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Saints of 3 July

34 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 3 July, with short facts.

Saints (26)

  • St. Thomas the Apostle Died: stabbed. Patronage: people in doubt; against doubt, architects, blind people and against blindness, builders, construction workers, geometricians, stone masons and stone cutters, surveyors, and others. Also called Apostle of India, Didymus, Doubting Thomas, Judas Thomas, and Tomaso.
  • St. Anatolius of Alexandria Born: Alexandria, Egypt. Died: 283 at Laodicea, Syria. Also called Anatolius of Laodicea.
  • St. Anatolius of Constantinople Died: 458.
  • St. Bladus Also called Blade.
  • St. Byblig Born: Welsh. Died: 5th century. Also called Biblig, Peblig, Peglig, Piblig, Publicius.
  • St. Cillene Born: Irish. Died: 752. Also called Killen.
  • St. Dathus of Ravenna Died: 190. Also called Datus, Dathius.
  • St. Eusebius of Laodicea Born: 3rd century Egypt. Died: 269 in Laodicea, Syria (modern Latakia, Syria). Also called Eusebius of Alexandria and Eusebio of....
  • St. Firminus of Apsaros Died: c.311 at Apsaros (in modern Georgia).
  • St. Firmus of Apsaros Died: c.311 at Apsaros (in modern Georgia).
  • St. Germanus of Man Died: c.474. Also called Germain, German, Jarman.
  • St. Giuse Nguyen Ðình Uyen Born: c.1775 in Ninh Cuong, Nam Ðinh, East Tonkin (in modern Vietnam). Died: 4 July 1838 in prison in Hung Yên, East Tonkin. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Giuseppe Nguyen Dinh Uyen and Joseph Peter Uyen.
  • St. Gunthiern Born: Welsh. Died: c.500 in Brittany (in modern France).
  • St. Guthagon Born: Eighth century Ireland. Died: in Belgium.
  • St. Heliodorus of Altinum Born: 332 at Dalmatia. Died: 390 at Altino, Italy. Also called Heliodorus of Altino and Eliodoro....
  • St. Hyacinth of Caesarea Died: starved to death c.120 in Caesarea, Cappadocia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Ioannes Baptista Zhao Mingxi Born: c.1844 in Beiwangtou, Shenzhou, Hebei, China. Died: 3 July 1900 in Beiwangtou, Shenzhou, Hebei, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Zhao Mingxi Ioannes Baptista, Ruohan, and Giovan Battista Zhao Mingxi.
  • St. Irenaeus of Chiusi Died: 273 at Chiusi, Tuscany, Italy. Patronage: Chiusi, Italy. Also called Ireneo.
  • St. Maelmuire O'Gorman Born: Irish. Also called Marianus O'Gorman.
  • St. Mark of Mesia Died: beheaded in Mesia (in modern Spain).
  • St. Mennone the Centurian Died: Byzie, Thrace. Also called Memnon.
  • St. Mucian of Mesia Died: beheaded in Mesia (in modern Spain). Also called Mocian.
  • St. Paul of Mesia
  • St. Petrus Zhao Mingzhen Born: c.1839 in Beiwangtou, Shenzhou, Hebei, China. Died: 3 July 1900 in Beiwangtou, Shenzhou, Hebei, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Baiduo, Zhao Mingzhen Petrus, and Pietro Zhao Mingzhen.
  • St. Philiphê Phan Van Minh Born: c.1815 at Cái Mon, Vinh Long, West Cochin-China (modern Vietnam). Died: beheaded on 3 July 1853 at Ðinh Khao, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Filippo Phan Van Minh and Philip Minh.
  • St. Raymond of Toulouse Born: at Toulouse, France as Raymond Gayrard. Died: 3 July 1118. Beatified: 1652 by Pope Innocent X (cultus confirmation). Also called Raymond Gayrard and Raimund, Raimundus.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Leo II Born: Sicilian. Died: 28 June 683 in Rome, Italy.

Blessed (3)

  • Blessed Andreas Ebersbach Born: c.1554 in the modern Czech Republic. Died: 3 July 1629.
  • Blessed Barbara Jeong Sun-Mae Born: 1777 in Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Died: 3 - 4 July 1801 in Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Beatified: 15 August 2014 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Gelduin Died: 1123.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Alexandria Died: Alexandria, Egypt.
  • Martyrs of Constantinople Died: c.367 in Constantintinople.

Other (2)

  • Theodotus and Companions Died: beheaded c.110.
  • Tírechán

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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