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Saints of 26 July

55 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 26 July, with short facts.

Saints (19)

  • St. Anne Canonized: devotion is Pre-Congregation. Patronage: against poverty, against sterility or infertility, broommakers, cabinetmakers, carpenters, childless people, equestrians, expectant mothers; pregnant women, and others.
  • St. Austindus of Auch Born: c.1000 in Bordeaux, France. Died: 1068 at Auch, Aquitaine (in modern France). Also called Ostent, Austinde.
  • St. Bartholomea Capitanio Born: 13 January 1807 at Lovere, Bergamo, Italy. Died: 26 July 1833 at Lovere, Bergamo, Italy. Canonized: 18 May 1950 by Pope Pius XII.
  • St. Benigno of Malcestine Also called Bénigne.
  • St. Charus of Malcestine Also called Caro.
  • St. Erastus
  • St. Exuperia the Martyr Died: burned to death in 257.
  • St. George Preca Born: 12 February 1880 at Valletta, Malta. Died: evening of 26 July 1962. Beatified: 9 May 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Canonized: 3 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Gorg Preca.
  • St. Gérontios
  • St. Gothalm Died: 1020.
  • St. Hyacinth Died: c.110.
  • St. Joachim Born: Galilean. Died: the traditional tomb of Saint Anne and Saint Joachim was rediscovered in Jerusalem in 1889. Patronage: Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, fathers, grandfathers, and grandparents. Also called Heli.
  • St. Olympius the Tribune Died: burned to death in 257.
  • St. Parasceva of Rome Died: beheaded in 180. Patronage: blind people.
  • St. Pastor of Rome Died: c.160.
  • St. Simeon of Padolirone Born: Armenia. Died: 1016.
  • St. Symphronius the Slave Died: burned to death in 257.
  • St. Theodulus the Martyr Died: burned to death in 257.
  • St. Valens of Verona Died: 531.

Blessed (22)

  • Blessed Titus Brandsma Born: 23 February 1881 at Oegeklooster, Friesland, Netherlands as Anno Sjoera Brandsma. Died: martyred on 26 July 1942 by lethal injection in the concentration camp at Dachau, Bavaria, Germany. Beatified: 3 November 1985 by Pope John Paul II Writings. Also called Anno Sjoera Brandsma and Shorty.
  • Blessed Andrew the Catechist Born: 1625 at Ran Ran, Phú Yên (in modern Viet Nam). Died: hanged 26 July 1644 at Kè Khàm, Quang Nam (in modern Viet Nam). Beatified: 5 March 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Andrew of Phuù Yeân and Anrê of Phú Yên.
  • Blessed Camilla Gentili Born: latter 15th century in San Severino Marche, Italy. Died: stabbed in the throat and heart on 26 July 1486 on a farm in Uvaiolo, San Severino Marche, Italy. Beatified: 15 January 1841 by Pope Gregory XVI.
  • Blessed Edward Thwing Born: Heworth, England. Died: hanged on 26 July 1600 at Lancaster, England. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed élisabeth-Thérèse de Consolin Born: 9 June 1736 in Courthezon, Vaucluse, France. Died: guillotined on 26 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France. Beatified: 10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Évangéliste of Verona Born: Verona, Italy. Died: 1250. Beatified: 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmation). Also called Evangelist.
  • Blessed George Swallowell Born: Shadforth, Durham, England. Died: 26 July 1594 at Darlington, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Giuseppina Maria de Micheli Born: 11 September 1890 in Milan, Italy. Died: 26 July 1945 in Centonara d'Artò, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy. Beatified: 30 May 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Maria Pierina De Micheli and Sister Maria Pierina.
  • Blessed Hugh of Sassoferrato Born: c.1227 at Serra San Quirico. Died: 26 July 1250 at Sassoferrato, Italy. Beatified: 27 July 1757 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed). Patronage: Sassoferrato, Italy. Also called Hugh of Actes, Hugh of Atti, and Hugues, Hugo, Ugo.
  • Blessed Jacques Netsetov Born: Alaska. Died: 1865.
  • Blessed John Ingram Born: 1565 at Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Joris Born: Armenian. Died: 1033 at Bethune, Artois, France.
  • Blessed Manuel Martín Sierra Born: 2 October 1892 in Churriana de la Vega, Granada, Spain. Died: shot on 26 July 1936 in the atrium of the Divine Shepherdess parish church in Motril, Granada, Spain. Beatified: 7 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Marcel-Gaucher Labiche de Reignefort Born: 3 November 1751 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France. Died: 26 July 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Marie-Claire du Bac Born: 9 January 1727 in Laudun, Gard, France. Died: guillotined on 26 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France. Beatified: 10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Sister Claire of Saint Rosalie.
  • Blessed Marie-Madeleine Justamond Born: 6 September 1724 in Bollène, Vaucluse, France. Died: guillotined on 26 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France. Beatified: 10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Sister Catherine of Jesus.
  • Blessed Marie-Marguerite Bonnet Born: 18 June 1719 in Sérignan, Vaucluse, France. Died: guillotined on 26 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France. Beatified: 10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Sister Saint Augustine.
  • Blessed Pérégrin of Verona Born: Verona, Italy. Died: 1250. Beatified: 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmation). Also called Peregrine.
  • Blessed Pierre-Joseph le Groing de la Romagère Born: 28 June 1752 in Saint-Sauvier, Allier, France. Died: 26 July 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Robert Nutter Born: c.1557 at Burnley Lanes, Lancashire, England. Died: hanged on 26 July 1600 at Lancaster, England. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Robert Askew and Robert Rowley.
  • Blessed Vicente Pinilla Ibáñez Born: 9 April 1870 in Calatayud, Zaragoza, Spain. Died: shot on 26 July 1936 in the atrium of the Divine Shepherdess parish church in Motril, Granada, Spain. Beatified: 7 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Vicente of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga.
  • Blessed William Ward Born: c.1560 in England as William Webster. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called William Webster.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyred in the Spanish Civil War Also kept on 6 April, 20 May, 22 May, 25 July, and 92 other days in some calendars.

Other (13)

  • Christiana of Termonde
  • Claudia of France
  • Erasto of the Philippines
  • Frederick Zelecky
  • Ivo Belhuec
  • Juan Iraizos
  • Mariano di San Giuseppe
  • Moses of Hungary
  • Pierre Dallemand
  • Sabas III of Serbia
  • Sancha of Leon
  • Seve
  • Ursus of Troyes

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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