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Saints of 20 July

45 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 20 July, with short facts.

Marian titles (1)

  • Our Lady of Zocueca

Saints (20)

  • St. Margaret of Antioch Born: Antioch. Died: beheaded. Patronage: against kidney disease, against loss of milk by nursing mothers, against sterility, dying people, for escape from devils, expectant mothers, pregnant women, falsely accused people, for safe childbirth, and others.
  • St. Ansegisus Born: c.770. Died: c.833. Also called Ansegis.
  • St. Apollinaris of Ravenna Born: Antioch, Turkey. Died: run through. Patronage: against epilepsy, against gout, archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy, and 6 cities. Also called Apollinare of Ravenna.
  • St. Aurelius of Carthage Died: c.426.
  • St. Bernward of Hildesheim Born: c.960 at Utrecht, Netherlands. Died: 20 November 1022. Canonized: 1193 by Pope Celestine III. Patronage: architects, goldsmiths, painters, and sculptors. Also called Berward, Bernward.
  • St. Caramnan Also called Carmnan.
  • St. Cassian of Saint Saba Born: Scythopolis. Died: 20 July 547 or 548 (records vary). Also called Cassiano.
  • St. Chi Zhuze Born: c.1882 in Dezhaoin, Shenzhou, Hebei, China. Died: torn to pieces. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Xi Guizi.
  • St. Elswith Died: 903. Also called Etheldwitha, Ethelwitha, Ealsitha, Ealhswith.
  • St. Frumentius of Ethiopia Born: early 4th century, Tyre (modern Sur, Lebanon). Died: c.383 in Ethiopia. Patronage: Abyssinia and Ethiopia. Also called Apostle to Ethiopia, Abuna of Ethiopia, Father of Ethiopia, and Fremonat, Fulgence.
  • St. José María Díaz Sanjurjo Born: 26 October 1818 at Santa Eulalia, Spain. Died: martyred on 20 July 1857 in Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Joseph Diaz Sanjurjo.
  • St. Joseph Barsabas Died: 1st century. Also called Joseph Basassas, Joseph Justus, Joseph of Barsabas, Joseph the Just, and Barsabbas, Justus.
  • St. Maria Fu Guilin Born: c.1863 in Luopo, Shenzhou, Hebei, China. Died: beheaded on 20 July 1900 in Dailucun, Shenzhou, Hebei, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Mali.
  • St. Mère
  • St. Paphnutius of Skete Born: Egypt. Also called Paphnutius of Alexandria, Paphnutius of Scete, Paphnutius of Wadi Natrun, Paphnutius the Ascetic, and Paphnutius the Hermit.
  • St. Paul of Saint Zoilus Died: beheaded in 851. Also called Paul of Cordoba.
  • St. Rorice of Limoges Died: 507.
  • St. Severa of Oehren Died: c.750.
  • St. Severa of Saint Gemma Died: c.680.
  • St. Wulmar Born: near Boulogne, France. Died: 689. Also called Ulmar, Ulmer, Vilmarus, Volmar, Vulmaro, Vulmarus.

Blessed (11)

  • Blessed Abraham Furones y Furones Born: 8 October 1892 in Abraveses de Tera, Zamora, Spain. Died: 20 July 1936 in Madrid, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Arenas, Luis.
  • Blessed Angel Martinez Miquelez Born: 2 March 1907 in Funes, Navarra, Spain.
  • Blessed Anne Cartier Born: 19 November 1733 in Livron, Drôme, France. Died: guillotined on 20 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France. Beatified: 10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Sister Saint Basil.
  • Blessed Bernardo Sáiz Gutiérrez Born: 23 July 1896 in Melgosa, Burgos, Spain. Also called Gabriel.
  • Blessed Crescencio Ortiz Blanco Born: 10 March 1881 in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
  • Blessed Francisca Aldea y Araujo Born: 17 December 1881 in Somolinos, Guadalajara, Spain. Died: 20 July 1936 in Canillejas, Madrid, Spain. Beatified: 10 May 1998 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Sister Francisca of the Heart of Jesus.
  • Blessed Gregorio López Born: 4 July 1542 at Madrid, Spain. Died: 20 July 1596 near Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Blessed Jacinto García Riesco Born: 28 August 1894 in Calvillas, Somiedo, Asturias, Spain. Died: 20 July 1936 in Madrid, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Luigi Novarese Born: 29 July 1914 in Casale Monferrato, Alessandria, Italy. Died: 20 July 1984 in Rocca Priora, Rome, Italy. Beatified: 11 May 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Rita Josefa Pujalte y Sánchez Born: 18 February 1853 in Aspe, Alicante, Spain. Died: shot at 3.30pm on 20 July 1936 in Canillejas, Madrid, Spain. Beatified: 10 May 1998 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Sister Rita of Our Lady of Sorrows.
  • Blessed Vicente López y López Born: 27 October 1884 in Miraveche, Burgos, Spain. Died: 20 July 1936 in Almudena, Madrid, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Virginio Pedro.

Martyr groups (5)

  • Martyrs of Corinth Died: Corinth, Greece.
  • Martyrs of Damascus Born: Syria. Died: Damascus, Syria.
  • Martyrs of Seoul Died: 20 July 1839 at the Small West Gate, Seoul, South Korea. Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Martyrs of Zhaojia Died: late July 1900 in Zhaojia, Wuqiao, Hebei, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Martyrs of Zhujiahe Died: 20 July 1900 in church in Zhujiahe, Jingxian, Hebei, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II.

Other (8)

  • Akhtyrskaya Icon of the Mother of God
  • Arnold Vessem
  • Elias of Jerusalem
  • Elias Tsjavtsjavadse
  • Elijah the Prophet Patronage: Air Forces, Carmelites, civil aeronautics, and Romanian Air Force. Also called Elias the Prophet.
  • Flavian II of Antioch
  • Folmer of Alslev
  • Gepa of Füssenich

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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