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Saints of 23 June

32 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 23 June, with short facts.

Saints (15)

  • St. Agrippina of Rome Died: beheaded or scourged to death (records vary) c.262 in Rome, Italy. Patronage: against bacterial diseases or infections, against evil spirits, lepers; against leprosy, against storms, safety from storms, and Mineo, Italy. Also called Agrippina of Mineo.
  • St. Bilio of Vannes Died: c.914 in Vannes, Brittany (in modern France). Also called Bili.
  • St. Etheldreda Born: c.636. Died: 23 June 679. Patronage: neck ailments, throat ailments, widows, and University of Cambridge.
  • St. Felix of Sutri Died: scourged to death in 257.
  • St. Hidulphus of Hainault Died: c.707. Also called Hidulphus of Lobbes and Hidulf, Hydulfus.
  • St. James of Toul Born: at Berrigny, Haute Marne (in modern France). Died: 769.
  • St. John of Rome Born: at Rome, Italy. Died: beheaded in 362 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Joseph Cafasso Born: 15 January 1811 at Castelnuovo d'Asti, Italy. Died: 23 June 1860 at Turin, Italy. Canonized: 22 June 1947 by Pope Pius XII. Patronage: captives, imprisoned people, prisoners, prisons, and prison chaplains. Also called Giuseppe Cafasso and Priest of the Gallows.
  • St. Lietbert of Cambrai Born: Brabant, Belgium. Died: 22 June 1071. Also called Libert, Liberto, Liebert.
  • St. Liliosa of Toul Born: 8th century Gaul (in modern France).
  • St. Moeliai of Nendrum Born: Ireland. Died: c.493. Also called Moelray, Melray, Mochaoi.
  • St. Thomas Garnet Born: 1574 at Southwark, England. Died: hanged. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI.
  • Blessed Walhere of Dinant Died: 1199 in Onhaye, Brabant (in modern Belgium).
  • St. Zenas of Philadelphia Died: beheaded in 304 in Philadelphia in Arabia near the Dead Sea. Also called Zena.
  • St. Zeno of Philadelphia Born: 3rd century in Philadelphia in Arabia near the Dead Sea. Died: beheaded in 304 in Philadelphia in Arabia near the Dead Sea.

Blessed (9)

  • Blessed Félix of Cîteaux Died: 1113.
  • Blessed Frances Martel Also called Francesca.
  • Blessed Francis O'Sullivan Born: Irish. Died: 23 June 1653 on Scarrrif Island, Kerry, Ireland. Beatified: 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy.
  • Blessed Ioan Suciu Born: 4 December 1907 in Blaj, Alba, Romania. Died: 23 June 1953 in Sighetu Marmatiei, Maramures, Romania. Beatified: 2 June 2019 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Lanfranco Beccari Born: c.1124 at Gropello, Pavia, Italy. Died: 23 June 1198 at the Vallombrosan monastery of the Holy Sepulchre near Pavia, Italy.
  • Blessed Lupo de Paredes
  • Blessed Mary of Oignies Born: 1167 at Nivelles. Died: 23 June 1213. Patronage: against fever and women in labour. Also called Marie d'Oignies.
  • Blessed Peter of Juilly Born: England. Died: 1136. Also called Peter of Jully.
  • Blessed Thomas Corsini of Orvieto Born: c.1300 in Orvieto, Italy. Died: 1343 in Orvieto, Italy. Beatified: 10 December 1768 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmation).

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Ancyra Died: roasted over a fire and finally beheaded c.300 in Ancyra, Galatia (modern Ankara, Turkey).
  • Martyrs of Nicomedia

Other (6)

  • Eldrude of Brittany
  • Gerhard of Clairfontaine
  • Madonna del Sasso
  • Maria Raffaella Santina Cimatti
  • Morónóg of Inishloe
  • Peter James of Pesaro

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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