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Saints of 21 June

32 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 21 June, with short facts.

Saints (22)

  • St. Agofredus Died: 738.
  • St. Alban of Mainz Born: Greek or Albanian (sources vary). Died: c.400 by pagan Vandals at Hanum, Germany. Patronage: against epilepsy; epileptics, against gravel or kidney stones, and against hernia; hernia victims. Also called Albano di Magonza and Albinus of Mainz.
  • St. Aloysius Gonzaga Born: 9 March 1568 in the family castle of Castiglione delle Stivieri in Montua, Lombardy, Italy. Died: 20-21 June 1591 at Rome, Italy. Beatified: 19 October 1605 Pope Paul V (cultus confirmed). Canonized: 31 December 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII.
  • St. Apollinaris of Africa
  • St. Corbmac Also called Cormac.
  • St. Cyriacus of Africa
  • St. Demetria of Rome Died: c.363 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Dominic of Comacchio Died: c.820.
  • St. Engelmund Born: England. Died: c.739 at Haarlem, Netherlands. Also called Engelmond, Ingelmund.
  • St. John Rigby Born: 1570 at Harrack Hall, Wigan, Lancashire, England. Died: 21 June 1600 at Southwark, London, England. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Patronage: bachelors and torture victims.
  • St. Jose Isabel Flores Varela Born: 28 November 1866 at Teul, Zacatecas, Mexico. Died: throat cut between 1am and 2am on 21 June 1927 in a cemetery near Zapotlanejo, Jalisco, Mexico. Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico.
  • St. Lazarus Patronage: against leprosy; lepers and Order of Saint Lazarus. Also called Lazaro.
  • St. Leutfridus of La-Croix Born: late 7th century near Évreux, France. Died: 21 June 738.
  • St. Martia of Syracuse Died: Syracuse, Sicily.
  • St. Martin of Tongres
  • St. Mewan of Bretagne Died: c.617. Also called Mewan of Brittany and Mewan of Cornwall.
  • St. Ralph of Bourges Died: 21 June 866.
  • St. Raymond of Barbastro Born: in Durban-sur-Arize. Died: 1126 at Barbastro, Spain. Patronage: city of Barbastro, Spain and diocese of Barbastro, Spain. Also called Raymond of Roda and Ramon II.
  • St. Rufinus of Syracuse Died: Syracuse, Sicily.
  • St. Suibhne the Sage Died: 21 June 730. Also called Suibhne of Armagh, Suibhne of Cobran, Suibhne In-Sui, and Suibhney, Suivney, Suibne.
  • St. Terence Also called Terentius.
  • St. Urciscenus of Pavia Died: 216. Also called Ursicino.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Colagia Born: Barcelona, Spain. Died: 1295 at the Mercedarian convent in Barcelona, Spain.
  • Blessed Jacques-Morelle Dupas Born: 10 November 1754 in Ruffec, Charente, France. Died: 21 June 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Juan of Jesus
  • Blessed Melchiorre della Pace
  • Blessed Nicholas Plutzer Born: early 17th century Bohemia (in the area of modern Czech Republic). Died: 1654.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Taw Died: beheaded in Taw, Egypt.

Other (4)

  • Madonna of the Miracles
  • Sillen
  • Thomas of Orvieto
  • Ursus of Burano

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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