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Saints of 20 June

43 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 20 June, with short facts.

Marian titles (1)

  • Our Lady of Consolation

Saints (15)

  • St. Methodius of Olympus Died: c.311 at Chalcis (in modern Greece).
  • St. Adalbert of Magdeburg Born: c.910 at Lorraine region. Died: 20 June 981 at Merseburg, Germany. Also called Apostle of the Slavs.
  • St. Bagne of Terouanne Died: c.711. Also called Bain, Bagnus.
  • St. Cassán of Cluain-Ratha
  • St. Cyriacus of Lower Moesia
  • St. Edburga of Caistor Also called Eadburh, Edburge, Idaberga, Ideberga.
  • St. Gemma of Saintonge
  • St. Goban Born: in Ireland. Died: murdered c.670 at Laon, Neuestria (modern Saint-Gobain, France). Also called Gavan, Gobain, Govan, Gobano.
  • St. Guibsech of Cluain-Bairenn Patronage: Cluain-Bairenn (Clonburren, Roscommon County), Ireland.
  • St. Hector Also called Ettore.
  • St. Helen of Oehren Died: c.750. Also called Elia, Eliada, Heliada, Helia.
  • St. John of Pulsano Born: c.1070 at Matera, Basilicata region, Italy. Died: 1139 at Pulsano, Italy. Canonized: 1177 by Pope Alexander III. Also called Giovanni di Matera, Giovanni Scalcione, John of Matera, and John of Mathera.
  • St. Macarius of Petra Died: c.350 in Africa. Also called Arius of Petra.
  • St. Novatus of Rome Died: c.151.
  • St. Paul of Lower Moesia

Blessed (20)

  • Blessed Anthony Turner Born: 1628 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Baltasar de Torres Arias Born: 14 December 1563 in Granada, Spain. Died: burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
  • Blessed Benignus of Breslau
  • Blessed Dermot O'Hurley Born: c.1530 in Emly, County Tipperary, Ireland. Died: hanged on 20 June 1584 at Hoggen Green, (modern College Green) Dublin, Ireland. Beatified: 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy Videos YouTube PlayList. Also called Dermit and Diarmaid Ó Hiarlatha.
  • Blessed Donough MacCready Born: Irish. Died: 1608 in Coleraine, Ireland. Beatified: 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy.
  • Blessed Francisco Pacheco Born: 1566 in Ponte de Lima, Braga, Portugal. Died: burned at the stake on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Francesco, Francis.
  • Blessed Gaspar Sadamatsu Born: c.1565 in Hasami, Nagasaki, Japan. Died: burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Gaspar Sadamazu and Caspar....
  • Blessed Giovanni Battista Zola Born: 1 November 1575 in Brescia, Italy. Died: burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX. Also called John Baptist Zola.
  • Blessed Ioannes Kisaku Born: c.1605 in Kuchinotsu, Nagasaki, Japan. Died: burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Ioannes Kinsako, Ioannes Kinsaco, and John....
  • Blessed John Fenwick Born: 1628 at Durham, England as John Caldwell. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called John Caldwell.
  • Blessed John Gavan Born: 1640 in London, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called John Gawen.
  • Blessed Margaret Ball Born: c.1515 in Skreen, Meath, Ireland. Died: 1584 in Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. Beatified: 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy. Also called Maighréad Ball, Maighréad nic Fheorais, Margaret Bermingham, and Margherita Ball.
  • Blessed Margareta Ebner Born: c.1291 at Donauwörth, Bavaria, Germany. Died: 20 July 1351 at Mödingen, Bavaria, Germany. Beatified: 24 February 1979 by Pope John Paul II (cultus confirmation). Also called Margaret, Margaretha, Margrete and Mystic of Mödingen.
  • Blessed Michaël Tozo Born: c.1588 in Chijiwa, Nagasaki, Japan. Died: burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
  • Blessed Michelina of Pesaro Born: 1300 at Pesaro, Urbino, Italy. Died: 19 June 1356 in Pesaro, Italy. Beatified: 1393. Patronage: against death of children, against mental illness; of mentally ill people, in-law problems, widows, Pesaro, Italy, against mental illness; mentally ill people, and against in-law problems. Also kept on 19 June in some calendars.
  • Blessed Paulus Shinsuke Born: c.1581 in Urada, Nagasaki, Japan. Died: burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Paul.
  • Blessed Petrus Rinsei Born: c.1588 in Hachirao, Nagasaki, Japan. Died: burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Peter Rinsei.
  • Blessed Thomas Whitbread Born: 1618 in Essex, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Thomas Harcourt and Thomas Harcott.
  • Blessed Vincentius Kaun Born: c.1579 in Korea. Died: burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Vincent.
  • Blessed William Harcourt Born: 1610 in Kirkham, Lancashire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called William Barrow and William Waring.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Salamis

Other (6)

  • Irish Martyrs
  • Latuinus of Seez
  • Louis Matienzo
  • Lucano of Saben
  • Martin de Agreda
  • Meinrich of Lübeck

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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