May 1833 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed James Bertoni Born: 1444 at Faenza, Italy as Andrea Bertoni. Died: 25 May 1483 at Faenza, Italy. Beatified: 22 July 1761 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmed). Patronage: Faenza, Italy (chosen by the city council on 14 July 1762). Also called James Philippi and Andrea Bertoni.
  • Blessed Juan of Granada Died: 1428 in Granada, Spain.
  • Blessed Mykola Tsehelskyi Born: 17 December 1896 at Strusiv, Ternopil District, Ukraine. Died: 25 May 1951 at the forced labour camp at Mordovia, Russia. Beatified: 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine. Also called Mykola Cehelskyj and Nicholas Tsehelsky.
  • Blessed Pedro Malasanch Born: Lerida, Spain. Died: shot.

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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