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Saints of 8 July

41 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 8 July, with short facts.

Saints (23)

St. Abraham the Martyr Died: 348.
St. Ampelius of Milan Died: c.672. Also called Ampèle, Ampelio.
St. Apollonius of Benevento Died: c.326.
St. Aquila the Tent Maker Born: Pontus. Died: Rome, Italy.
St. Arnold of Arnoldsweiler Died: c.800.
St. Auspicius of Toul Died: c.475.
St. Auspicius of Trier Died: c.130.
St. Brogan of Mothil Also called Bearchan, Bracan, Broccan, Brochan.
St. Colman of Thuringia Died: c.689 at East Thuringia. Patronage: against gout, against rheumatism, and whitewashers. Also called Kolonat.
St. Doucelin Patronage: Allonnes, Maine-et-Loire, France and Verrains, France.
St. Edgar the Peaceful Born: 943 or 944 in Wessex, England. Died: 8 July 975 in Winchester, Wessex, England. Patronage: kings and widowers. Also called Eadgar the Peaceful, Edgar the Peaceable, Edgar I, and Edgar of England.
St. Glyceria of Heraclea Died: Heraclea, Thrace. Also called Gliceria.
St. Grimbald Born: 9th century Flanders, Belgium. Died: 901.
St. Ioannes Wu Wenyin Born: c.1850 in Dongertou, Yongnian, Hebei, China. Died: 8 July 1900 in Dongertou, Yongnian, Hebei, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called John Wu Wenyin and Ruowang.
St. Ithier of Nevers Born: Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France. Died: 695. Also called Ythier.
St. Killian Born: c.640 in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland. Died: beheaded on 8 July 689. Patronage: against rheumatism, against gout, whitewashers, Bavaria, Germany, archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany, and diocese of Würzburg, Germany. Also called Apostle of Franconia.
St. Landrada Died: c.690.
St. Morwenna
St. Pancras of Taormina Born: Antioch, Cilicia (modern Adana, Turkey). Died: stoned to death in Taormina, Sicily. Patronage: Taormina, Italy and Canicattì, Italy. Also called Pancratius, Pankratios, Pancrazio, and Pankratiy.
St. Priscilla the Tent Maker Died: Rome, Italy. Also called Prisca.
St. Procopius of Ceasarea Died: beheaded c.303 at Caesarea, Palestine. Also called Procopio.
St. Sunniva of Bergen Patronage: Bergen, Norway and Norwegian west coast. Also called Sunniva of Norway and Sunnifa, Synnöve.
St. Totnan of Thuringia Died: c.689 at East Thuringia. Patronage: against gout, against rheumatism, and whitewashers.

Popes (1)

Pope St. Adrian III Born: at Teano, Italy. Died: summer 885 near Modena, Italy.

Blessed (5)

Blessed Adolf IV of Schauenburg Died: 8 July 1261 in Kiel, Germany.
Blessed Pope Eugene III Born: at Montemagno, Pisa, Italy as Peter dei Paganelli di Montemagno. Died: 8 July 1151 at Tivoli, Italy. Beatified: 28 December 1872 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed). Also called Peter dei Paganelli di Montemagno, Bernard of Pisa, and Bernardo Pignatelli.
Blessed Giulio of Montevergine Born: 16th century Nardò, Lecce, Italy. Died: 8 July 1601 at the abbey of Montevergine. Also called Julio, Julius.
Blessed Mancius Araki Kyuzaburo Born: c.1590 in Kuchinotsu, Japan. Died: 8 July 1626 in Shimabara, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Mancio Araki.
Blessed Peter the Hermit Born: c.1050 at Amiens, France. Died: 1115 at the Neufmoustier monastery in Huy, Belgium.

Martyr groups (2)

Martyrs of Shanxi Died: beheaded on 9 July 1900 at Taiyuanfu, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II.
Martyrs of Syrmium Died: 4th century in Syrmium, Pannonia (modern Serbia).

Other (10)

Abrahamite Monks Died: c.835 in Constantinople. Also called Martyrs of Constantinople.
Albert of Genoa
Anastasius of Ioannina
Benedict of Alignan
Disibod of the Rhineland
Illuminatus of Rieti
Lorenzo Illuminatore di Farfa
Nom
Palmerio of Sardinia
Peter Vigne

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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