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Saints of 24 June

26 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 24 June, with short facts.

Saints (20)

  • St. John the Baptist Died: beheaded c.30 at Machaerus. Patronage: against convulsions or spasms, epileptics and against epilepsy, against hail and hailstorms, baptism, bird dealers, converts, convulsive children, cutters, and others. Also kept on 29 August in some calendars.
  • St. Agilbert of Creteil Died: in Creteil, Gaul (part of modern Paris, France) in the period of the the 5th to 7th century. Also called Agilbertus.
  • St. Agoard of Creteil Died: in Creteil, Gaul (part of modern Paris, France) in the period of the the 5th to 7th century. Also called Agoardus.
  • St. Alena Born: early 7th century near Brussels Belgium. Died: c.640 in Vorst, Belgium. Patronage: against eye trouble, against toothache, and Vorst, Belgium. Also called Alène.
  • St. Amphibalus of Verulam Died: c.304.
  • St. Anastasia Guadalupe García Zavala Born: 27 April 1878 in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. Died: 24 June 1963 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Canonized: Sunday 12 May 2013 in by Pope Francis in Rome, Italy. Also called Sister María Guadalupe, Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, and Mother Lupita.
  • St. Bartholomew of Farne Born: 12th century at Whitby, Northumbria, England as Tostig. Died: 1193 at Farne, England. Also called Bartholomew of Durham and Tostig, William.
  • St. Colman Oilithir of Ross Also called Colman the Pilgrim and Colmán, Colmanus.
  • St. Erembert I of Kremsmünster
  • St. Faustus of Rome
  • St. Festus of Rome
  • St. Germoc Also called Gerome, Germoe, Germanus Mac Guill.
  • St. Gohardus of Nantes Born: 8th century Angers, Neustria (in modern France). Died: 24 June 843 in the Cathedral of Saint Peter, Nantes, Marche de Bretagne (in modern France). Canonized: 1096 by Pope Urban II. Also called Gohard, Gunardo, Goardo.
  • St. Iosephus Yuan Zaide Born: c.1766 in Peng Co., Sichuan, China. Died: strangled on 24 June 1817 in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Joseph Yuen, Joseph Uen, Josef Yuan Zaide, and Ruose.
  • St. Ivan the Hermit Born: Bohemian.
  • St. John of Rome
  • St. John of Tuy Born: 9th century Spanish Galatia.
  • St. Rumold Born: Ireland or England. Died: martyred c.775 near Mechelen, Flanders, Belgium. Patronage: Mechelen, Belgium. Also called Apostle of Mechlin.
  • St. Simplicio of Autun Died: c.375.
  • St. Theodulphus of Lobbes Died: 776. Also called Thiou.

Blessed (4)

  • Blessed Barbara of Bavaria Born: 15th century Bavaria (in modern Germany). Died: c.1473.
  • Blessed Christopher de Albarran Died: shot.
  • Blessed Henry the Hagiographer Born: at Hery, France. Died: c.880. Also called Heric.
  • Blessed Theodgar of Vestervig Born: Thuringia (in modern Germany). Died: 24 June c.1065 in Jutland, Denmark. Patronage: Vestervig, Denmark. Also called Theodgar of Vendyssel.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Satala Died: c.311 at assorted locations around the Black Sea.

Other (1)

  • Madonna della Navicella

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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