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Saints of 30 July

25 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 30 July, with short facts.

Saints (12)

  • St. Peter Chrysologus Born: 406 at Imola, Italy. Died: 2 December 450 at Imola, Italy. Patronage: against fever, against mad dogs, and Imola, Italy.
  • St. Abdon and Saint Senen Born: Persian. Died: martyred c.250 at Rome, Italy. Patronage: against eye diseases, against vermin, barrel makers, coopers, bucket makers, blind children, children, and gardeners. Also called Abdo, Abdus and Sennen, Sennes, Senxis, Sennis, Zennen.
  • St. Ermengyth Died: c.680. Also called Ermengitha, Ermengytha.
  • St. Godelieve Born: 1049 at Londefort-lez-Boulogne, France. Died: murdered by drowning. Patronage: difficult marriages, for healthy throats; against throat diseases, in-law problems, victims of abuse, and victims of verbal spouse abuse. Also called Godelieve of Ghistelles and Godelieve of Gistel.
  • St. Hatebrand Born: Frisia (in modern Netherlands). Died: 1198.
  • St. Iosephus Yuan Gengyin Born: c.1853 in Hui, Zaoqiang, Hebei, China. Died: end of July 1900 in Dayin, Zaoqiang, Hebei, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Ruose.
  • St. Julitta of Caesarea Died: burned at the stake in 303 in Caesarea, Cappadocia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Leopold Bogdan Mandic Born: 12 May 1866 at Herceg Novi, Dubrovacko-Neretvanska Croatia as Adeodato. Died: 30 July 1942 at the Friary in Padua, Italy. Canonized: 16 October 1983 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Adeodato Bogdan Mandic, Apostle of the Confession, Apostle of Unity, Bogdan Ivan Mandic, and Brother Leopold.
  • St. María Natividad Venegas de La Torre Born: 8 September 1868 in La Tapona, Zapotlanejo, Jalisco, Mexico. Died: 30 July 1959 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Guadalajara and nurses.
  • St. Tatwine of Canterbury Died: 734.
  • St. Terenzio of Imola Born: 6th to 9th century (records vary) in Imola, Italy. Also called Terencio.
  • St. Ursus of Auxerre Died: 508.

Blessed (10)

  • Blessed Antonio di San Pietro Died: 1618.
  • Blessed Bernard Francis Casey Born: 25 November 1870 in Oak Grove, Wisconsin. Died: 31 July 1957 in Detroit, Michigan. Beatified: 18 November 2017 by Pope Francis. Also called Francis Solanus, Father Solanus, and Solanus Casey.
  • Blessed Edward Powell Born: 1478 in Wales. Died: hanged. Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation). Also called Edward Powel.
  • Blessed Jaume Puig Mirosa Born: 3 June 1908 in Terrasa, Barcelona, Spain. Died: early morning of 30 July 1936 on the highway outside Blanes, Girona, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Luis Aguirre Bilbao Born: 13 September 1914 in Murguía, Vizcaya, Spain. Died: 30 July 1936 in Alcorisa, Teruel, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Manés de Guzmán Born: c.1170 in Caleruega, Castile (in modern Burgos, Spain). Died: 1234 in the monastery of San Pedro de Gumeil, Izan, Castile (in modern Burgos, Spain). Beatified: 2 June 1834 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmation). Also called Mamerto, Mamés, Manez.
  • Blessed Richard Featherstone Born: English. Died: hanged. Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII. Also called Richard Fetherston.
  • Blessed Sebastià Llorens Telarroja Born: 2 December 1909 in Tordera, Barcelona, Spain. Died: early morning of 30 July 1936 on the highway outside Blanes, Girona, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Thomas Abel Born: c.1497 in England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII. Also called Thomas Able and Thomas Abell.
  • Blessed Vicenta Chávez Orozco Born: 6 February 1867 at Cotija, Michoacan, Mexico as Vicenta Chavez Orozco. Died: 30 July 1949 at Holy Trinity Hospital, Guadalajara, Mexico. Beatified: 9 November 1997 by Pope John Paul II. Also called María Vicenta of Saint Dorothy.

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 Castelseras Died: shot on 30 July 1936 at a farm house outside Castelserás, Teruel, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Martyrs of Tebourba Died: 304 at Tebourba in North Africa.

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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