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Saints of 28 July

40 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 28 July, with short facts.

Saints (19)

  • St. Acacius Died: beheaded c.310 at Miletus (in modern Turkey). Also called Acacio, Acazio.
  • St. Alphonsa of India Born: 19 August 1910 at Kudamalloor, Kerala, India. Died: 28 July 1946 at Bharananganam, India. Canonized: 12 October 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. Patronage: against bodily ills, against illness, against sickness, against the death of parents, and sick people.
  • St. Botwid of Sudermannland Died: 1120 on the island of Rogö in Lake Mälaren, Sweden. Also called Botwid of Södermanland.
  • St. Camelian of Troyes Died: c.525. Also called Camélien.
  • St. Celsus of Rome Died: beheaded c.68 in Milan, Italy.
  • St. Eustathius of Galatia Also called Eustasius, Eustacius.
  • St. Irene of Cappadocia
  • St. Jaime Hilario Barbal Born: 2 January 1898 at Enviny, Lerida. Died: shot to death on 18 January 1937 at the Mount of Olives cemetery near Tarragona, Spain. Canonized: 21 November 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Manuel Barbal Cosan and Jakob Hilarius.
  • St. José Melchór García-Sampedro Suárez Born: 26 April 1821 in in Cortes, Quirós, Asturias, Spain. Died: cut to pieces on 28 July 1858 in Nam Ðinh, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Melchior Garcia Sanpedro.
  • St. Liuican Born: 6th-century Ireland. Also called Lenican, Lucan, Luicano.
  • St. Longinus of Satala Died: c.311 at sea near the port of Pityonte (in modern Armenia).
  • St. Lyutius Died: c.1038 at La Cava, Italy. Also called Lyutis.
  • St. Nazarius of Rome Born: 1st century at Rome, Italy. Died: legend says that.
  • St. Nicanor the Deacon Died: c.76. Also called Nicanor of Cyprus and Nicanore....
  • St. Parmenas the Deacon Died: 98 in Philippi, Macedonia. Also called Parmena.
  • St. Pedro Poveda Castroverde Born: 3 December 1874 at Linares, Jaen, Spain. Died: shot by firing squad on 28 July 1936 at Madrid, Spain. Canonized: 4 May 2003 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Peter Poveda Castroverde.
  • St. Peregrinus
  • St. Prochorus the Deacon Died: 1st century Antioch Name Meaning Prochorus = leader of a chorus. Also called Prochorus of Nicomedia and Procoro....
  • St. Samson of York Born: c.490 at south Wales. Died: 565 at Dol-de-Bre-ta-paign, Brittany. Also called Samson of Dol and Sampson of....

Popes (2)

  • Pope St. Innocent I Born: at Albano Laziale, Italy. Died: 12 March 417 at Rome, Italy. Also called Innocenzo. Also kept on 12 March in some calendars.
  • Pope Victor I Born: in Africa. Died: martyred 198-199. Patronage: Calcio, Italy.

Blessed (6)

  • Blessed Christodoulos Died: hanged in 1777 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Blessed Davíd Carlos-Marañon Born: 29 December 1907 in Asarta, Navarra, Spain. Died: shot on 28 July 1936 on the road near Purroy de la Solana, Huesca, Spain. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope Saint John Paul II. Also called Davíd of the Blessed Sacrament and David Carlos.
  • Blessed José Caselles-Moncho Born: 8 August 1907 in Benidoleig, Alicante, Spain. Died: 27 July 1936 in Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Josep Castell-Camps Born: 12 October 1902 in Ciudadela, Minorca, Islas Baleares, Spain. Died: during the night of 28 July 1936 in Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Manuel Segura-López Born: 22 January 1881 in Almonacid de la Sierra, Zaragoza, Spain. Died: shot on 28 July 1936 on the road near Purroy de la Solana, Huesca, Spain. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope Saint John Paul II. Also called Manuel of the Virgin of the Pillar and Emanuele Segura.
  • Blessed Stanley Francis Rother Born: 27 March 1935 in Okarche, Oklahoma. Beatified: 23 September 2017 by Pope Francis.

Martyr groups (3)

  • Martyred in the Spanish Civil War Also kept on 6 April, 20 May, 22 May, 25 July, and 92 other days in some calendars.
  • Martyrs of Fernán Caballero Died: 28 July 1936 in Fernán Caballero, Ciudad Real, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Martyrs of Thebaid Died: 3rd century Thebes, Egypt. Also called Martyrs of Thebes.

Other (10)

  • Anthony della Chiesa
  • Astolfo Lobo
  • Comgall of Galloon
  • Leubace of Sennevières
  • Modeste of Chartres
  • Paul of Xiropotamou
  • Pitirim of Tambov
  • Ramón Emiliano Hortelano Gómez
  • Sabino Hernández Laso
  • Sancha of Majorca

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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