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Saints of 31 July

29 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 31 July, with short facts.

Marian titles (1)

  • Our Lady of Consolation

Saints (11)

  • St. Ignatius of Loyola Born: 1491 at Loyola, Guipuzcoa, Spain as Inigo Lopez de Loyola. Died: 31 July 1556 at Rome, Italy. Canonized: 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV. Also called Inigo Lopez de Loyola.
  • St. Calimerius of Milan Born: Greek. Died: drowned in a well c.190 in Milan, Italy. Also called Apostle of the Po Valley.
  • St. Democritus
  • St. Dionysius the Martyr
  • St. Fabius of Caesarea Died: beheaded in 300 in Caesarea, Maurentania, North Africa. Also called Fabio.
  • St. Firmus of Tagaste
  • St. Germanus of Auxerre Born: c.378 at Auxerre, France. Died: 31 July 448 at Ravenna, Italy. Patronage: Auxerre, France. Also called Germain of Auxerre.
  • St. Giustino de Jacobis Born: 9 October 1800 at San Fele, Luciana, Italy. Died: 31 July 1860 on the side of a road near Halai. Canonized: 26 October 1975 by Pope Paul VI. Also called Justin de Jacobis.
  • St. Helen of Skofde Born: 12th century Vastergotland, Sweden. Died: murdered c.1160. Canonized: 1164 by Pope Alexander III. Patronage: falsely accused people, in-law problems, martyrs, Vastergotland, Sweden, and widows. Also called Helen of Skovde and Elin....
  • St. Neot Died: 877. Patronage: fish.
  • St. Secundus

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Cecilia Schelingová Born: 25 December 1916 in Krivá na Orave, Zilinský kraj, Slovakia. Died: 31 July 1955 in Trnava, Trnavský kraj, Slovakia. Beatified: 14 September 2003 by Pope John Paul II at Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Also called Zdenka Schelingová.
  • Blessed Élisabeth Eppinger Born: 9 September 1814 in Niederbronn-les-Baines, Bas-Rhin, France. Died: 31 July 1867 in Niederbronn-les-Baines, Bas-Rhin, France. Beatified: 8 September 2018 by Pope Francis. Patronage: Sisters of the Holy Redeemer.
  • Blessed Everard Hanse Born: Northamptonshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed Franciszek Stryjas Born: 26 January 1882 in Popów, Szczytniki, Kalisz, Poland. Died: tortured to death on 31 July 1944 in Kalisz, Poland. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Warsaw, Poland.
  • Blessed Jean-François Jarrige de la Morelie de Breuil Born: 11 January 1752 in Saint-Yrieix, Haute-Vienne, France. Died: 31 July 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed John Colombini Born: c.1300 at Siena, Italy. Died: 31 July 1367. Beatified: by Pope Gregory XIII. Also called John Columbini.
  • Blessed Michal Oziebijowski Born: 28 September 1900 in Izdebno Koscielne, Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland. Died: of starvation and abuse on 31 July 1942 at Dachau concentration camp in Oberbayern, Germany. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Warsaw, Poland.
  • Blessed Vicenta Achurra Gogenola Born: 4 April 1890 in Berriatúa, Vizcaya, Spain. Died: shot on 31 July 1936 at the L’Arrabassada highway, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Daniela de San Bernabé and Daniela of Saint Barnabas.

Martyr groups (2)

  • 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 Syria Died: 517 in Syria.

Other (7)

  • Catherine of Leuven
  • Emanuele Phung
  • Francis of Milan
  • Girolamo Michele Calmell
  • Martyred Spanish Carmelites
  • Peter Doan Cong Quy
  • Tertullinus of Rome

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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