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Saints of 29 July

46 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 29 July, with short facts.

Saints (27)

  • St. Antony Died: c.260.
  • St. Beatrice of Rome Died: strangled in 303 in Rome, Italy. Also called Beatrix, Viatrice, Viatrix.
  • St. Callinicus of Paphlagonia Born: Paphlagonia, Asia Minor. Died: burned to death in the 3rd century in Gangrae, Asia Minor.
  • St. Eugene Died: c.260.
  • St. Faustinus of Rome Died: c.303 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Faustinus of Spoleto Born: 3rd century Italy. Died: 4th century at Todi, Umbria, Italy. Also called Faustinus of Spello.
  • St. Felix of Rome Died: San Felice cemetery. Also called Felix av Via Portuensis.
  • St. Flora of Rome Died: c.260 in Rome, Italy. Also called Fiora.
  • St. Ioannes Baptista Luo Tingyin Born: c.1825 in Qingyian, Guiyang, Guizhou, China. Died: tortured and beheaded on 29 July 1861 in Qingyian, Guiyang, Guizhou, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called John Lo, John Baptist Lo, John Baptist Leo, Johannes Baptist Luo Tingyin, and Ruohan.
  • St. Iosephus Zhang Born: c.1831 in Ba, Sichuan, China. Died: beheaded on 29 July 1861 at Tsin-gai, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Joseph Tshang and Ruose.
  • St. John the Soldier
  • St. Kilian of Inishcaltra
  • St. Lucilla Died: c.260.
  • St. Lupus of Troyes Born: 384 in Toul, France. Died: 478. Also called Leu.
  • St. Martha Died: c.80. Patronage: butlers, Congregation of Martha and Mary (founded in 1979), cooks (proclaimed on 1 July 1963 by Pope Paul VI), dieticians, domestic servants, homemakers, hotel-keepers, housemaids, and others. Also called Wonder Worker of Southern Gaul.
  • St. Martha Wang Born: c.1812 in Zunyi, Guizhou, China. Died: tortured and beheaded on 29 July 1861 in Qingyian, Guiyang, Guizhou, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Martha Wang Luoshi and Mande.
  • St. Olaf II Born: 995. Died: killed in battle at Stiklestadt on 29 July 1030. Canonized: 1164 by Pope Alexander III. Patronage: carvers, difficult marriages, kings, and Norway. Also called Heilag-Olav, Holy Olaf, Olaf Haraldson, Olaf Haraldsson, and Olaf of Norway.
  • St. Olaus of Sweden Died: early 10th century at Birca, Sweden (near modern Stockholm). Also called Olaf, Olave.
  • St. Paulus Chen Changpin Born: c.1838 in Xingren, Guizhou, China. Died: tortured and beheaded on 29 July 1861 in Qingyian, Guiyang, Guizhou, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Baolu.
  • St. Prosper of Orléans Died: c.463.
  • St. Rufo of Rome Died: Generosa cemetery, Rome, Italy.
  • St. Seraphia the Martyr Born: Antioch, Syria. Died: beheaded in 110 in Italy. Also called Seraphia of Syria and Serapia....
  • St. Seraphina Died: c.426 at Civitas Mamiensis.
  • St. Simplicius of Rome Died: c.303 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Sulian Died: 6th century. Also called Silin.
  • St. Theodore Died: c.260.
  • St. William of Saint-Brieuc Born: 11 October 1180 in Saint-Alban, San-Brieuc, Brittany (in France). Died: 29 July 1234. Canonized: 24 March 1247 by Pope Innocent IV. Patronage: diocese of Saint-Brieuc, France. Also called William Pinchon and William of San Brieuc.

Popes (1)

  • Pope Blessed Urban II Born: c.1042 in Lagery, France as Odo (or Otho or Eudes) of Lagery. Died: 29 July 1099 in Rome, Italy. Beatified: 1881 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation). Also called Odo, Otho, Eudes.

Blessed (7)

  • Blessed Beatrix of Valfleury Died: 1269 at the convent of Our Lady of Nazareth.
  • Blessed Charles-Antoine-Nicolas Ancel Born: 11 October 1763 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Died: 29 July 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed José Calasanz Marqués Born: 23 November 1872 in Azanuy, Huesca, Spain. Died: shot on 29 July 1936 in Puente de San José, Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Juan Bautista Egozcuezábal Aldaz Born: 13 March 1882 in Nuin, Navarra, Spain. Died: shot on 29 July 1936 in Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Luis Bertrán Born: 1596 in Barcelona, Spain. Died: burned to death in 29 July 1627 at Omura, Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Luis Exarch.
  • Blessed Mancius of the Cross Born: Japan. Died: burned to death in 29 July 1627 at Omura, Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
  • Blessed Petrus of Saint Mary Born: 1610 in Omura, Nagasaki, Japan. Died: burned to death in 29 July 1627 at Omura, Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX.

Martyr groups (4)

  • 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 Calanda Died: 29 July 1936 in Calanda, Teruel, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Martyrs of Lleida Died: 29 July 1936 in Clot dels Aubens, Cervera, Lleida, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Martyrs of Rome

Other (7)

  • Alexander of Cîteaux
  • Anastasia and Companions
  • Berius of Constantinople
  • Chirsk-Pskov Icon of the Mother of God
  • Four Anonymous Martyrs
  • Holy Mary of the Miracles
  • Peter of Algiers

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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