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Saints of 31 May

31 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 31 May, with short facts.

Feasts (1)

  • Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Saints (15)

  • St. Alexander of Auvergne
  • St. Camilla Battista Varano Born: 9 April 1458 in Camerino, Macerata, Italy. Died: 31 May 1524 in Camerino, Macerata, Italy. Beatified: 7 April 1843 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmed). Canonized: 17 October 2010 Pope Benedict XVI Works. Also called Battista Varano and Camilla da Varano.
  • St. Crescentian of Sassari Died: c.130 in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy. Also called Crescentianus.
  • St. Donatian of Cirta Died: Cirta, Numidia (in modern Algeria).
  • St. Felice of Nicosia Born: 5 November 1715 in Nicosia, Italy as Giacomo Amoroso. Died: 31 May 1787 in Nicosia, Italy. Canonized: 23 October 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI at Rome, Italy. Also called Felice Amoroso of Nicosia and Filippo Giacomo Amoroso.
  • St. Galla of Auvergne
  • St. Hermias of Comana Died: 170 at Comana, Pontus.
  • St. Mancus of Cornwall Born: Ireland.
  • St. Mechtildis of Edelstetten Born: 1125 in Bavaria, Germany. Died: 31 May 1160 at Diessen, Bavaria, Germany. Patronage: against eye diseases, against headaches, against lightning, and against thunder. Also called Mechthildis of Diessen, Mechthildis of Ammersee, Mechthildis of Andechs, and Mechthildis von Dießen.
  • St. Myrbad of Cornwall Born: Ireland.
  • St. Nowa Mawaggali Born: at Buganda, Uganda. Died: stabbed. Canonized: 18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy. Also called Noah Mawaggali and Noe Mawaggali.
  • St. Paschasius of Rome Died: c.512.
  • St. Petronilla of Rome Born: 1st century Roman citizen. Died: 1st century. Patronage: against fever, dauphins of France, mountain travellers, and treaties between Popes and Frankish emperors.
  • St. Silvio of Toulouse Died: c.400 in Toulouse, France.
  • St. Winnow of Cornwall Born: Ireland.

Blessed (11)

  • Blessed Iacobus Chu Mun-mo Born: 1752 in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. Died: beheaded on 31 May 1801 by the Han River in Saenamteo, Seoul, South Korea. Beatified: 15 August 2014 by Pope Francis. Also called Jacob Chu Mun-mo, James Zhou Wen-mo, and Zhou Wenmo.
  • Blessed James Salomone Born: 1231 at Venice, Italy. Died: 31 March 1314. Beatified: 1526 by Pope Clement VII. Patronage: against cancer; cancer patients and Forli, Italy. Also called Father of the Poor, James of Salomonio, James Salomonelli, James Salomonio, and James Salomonius.
  • Blessed Juan Moya Collado Born: 2 October 1918 in Almeria Spain. Died: 31 May 1938 in Turón, Granada Spain Venerated 14 June 2016 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom).
  • Blessed Kasper Gerarz Born: 1544 in the Netherlands. Died: 31 May 1614. Also called Kaspar.
  • Blessed Mariano of Roccacasale Born: 13 January 1778 in Roccacasale, L'Aquila, Italy. Died: 31 May 1866 in Bellegra (a.k.a. Civitella), Rome, Italy. Beatified: 3 October 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Domenico di Nicolantonio and Marianus....
  • Blessed Nicholaus of Vangadizza Died: c.1210.
  • Blessed Nicholaus of Vaucelles Died: c.1163.
  • Blessed Nicolas Barré Born: 21 October 1621 in Amiens, Somme, France. Died: 31 May 1686 in Paris, France. Beatified: 7 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Robert Thorpe Born: c.1560 in Yorkshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Thomas Watkinson Born: in Menthorpe, North Yorkshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Vitalis of Assisi Born: 1295 in Bastia Umbra, Italy. Died: 31 May 1370 in Assisi, Italy. Patronage: against bladder disease.

Martyr groups (3)

  • Martyrs of Aquileia Died: beheaded in 304 at Aquae-Gradatae (modern San-Cantiano) just outside Aquileia, Italy.
  • Martyrs of Gerona Died: Gerona, Catalonia, Spain. Also called Martyrs of Gerunda and Martyrs of Girona.
  • Martyrs of the Via Aurelia Died: 69 on the Via Aurelia near Rome, Italy.

Other (1)

  • Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces

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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