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Saints of 15 July

55 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 15 July, with short facts.

Feasts (1)

  • Feast of the Dispersion of the Apostles

Saints (26)

  • St. Bonaventure Born: 1221 at Bagnoregio, Tuscany, Italy. Died: 15 July 1274 at Lyon, France. Canonized: 14 April 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV. Patronage: against intestinal problems, Bagnoregio, Italy, Cochiti Indian Pueblo, and Saint Bonaventure University, New York. Also called Seraphic Doctor of the Church.
  • St. Abudemius of Bozcaada Also called Abudemius of Tenedos and Abudemio, Abudimus.
  • St. Abundantia of Spoleto Born: 8th century Spoleto, Italy. Died: January 804 in Spoleto, Italy.
  • St. Adalard the Younger Died: c.824.
  • St. Anrê Nguyen Kim Thông Born: c.1790 in Go Thi, Bình Ðinh, Vietnam. Died: 15 July 1855. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Antiochus of Sebaste Born: Sebaste, Armenia. Died: beheaded by Saint Cyriacus the Executioner. Also called Antiochus of Anastasiopoli. Also kept on 16 July in some calendars.
  • St. Apronia Born: 5th century near Trier, Germany. Died: 6th century in Troyes, France. Also called Evronie.
  • St. Athanasius of Naples Born: Naples, Italy. Died: 872 at Veroli, Italy.
  • St. Benedict of Angers Died: c.820.
  • St. David of Sweden Born: English. Also called David of Vasteras.
  • St. Donivald Also called Donald.
  • St. Eberhard of Luzy Born: 8th century Italy. Died: Luzy, Haute-Marne, France. Also called Évrard.
  • St. Edith of Tamworth Died: c.927.
  • St. Eternus of Evreux Died: c.660. Also called Éterne, Aeternus, Ethernus, Detherus. Also kept on 21 July in some calendars.
  • St. Evette of Brittany Born: British Isles. Died: 383 in Brittany, France. Patronage: Audierne Bay fishermen. Also called Edwette and The Virgin with Three Crowns.
  • St. Felice of Tubzak Died: stabbed. Also called Felice of Carthage, Felice of Thiabara, Felice of Thibaris, Felice of Thibinca, and Felice of Thibiuca.
  • St. Felix of Pavia Died: Pavia, Italy.
  • St. Gumbert of Ansbach Died: c.790. Also called Gumarus, Gumberto, Gumbertus.
  • St. Haruch of Werden Died: c.830.
  • St. Jacob of Nisibis Born: Syrian. Died: c.338 at Nisibis, Mesopotamia (modern Nusaybin, Turkey). Also called James of Nisibis and Jacob of Nusaybin.
  • St. Joseph Studita of Thessalonica Died: Thessaly. Also called Joseph of Thessalonica, Joseph of Thessaly, and Joseph the Studite.
  • St. Phêrô Nguyen Bá Tuan Born: 1766 in Ngoc Ðông, Hung Yên, Vietnam. Died: martyred on 15 July 1838 in Nam Ðinh, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Plechelm of Guelderland Born: Anglo-Saxon. Died: c.730. Patronage: Netherlands and Oldenzaal, Netherlands. Also called Plechelm of Utrecht, Apostle of Guelderland, and Plechelmus.
  • St. Terenzio of Luni Born: c.556. Died: murdered in the early 7th century near the river Lavenza in Avenza, Massa Carrara, Italy. Patronage: San Terenzo Monti, Italy.
  • St. Valentina of Nevers Canonized: 28 May 1852 by Patrizzi.
  • St. Vladimir I of Kiev Born: 956 at Kiev as Vladimir Svyatoslavich. Died: 15 July 1015 at Berestova. Patronage: converts, parents of large families, reformed and penitent murderers, Russia, Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Stamford, Connecticut, and archeparch of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Anne Mary Javouhey Born: 10 November 1779 at Jallanges, France. Died: 15 July 1851 at Paris, France. Beatified: 15 October 1950 by Pope Pius XII.
  • Blessed Antoni Beszta-Borowski Born: 9 September 1880 in Borowskie Olki, Podlaskie, Poland. Died: shot on 15 July 1943 at Bielsk Podlaski, Podlaskie. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Warsaw, Poland.
  • Blessed Bernard of Baden Born: c.1428 in Hohenbaden Castle, Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg. Died: 15 July 1458 in Moncalieri, Italy. Patronage: Baden, Germany, Baden-Baden, Germany, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, and Moncalieri, Italy.
  • Blessed Ceslas Odrowaz Born: c.1180 at Cracow, Upper Silesia (modern Poland). Died: 15 July 1242 at Wroclaw, Poland. Beatified: 27 August 1712 by Pope Clement XI (cultus confirmed). Patronage: Wroclaw, Poland. Also called Ceslaus of Cracow, Ceslaus of Krakow, Ceslaus of Poland, Ceslaus of Wroclaw, and Czeslaw of....
  • Blessed Felicissimo of Mosciano Born: c.1070 in Mosciano. Died: 15 July 1092 near Pulcano, Italy. Beatified: 1618 by Bishop Virgilio Florenzi.
  • Blessed Michel-Bernard Marchand Born: 28 September 1749 in Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. Died: 15 July 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Peter Aymillo Died: Narbonne, France.
  • Blessed Roland of Chézery Died: 1200 at the Abbey of Chézery.

Martyr groups (6)

  • Martyred Jesuit Missionaries of Brazil Died: 15 and 16 July 1570 on the ship Santiago near Palma, Canary Islands. Beatified: 11 May 1854 by Pope Pius IX.
  • Martyrs of Alexandria Died: early 4th-century in Alexandria, Egypt.
  • Martyrs of Carthage Born: Carthaginian.
  • Martyrs of Pannonia
  • Martyrs of Porto Romano Died: c.207 in Porto Romano, Italy.
  • Martyrs of Ratzeburg

Other (14)

  • Agatho the Apostle
  • Ansuero of Ratzeburg
  • Aubrin of Lyon
  • Baldwin of Rieti
  • Barhadbesaba of Arbela
  • Bishoy
  • Calogerus
  • Cewydd of Wales
  • Cyriacus of Sebaste
  • David of Munktrop
  • Egino of Augsburg
  • Mother of God of Akhtyrka
  • Pompilio Maria Pirrotti
  • Regiswide of Lauffen

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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