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Saints of 9 September

27 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 9 September, with short facts.

Saints (18)

  • St. Alexander of Sabine Died: martyred in 690 in the Sabine region of Italy.
  • St. Basura of Masil
  • St. Bettelin Died: 8th century. Patronage: Stafford, England. Also called Bertram, Bertellin, Bethlin, Bethelm.
  • St. Dorotheus of Nicomedia Died: strangled to death in 303 in Nicomedia, Bithynia (modern Izmit, Turkey).
  • St. Engelram of Metz
  • St. Gorgonio of Rome Died: Two Laurels cemetery, Via Labicana, Rome, Italy. Also called Gorgonius.
  • St. Gorgonius of Nicomedia Died: strangled to death in 303 in Nicomedia, Bithynia (modern Izmit, Turkey).
  • St. Hyacinth Died: 690 in the Sabine region of Italy.
  • St. Joseph of Volokolamsk Born: 1440 in Lithuania. Died: 9 September 1515 at Volokolamsk, Russia. Canonized: 1578 by Pope Gregory XIII. Also called Ivan Sanin, Joseph of Volotsk, Joseph Sanin, and Svyatoy Iosef Volokolamsky.
  • St. Kieran the Younger Born: c.516 at Connacht, County Roscommon, Ireland. Died: c.556. Patronage: diocese of Clonmacnois, Ireland. Also called Kieran of Clonmacnoise.
  • St. Omer Born: 595 near Constance, France. Died: 670. Also called Audomarus.
  • St. Osmanna Born: Ireland. Died: c.650 at Saint Brieuc, Brittany, France. Also called Argariarga, Osanna.
  • St. Peter Claver Born: 1581 at Verdu, Catalonia, Spain. Died: 8 September 1654 at Cartegena, Colombia. Beatified: 21 September 1851 by Pope Blessed Pius IX. Canonized: 15 January 1888 by Pope Leo XIII. Also called Pedro Claver Corberó, Slave of the Blacks, and Slave of the Slaves.
  • St. Severian Born: Armenian. Died: flesh torn off his body.
  • St. Tiburtius Died: 690 in the Sabine region of Italy.
  • St. Valentinian of Chur Died: 12 January 548.
  • St. Wilfrida Died: 988 at the convent at Wilton, England. Also called Wilfreda, Wuifritha, Wulfritha.
  • St. Wulfhilda Born: England. Died: c.1000 in England.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Francisco Gárate Aranguren Born: 3 February 1857 in Azpeitia, Guipúzcoa, Spain. Died: at 7:00am on 9 September 1929 in Deusto, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain. Beatified: 6 October 1985 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy. Also called Brother Kindness.
  • Blessed Gaufridus Died: 1139.
  • Blessed George Douglas Born: Edinburgh, Scotland. Died: hanged. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Jacques Désiré Laval Born: 18 September 1803 in Croth, Normandy, France. Died: 9 September 1864 in Port Louis, Mauritius. Beatified: 29 April 1979 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Apostle of Mauritius and Jacob Désiré Laval.
  • Blessed Maria de la Cabeza Born: at Uceda, Guadalajara, Spain. Died: c.1175. Beatified: by Pope Leo X (cultus confirmed). Patronage: Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico and World Youth Day 2011. Also called Maria of the Head and Maria Toribia.
  • Blessed Maria Euthymia Üffing Born: 8 April 1914 in Halverde, Germany as Emma Uffing. Died: morning of 9 September 1955 at MÜnster, Germany. Beatified: 7 October 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Emma Uffing and Maria Eutimia.
  • Blessed Mary of Colonna Died: 1615.
  • Blessed Pierre Bonhomme Born: 4 July 1803 in Gramat, Lot, France. Died: 9 September 1861 at Gramat, Lot, France. Beatified: 23 March 2003 by Pope John Paul II.

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.

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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