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Saints of 27 July

59 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 27 July, with short facts.

Saints (21)

  • St. Aetherius of Auxerre Died: 573. Also called Etherius of Auxerre.
  • St. Anthusa of Constantinople Born: Greek.
  • St. Arethas Born: 427. Died: beheaded in 523 in Nedshran (Negran; Najran; Nagran) Arabia. Also called Abdullah ibn Kaab and Aretas.
  • St. Aurelius of Cordoba Died: beheaded 27 July 852 in Cordoba, Spain. Patronage: orphans.
  • St. Ecclesius of Ravenna Died: 532. Also called Eclesio Celio.
  • St. Felix of Cordoba Born: Spain. Died: 852 in Cordoba, Spain.
  • St. Galactorio of Lescar Died: Lescar, Béarn region of the French Pyrenees. Also called Galactorio of Béarn and Galattorio, Galactoire, Galactorius.
  • St. George of Cordoba Died: c.822 at Cordoba, Spain.
  • St. Hermippus Died: c.305.
  • St. Hermocrates Died: c.305. Also called Thermocrates.
  • St. Hermolaus Died: c.305.
  • St. Juliana of Mataró Died: 304 in Illuron (modern Mataró). Patronage: Mataró, Spain. Also called Giuliana.
  • St. Lillian of Cordoba Born: Spain. Died: 852 in Cordoba, Spain. Also called Liliosa.
  • St. Luican Also called Luicain.
  • St. Maurus of Bisceglia Born: Jerusalem, Palestine. Died: 27 July 117 in Bisceglia, Italy. Patronage: Bisceglia, Italy. Also called Maruo.
  • St. Natalia Died: beheaded on 27 July 852. Patronage: converts and martyrs. Also called Natalie, Nathalie, Sabigotho.
  • St. Pantaleimon of Bisceglia Born: Apulia, Italy. Died: 27 July 117 in Bisceglia, Italy. Patronage: Bisceglia, Italy. Also called Pantaleo.
  • St. Panteleon Died: nailed to a tree and beheaded c.305. Patronage: against consumption or tuberculosis, bachelors, doctors, physicians, midwives, and torture victims. Also called Panteleimon, Pantaleon.
  • St. Semproniana of Mataró Died: 304 in Illuron (modern Mataró). Patronage: Mataró, Spain.
  • St. Sergius of Bisceglia Born: Apulia, Italy. Died: 27 July 117 in Bisceglia, Italy. Patronage: Bisceglia, Italy. Also called Sergio.
  • St. Simeon Stylites Born: c.390 at Cilicia. Died: c.459. Patronage: shepherds. Also called Simeon Stylites the Elder.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Celestine I Born: Campania, Italy. Died: 27 July 432 in Rome, Italy.

Blessed (15)

  • Blessed Berthold of Garsten Born: c.1060. Died: 27 July 1142 in Garsten, Upper Austria, Austria. Beatified: 8 January 1970 by Pope Paul VI (cultus confirmation). Also called Berthold de Rachez.
  • Blessed Felipe Hernández Martínez Born: 14 March 1913 in Villena, Alicante, Spain. Died: shot on 27 July 1936 in Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Jaime Ortiz Alzueta Born: 24 May 1913 in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. Died: shot on 27 July 1936 in Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Joan Romeu y Canadell Born: 11 December 1882 in Sant Pere de Riudebitlles, Barcelona, Spain. Died: shot on the night of 27 July 1936 in Manresa, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 6 November 2021 by Pope Francis. Also called Domènec of Sant Pere de Riudebitlles and Doménech of Sant Pere de Riudebittles.
  • Blessed Joaquín Vilanova Camallonga Born: 6 October 1888 in Ontinyent, Valencia, Spain. Died: shot on 29 July 1936 in Ibi, Alicante, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed José María Ruiz Cano Born: 13 September 1906 at Jerez de los Caballeros, Badajoz, Spain. Died: 27 July 1936 at El Otero, Sigüenza, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Lucy Bufalari Born: at Castel Porziano near Rome, Italy. Died: 1350. Beatified: 1832 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmed). Patronage: against demonic possession. Also called Lucy of Amelia.
  • Blessed Maria Klemensa Staszewska Born: 30 July 1890 in Zloczew, Wielkopolskie, Poland. Died: 27 July 1943 in Oswiecim (a.k.a. Auschwitz), Malopolskie, Nazi-occupied Poland. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Mary Clemente of Jesus Crucified Staszewska.
  • Blessed Maria of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Born: 23 September 1866 in Barra, Naples, Italy as Maria Grazia Tarallo. Died: 27 July 1912 at Giorgio a Cremano, Naples, Italy. Beatified: 14 May 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Maria Grazia Tarallo.
  • Blessed Mary Magdalene Martinengo Born: 5 October 1687 at Brescia, Italy. Died: 27 July 1737 in Brescia, Italy. Beatified: 3 June 1900 by Pope Leo XIII. Also called Margarita Martinengo and Maria Maddalena.
  • Blessed Modesto Vegas y Vegas Born: 24 February 1912 in La Serna, Palencia. Died: shot on 27 July 1936 in Can Moncada, Llisá de Munt, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Nevolo of Faenza Born: 13th century Faenza, Italy. Died: 27 July 1280 in Faenza, Italy. Beatified: 4 June 1817 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation). Patronage: cobblers (chosen by the cobblers of Rimini, Italy in 1331). Also called Nevolo of Tavensia and Nevolone, Novellone, Nevolonius.
  • Blessed Robert Sutton Born: Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Died: hanged on 27 July 1588 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed William Davies Born: c.1559 in Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire, Wales. Died: hanged on 27 July 1593 in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Zacarías Abadía Buesa Born: 5 November 1913 in Almuniente, Huesca, Spain. Died: shot on 27 July 1936 in Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.

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 (21)

  • Albert Pandoni
  • Andrea Jimenez Galera
  • Angel of Bulgaria
  • Anthus of Honoriade
  • Arnold of Lyon
  • Congall of Iabnallivin
  • Conrad of Ottobeuren
  • Desideratus of Besancon
  • Erlembald
  • Fronimio of Metz
  • Giustina
  • Jacobo Papocchi of Montieri
  • Martrys of Nicomedia Died: Nicomedia, Asia Minor.
  • Nahum of Ohrid
  • Raimondo Zanfogni
  • Sabas of Bulgaria
  • Seven Sleepers of Ephesus Died: 250 in Ephesus (in modern Turkey); tradition says that they were walled up in a cave to suffocate. Also called People of the Cave and The Seven Sleepers.
  • Simeon Stylites the Elder
  • Simeon the Aegean
  • Theobald of Marly
  • Ursus of Loches

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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