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Saints of 16 September

37 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 16 September, with short facts.

Saints (23)

  • St. Cyprian of Carthage Born: 190 in Carthage, North Africa. Died: beheaded 14 September 258 in Carthage, North Africa. Patronage: Algeria (proclaimed on 6 July 1914 by Pope Pius X). Also called Thaschus Caecilius Cyprianus and Thascius Caecilius Cyprian. Also kept on 31 August in some calendars.
  • St. Abundantius of Rome Died: beheaded c.304 at Rome, Italy.
  • St. Abundius the Priest Died: beheaded c.304 at Rome, Italy.
  • St. Andrew Kim Taegon Born: 21 August 1821, Solmoi, Chungcheong-do, South Korea. Died: tortured and beheaded on 16 September 1846 at Saenamteo, Seoul, Korea. Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: Korean clergy. Also called Andrew Kim, Andreas Kim Tae-Gon, and Andeurea Gim Dae-Geon. Also kept on 20 September in some calendars.
  • St. Cunibert of Maroilles Died: c.680.
  • St. Curcodomus Died: 680.
  • St. Dulcissima of Sutri Patronage: Sutri, Italy, city of and Sutri, Italy, diocese of. Also called Dolcissima.
  • St. Edith of Wilton Born: 961 at Kensing, Kent, England. Died: 15 September 984. Also called Eadgyth, Eadgith, Editha, Ediva.
  • St. Eugenia of Hohenburg Died: 735 at the Hohenburg Abbey, Mount Sainte Odille, Ottrott, Alsace, France. Also called Eugenia of Alsace, Eugenia of Altitona, Eugenia of Altodunum, and Eugénie.
  • St. Euphemia of Chalcedon Born: c.290 at Chalcedon, Asia Minor. Died: tortured. Patronage: Alba Adriatica, Italy and Rovinj, Croatia.
  • St. Euphemia of Orense Also called Ephemia of Ourense and Eufemia....
  • St. Geminianus of Rome Died: c.300 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. John of Rome Died: beheaded c.304 at Rome, Italy. Patronage: Civita Castellana, Viterbo, Italy.
  • St. Juan Macías Born: 2 March 1585 at Ribera del Fresno, Estramadura, Spain. Died: 16 September 1645 in Lima, Peru. Canonized: 28 September 1975 by Pope Paul VI. Also called Juan de Massias, Juan Massias, John...., and Arcas Sánchez.
  • St. Lucy of Rome Died: c.300 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Ludmila Born: 860 at Mielnik (in modern Poland). Patronage: against in-law problems, converts, duchesses, widows, Bohemia, and Czech Republic. Also called Ludmilla.
  • St. Marcian the Senator Died: beheaded c.304 at Rome. Patronage: Civita Castellana, Viterbo, Italy. Also called Marcianus.
  • St. Ninian Born: c.360 at Cumbria, Britain. Died: c.432. Patronage: Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, diocese of and Galloway, Scotland, diocese of. Also called Apostle of North Britain and Apostle of the Picts.
  • St. Rogellus of Cordoba Died: 852 at Cordoba, Spain. Also called Rogatus.
  • St. Sebastiana Died: beheaded in 1st century Heraclea, Thrace.
  • St. Servus Dei Died: 852 at Cordoba, Spain. Also called Servodidio, Servusdeus, Serviodeo, Abdallh.
  • St. Stephen of Perugia Died: 1026.
  • St. Vitalis of Savigny Born: Tierceville, France. Died: died suddenly.

Popes (2)

  • Pope St. Cornelius Died: martyred in 253. Patronage: against earache; earache sufferers, epileptics; against epilepsy, against fever, against twitching, cattle, domestic animals, and Kornelimünster, Germany.
  • Pope Blessed Victor III Born: 1027 in Benevento, Italy as Dauterius. Died: 16 September 1087 at the monastery of Monte Cassino, Italy. Beatified: 23 July 1887 by Pope Leo XIII. Also called Daufar, Dauferius, Desiderius.

Blessed (6)

  • Blessed Dominic Shobyoye Born: Nagasaki, Japan. Died: beheaded on 16 September 1628 at Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX. Also called Dominic Shibioge and Dominicus.....
  • Blessed Ignasi Casanovas Perramón Born: 21 June 1893 in Igualada, Barcelona, Spain. Died: shot on 16 September 1936 in a grove of trees near his mother‘s house in Odena, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Ignasi of Saint Raymond.
  • Blessed Louis Allemand Born: c.1380 in Arbent castle. Died: 16 September 1450. Beatified: 1527 by Pope Clement VII (cultus confirmation). Also called Louis Alamanus, Louis Alemanus, Louis Almannus, and Louis Alamandus.
  • Blessed Martin of Huerta Died: 1213.
  • Blessed Michaël Himonoya Born: Japanese. Died: beheaded on 16 September 1628 at Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
  • Blessed Paul Himonoya Born: Japanese. Died: beheaded in 1628 at Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX.

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 Maranza
  • Martyrs of the Via Nomentana

Other (3)

  • Innocenza
  • Priscus of Nocera
  • Romolo

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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