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Saints of 29 May

28 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 29 May, with short facts.

Saints (18)

  • Pope Paul VI Born: 26 September 1897 at Concesio, Lombardy, Italy as Giovanni Battista Montini. Died: 6 August 1978 at Castelgandolfo, Rome, Italy. Beatified: 19 October 2014 by Pope Francis. Canonized: 6 March 2018. Also called Giovanni Battista Montini. Listed as Saint in some sources and Blessed in others.
  • St. Bona of Pisa Born: c.1156 at Pisa, Italy. Died: c.1207 at Pisa, Italy. Patronage: couriers, guides, pilgrims, travellers, and Pisa, Italy.
  • St. Conon the Elder Born: Iconium, Asia Minor. Died: roasted over a fire and then racked to death in 275. Patronage: Acerra, Italy. Also called Cuomo the Elder.
  • St. Conon the Younger Born: Iconium, Asia Minor. Died: slowly roasted over a fire. Patronage: Acerra, Italy. Also called Cuomo the Younger and Cuono, Conello.
  • St. Cyril of Caesarea Died: beheaded in 251 in Caesarea, Cappadocia. Also called Cyril of Kayseri.
  • St. Daganus Died: c.609.
  • St. Eleutherius of Rocca d'Arce Born: England. Died: Rocca d'Arce, Italy. Patronage: Rocca d'Arce, Italy.
  • St. Felix de Atarés Born: Saragossa, Spain. Died: c.750.
  • St. Gerald of Mâcon Died: 927. Also called Gerardo.
  • St. Hesychius of Antioch Died: drowned c.303 in the River Orontes near Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey). Also called Esichio.
  • St. John de Atarés Died: c.750.
  • St. Maximinus of Trier Born: at Silly near Poitiers, France. Died: 12 September 349 or 29 May 352 (records vary). Patronage: Trier, Germany. Also called Maximin.
  • St. Maximus of Verona
  • St. Restitutus of Rome Died: c.299 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Senator of Milan Born: Milan, Italy. Died: 480.
  • St. Theodosia of Caesarea Died: 303 in Caesarea, Palestine.
  • St. Ursula Ledochowska Born: 17 April 1865 at Loosdoor, Austria as Julia Ledóchowska. Died: 29 May 1939 in the Gray Ursuline convent, Via del Casalet, Rome, Italy. Canonized: 18 May 2003 by Pope John Paul II at Vatican Basilica. Also called Julia Ledóchowska and Urszula Ledóchowska.
  • St. Votus de Atarés Born: Saragossa, Spain. Died: c.750.

Blessed (3)

  • Blessed Gerardesca Born: c.1200 at Pisa, Italy. Died: c.1265. Beatified: 1856 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed). Also called Gherardesca.
  • Blessed Giles Dalmasia Died: 1399 in Africa. Also called Egidio.
  • Blessed Richard Thirkeld Born: at Coniscliffe, Durham, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation). Also called Richard Thirkild.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Toulouse Died: beaten to death on the night of 28 to 29 May 1242 in the church of Avignonet, Toulouse, France. Beatified: 1 September 1866 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation). Also called Martyrs of Avignonet.
  • Martyrs of Trentino Born: Cappadocia. Died: 397 in Austria. Also called Martyrs of Cappadocia.

Other (5)

  • Bernard of Roquefort
  • Brunsecha of Killyon
  • Elia of San Clemente
  • Garcia d'Aure
  • Joseph Gerard

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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