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Saints of 5 September

27 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 5 September, with short facts.

Saints (13)

  • St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Born: 26 August 1910 in Skopje, Albania (modern Macedonia). Died: 5 September 1997 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Canonized: 4 September 2016 by Pope Francis. Also called Mother Teresa, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, and Saint of the Gutters. Listed as Saint in some sources and Blessed in others.
  • St. Albert of Butrio Died: 1073 in Tortuna, Liguria, Italy. Also called Alberto di Butrio.
  • St. Alvitus of León Died: 1063.
  • St. Anseric of Soissons Born: Espagny, Soissons, Gaul (in modern France). Died: c.652. Also called Ansaricus, Ansericus.
  • St. Bertin the Great Born: early 7th century at Constance (in modern Germany). Died: c.709. Also called Bertinus.
  • St. Charbel Died: 107.
  • St. Genebald of Laon Died: c.555.
  • St. Giuse Hoàng Luong Canh Born: c.1763 in Làng Van, Bac Giang, Vietnam. Died: beheaded on 5 September 1838 in Bac Ninh Tai, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Joseph Canh and Joseph Canh Luang Hoang.
  • St. Obdulia
  • St. Phêrô Nguyen Van Tu Born: c.1796 in Ninh Cuong, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam. Died: 5 September 1838 in Bac Ninh Tai, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Romulus of Rome Died: 112 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Victorinus of Amiterme Died: hanged upside down near Rome, Italy; he lasted three days.
  • St. Victorinus of Como Died: 644.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Anselm of Anchin Died: c.1088.
  • Blessed Florent Dumontet de Cardaillac Born: 8 February 1749 in Saint-Médard, Haute-Vienne, France. Died: 5 September 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Fiorenzo Dumontet de Cardaillac.
  • Blessed Gentilis of Toringa Born: at Matelica, Italy. Died: beheaded on 1340 at Toringa (Tauris), Persia. Beatified: 2 February 1795 by Pope Pius VI.
  • Blessed Gerbrand of Dokkum Born: early 13th century in area of the modern Netherlands. Died: 11 October 1267 at the Premontres mother-house in Laon, France.
  • Blessed John the Good of Siponto Born: Siponto, Italy.
  • Blessed Jordan of Pulsano Died: 1152.
  • Blessed Maria Velotti Born: 16 November 1826 in Soccavo, Naples, Italy. Died: at 9am on 3 September 1886 at the Franciscan Sisters Adorers. Beatified: 26 September 2020 by Pope Francis. Also called Maria Luigia of the Blessed Sacrament.
  • Blessed William Browne Born: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.

Martyr groups (4)

  • Martyrs of Armenia
  • Martyrs of Capua Died: Capua, Italy.
  • Martyrs of Nicomedia
  • Martyrs of Porto Romano Died: c.180 at Porto Romano, Italy.

Other (2)

  • Deceased Friends and Benefactors of the Dominicans
  • Marchese of Altessano

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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