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Saints of 12 July

40 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 12 July, with short facts.

Feasts (1)

Dedication of the Cathedral of Coutances

Saints (28)

St. Leo of Cava Born: c.990 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. Died: 1079 at the monastery of the Holy Trinity in La Cava de Tirreni at Salerno, Italy. Canonized: 1579 by Pope Gregory XIII (cultus confirmation). Also called Leo I. Date differs between sources; also kept on 10 November.
St. Agnes De Born: c.1781 at Ba Den, Tranh Hóa, Vietnam. Died: 12 July 1841 in prison at Ninh Binh, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Anê Lê Thi Thành, Bà Ðê, and Martyrs of Vietnam.
St. Andreas the Soldier
St. Ansbald of Prüm Born: Luxembourg. Died: 886.
St. Balay Also called Bachla.
St. Clemente Ignacio Delgado Cebrián Born: 23 November 1761 in Villafeliche, Zaragoza, Spain. Died: 12 July 1838 in Nam Ðinh, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Ignacio Clemente, Ignatius, Klemens Ignatius.
St. Epiphana Also called Epiphania.
St. Faustus the Soldier
St. Felix of Milan Died: c.304 in Milan, Italy.
St. Fortunatus of Aquileia Died: beheaded c.66. Patronage: Udine, Italy and Aquileia, Italy.
St. Harduin of Fontenelle Born: 749 in Alvimare. Died: 12 July 811 at Fontenelle, France. Also called Arduin.
St. Hermagorus of Aquileia Died: beheaded c.66. Patronage: Aquileia, Italy, Hermagor-Pressegger See, Austria, and Udine, Italy. Also called Ermacora, Ermagora, Hermagoras, Hermagoro, Mohor.
St. Hilarion of Ancyra Died: 115 at Ancyra, Galatia.
St. Jason of Tarsus Also called Mnason, Nason.
St. John Gualbert Born: c.985 at Florence, Italy. Died: 1073 at Passignano near Florence, Italy. Canonized: 1193 by Pope Celestine III. Patronage: forest workers, foresters, park services, parks, and Florence, Italy. Also called Giovanni Gualberto.
St. John Jones Born: 1559 in Clynog-Fawr, Carnarvonshire, Wales. Died: hanged. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Also called Godefride Moritius, Godefridus Mauritius, Godfrey Maurice, Griffith Jones, and Gryffith Jones.
St. John the Georgian Born: at Georgia near the Black Sea. Died: c.1002 at Mount Athos. Also called John the Iberian, John the Hagiorite, and John Iweron.
St. Menas the Soldier
St. Menulphus of Quimper Born: Ireland. Died: near Bourges, France. Also called Menou, Menuiphus.
St. Nabor of Milan Died: c.304 in Milan, Italy.
St. Paternian of Bologna Died: c.470.
St. Paulinus of Antioch Born: Antioch, Syria. Died: martyred c.67. Patronage: Lucca, Italy. Also called Paulinus of Lucca and Paulino of....
St. Phêrô Khan Born: c.1780 in Hòa Hue, Nghe An, Vietnam. Died: beheaded on 12 July 1842 in Hà Tinh, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II.
St. Proclus of Ancyra Died: Ancyra, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey). Also called Proclo.
St. Proculus of Bologna Died: 542. Also kept on 1 June in some calendars.
St. Uguzo of Carvagna Patronage: cheese makers. Also called Lucio, Lucius, Luguzzone, Uguzon, Uguzzone.
St. Veronica Patronage: against bleeding or hemorraghes, domestic workers, dying people, laundry workers, linen weavers, maids, parsonage or rectory housekeepers, photographers, and others. Also called Berenice.
St. Viventiolus of Lyons Died: 524. Also called Juventiole, Viventiole, Vivenziolo.

Blessed (8)

Blessed David Gonson Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called David Gunston.
Blessed Jeanne-Marie de Romillon Born: 12 July 1753 in Bollène, Vaucluse, France. Died: guillotined on 12 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France. Beatified: 10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Sister Saint Bernard.
Blessed Lambert of Cîteaux Died: 1163 in Morimond Abbey, Parnoy-en-Bassigny, France.
Blessed Louis Martin Born: 22 August 1823 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Died: 29 July 1894 in Arnières-sur-Iton, Eure, France. Beatified: 19 October 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. Canonized: 18 October 2015 by Pope Francis during the Synod on the Family.
Blessed Madeleine-Thérèse Talieu Born: 13 September 1746 in Bollène, Vaucluse, France. Died: guillotined on 12 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France. Beatified: 10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Sister Rose of Saint Xavier.
Blessed Marguerite-Eléonore de Justamond Born: 12 January 1746 in Bollène, Vaucluse, France. Died: guillotined on 12 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France. Beatified: 10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Sister Marie of Saint Henry.
Blessed Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin Born: 23 December 1831 in Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon, Orne, France. Died: 28 August 1877 in Alençon, Orne, France. Beatified: Mission Sunday, 19 October 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. Canonized: 18 October 2015 by Pope Francis during the Synod on the Family.
Blessed Marie Cluse Born: 5 December 1761 in Bouvante, Drôme, France. Died: guillotined on 12 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France. Beatified: 10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Maria Cluse, Marta of the Good Angel, Marta dell'Angelo Buono Cluse, and Sister Marthe of the Good Angel.

Martyr groups (1)

Martyrs of Nagasaki Died: 12 July 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX.

Other (2)

Bertha the Queen
Colman of Clonpriest

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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