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Saints of 4 September

39 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 4 September, with short facts.

Saints (27)

  • St. Ammianus the Martyr Died: burned at the stake c.310.
  • St. Caletricus of Chartres Born: 529 in Chartres, France. Died: 580. Also called Caletrico, Chaletricus, Calétric, Caltry.
  • St. Candida of Naples Born: Naples, Italy. Died: 586 in Naples, Italy. Also called Candida the Younger.
  • St. Candida the Elder Died: 78.
  • St. Castus of Ancyra Died: martyred at Ancyra, Galatia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Fredaldo of Mende Patronage: Chapelle Saint-Frézal-de-la-Canourgue, La Canourgue, France, Chaulhac, France, Grèzes, Lozère, France, Julianges, France, La Canourgue, France, Saint-Frézal-d'Albuge, France, and Saint-Frézal-de-Ventalon, France.
  • St. Hermione Died: c.117 at Ephesus.
  • St. Ida of Herzfeld Died: c.813. Canonized: 26 November 980 by Pope Benedict VII. Patronage: brides and widows.
  • St. Irmgard of Süchteln Died: c.1100 in Cologne, Lotaringia. Also called Irmgarda.
  • St. Julian the Martyr Died: burned at the stake c.310.
  • St. Magnus of Ancyra Died: at Ancyra, Galatia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Marcellus of Chalon-sur-Saône Died: c.300 in Chalons-sur-Saône, Gallia Lugdunensis (modern France). Also called Marcello.
  • St. Marcellus of Treves Also called Marcellus of Tongres.
  • St. Maximus of Ancyra Died: at Ancyra, Galatia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Monessa Born: 5th century Irish. Died: 456.
  • St. Oceanus the Martyr Died: burned at the stake c.310.
  • St. Rebecca of Alexandria Died: 3rd century in Alexandria, Egypt.
  • St. Rhuddlad Born: Welsh. Died: 7th century. Patronage: Llanrhyddlad, Anglesey, Wales. Also called Rhudlad.
  • St. Rosalia Born: c.1130 at Palermo, Sicily. Died: c.1160 Mount Pellegrino, Italy. Patronage: locations in Italy -, Baucina, Benetutti, Bivona, Campofelice di Roccella, Delia, Isola delle Femine, Lentiscosa, and others.
  • St. Rufinus of Ancyra Died: Ancyra, Galatia.
  • St. Salvinus of Verdun Died: c.420.
  • St. Silvanus of Ancyra Died: Ancyra, Galatia.
  • St. Sulpicius of Bayeux Died: martyred in 843 in Livry, France.
  • St. Thamel Died: martyred in 125.
  • St. Theodore the Martyr Died: burned at the stake c.310.
  • St. Ultan of Ardbraccan Died: 657. Patronage: children.
  • St. Victalicus Died: martyred in Ancyra, Galatia (in modern Turkey).

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Boniface I Born: c.350 at Rome, Italy. Died: 4 September 422 at Rome, Italy.

Blessed (7)

  • Blessed Catherine of Racconigi Born: June 1486 in Racconigi, Cuneo, Italy. Died: 4 September 1547 at Caramagna Piemonte, Cuneo, Italy. Beatified: 1808 or 1810 (records vary) by Pope Pius VII. Also called Caterina Mattei.
  • Blessed José Bleda Grau Born: 23 July 1867 in Lugar Nuevo de Fenollet, Valencia, Spain. Died: shot in the head on 4 September 1936 near Puerto de Benigamin, Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Brother Berardo of Lugar Nuevo de Fenollet.
  • Blessed José Pascual Carda Saporta Born: 29 October 1893 in Villareal, Castellón, Spain. Died: 4 September 1936 in Oropesa, Castellón, Spain. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Maria Dina Belanger Born: 30 April 1897 in the parish of Notre-Dame-de-Jacques-Cartier. Died: 4 September 1929 in the Jésus-Marie convent, Sillery, Québec, Canada. Beatified: 20 March 1993 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Nicolò Rusca Born: 20 April 1563 in Bedano, Italy (in modern Ticono, Switzerland). Died: tortured to death on 4 September 1618 in Thusis, Graubünden, Switzerland. Beatified: 21 April 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Hammer of the Heretics.
  • Blessed Peter of Saint James Born: Navarre, Spain. Died: 1307.
  • Blessed Scipion-Jérôme Brigeat Lambert Born: 9 June 1733 in Ligny, Meuse, France. Died: 4 September 1794 on the prison ship Washington in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Scipione Gerolamo Brigeat de Lambert.

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 (3)

  • Giuseppe Toniolo
  • Joseph the Patriarch
  • Moses the Prophet

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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