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Saints of 21 July

31 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 21 July, with short facts.

Saints (21)

  • St. Lawrence of Brindisi Born: 22 July 1559 at Brindisi, Italy as Julius Caesar Rossi. Died: 22 July 1619 at Lisbon, Portugal. Canonized: 8 December 1881 by Pope Leo XIII. Patronage: Brindisi, Italy. Also called Brother Lorenzo, Julius Caesar Rossi, Laurence of Brindisi, and Lorenzo da Brindisi.
  • St. Alberic Crescitelli Born: 30 June 1863 at Altavilla, Benevento, Italy. Died: beheaded on 21 July 1900 in Ningkiang, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Alberico.
  • St. Antimund of Thérouanne
  • St. Arbogast of Strasbourg Born: 7th century Aquitaine, France. Died: c.678. Patronage: Strasbourg, France. Also called Arascach.
  • St. Barhadbescialas Died: 354. Also called Barhadbesciabas.
  • St. Benignus of Moyenmoutier Died: 707.
  • St. Claudius of Troyes Born: early 3rd century in Alemannia. Died: beheaded in 273 at Troyes, Gaul (modern France). Also called Claudianus.
  • St. Corona of Marseille Died: c.290 in Marseille, France.
  • St. Eleutherius of Marseille Died: c.290 at the tomb of Saint Victor in Marseilles, France. Also called Deutherius, Eleuterius.
  • St. Eternus of Evreux Died: c.660. Also called Éterne, Aeternus, Ethernus, Detherus. Also kept on 15 July in some calendars.
  • St. Iosephus Wang Yumei Born: c.1832 in Weixian, Hebei, China. Died: 21 July 1900 in Daning, Weixian, Hebei, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Joseph and Ruose.
  • St. John of Edessa Born: 6th century Syrian.
  • St. John of Moyenmoutier Died: 707.
  • St. Jucundinus of Troyes Died: 273 at Troyes, Gaul (modern France).
  • St. Julia of Troyes Born: 3rd century at Troyes, France. Died: beheaded in 273 at Troyes, France.
  • St. Justus of Troyes Died: 273 at Troyes, Gaul (modern France).
  • St. Praxides of Rome Died: 164 in Rome, Italy. Patronage: single laywomen. Also called Praxedes, Praxidis.
  • St. Simeon Salus Born: Edessa, Syria. Also called Simeon Solos, Simeon the Fool, Simeon the Insane, and Symeon....
  • St. Victor of Marseilles Died: 290. Patronage: against lightning, cabinetmakers, millers, torture victims, Marseilles, France, and Davoli, Italy.
  • St. Wastrada Died: c.760.
  • St. Zoticus of Comana Died: 204.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Agrícola Rodríguez García de Los Huertos Born: 18 March 1896 in Consuegra, Toledo, Spain. Died: 21 July 1936 in Mora, Toledo, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Antonio Caba Pozo Born: 1 December 1914 in Lanjarón, Granada, Spain. Died: 21 July 1936 in Lanjarón, Granada, Spain. Beatified: 23 May 2020 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Claudius of Avignon
  • Blessed Daniel Molini Born: Venice, Italy. Also called Daniele.
  • Blessed Gabriel Pergaud Born: 29 October 1752 in Saint-Priest-la-Plaine, Creuse, France. Died: 21 July 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Juan de Las Varillas Born: Spain.
  • Blessed Juan de Zambrana
  • Blessed Parthenius of Thessaly Born: Thessaly. Died: 1777. Patronage: against diseases of cattle.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Africa

Other (1)

  • Daniel the Prophet Died: 5th-century BC in Babylon. Patronage: Ledeberg, Belgium.

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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