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Saints of 20 September

28 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 20 September, with short facts.

Saints (16)

  • St. Agapitus of Rome Died: cooked to death in a bronze bull in 188 in 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 16 September in some calendars.
  • St. Candida of Carthage Died: c.300 in Carthage, North Africa.
  • St. Dorimedonte of Synnada Died: Synnada, Phrygia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Eusebia of Marseilles Died: c.731 at Saint-Cyr, France.
  • St. Eustachius Died: cooked to death in a bronze bull in 188 in Rome, Italy. Patronage: difficult situations, fire prevention; against fire, firefighters, hunters, huntsmen, hunting, torture victims; against torture, trappers, diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy, Madrid, Spain, and others.
  • St. Evilasius of Cyzicum Died: 305 at Cyzicum, Pontus (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Fausta of Cyzicum Died: 305 at Cyzicum, Pontus (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Glycerius of Milan Died: c.438. Also called Clicerius, Glicerius.
  • St. Jean-Charles Cornay Born: 27 February 1809 at Loudun. Died: beheaded and his body hacked to pieces on 20 September 1837 at Son Tây, Ha Tây, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Charles Cornay, Giancarlo Cornay, John Charles Cornay, John Cornay, and Johannes Karl Cornay.
  • St. Jose Maria de Yermo y Parres Born: 10 November 1851 in Jalmolonga, Mexico. Died: 20 September 1904 at Puebla de los Angeles, Mexico. Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Lawrence Mary Joseph Imbert Born: 23 March 1796 in Marigane, France. Died: beheaded on 21 September 1839 at Saenamt'o, Korea. Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Laurent Marie Joseph Imbert and Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert.
  • St. Paul Chong Hasang Born: 1795 in Korea. Died: martyred on 22 September 1839. Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Susanna of Eleutheropolis Died: 362 at Eleutheropolis, Palestine.
  • St. Theopistes of Rome Died: cooked to death in a bronze bull in 188 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Theopistus of Rome Died: cooked to death in a bronze bull in 188 in Rome, Italy.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Francisco Martín Fernández de Posadas Born: 25 November 1644 at Cordova, Spain. Died: 20 September 1713 at Cordova, Spain. Beatified: 20 September 1818 by Pope Pius VII.
  • Blessed John Eustace Died: 1481.
  • Blessed Marie Therese of Saint Joseph Died: 20 September 1938 in Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands. Beatified: 13 May 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Anna Maria Tauscher van den Bosch, Maria Theresia of Saint Joseph, and Mary Teresa of Saint Joseph.
  • Blessed Teresa Cejudo Redondo de Caballero Born: 15 October 1890 in Pozoblanco, Córdoba, Spain. Died: 20 September 1936 in Pozoblanco, Córdoba, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Thomas Johnson Died: starved to death on 20 September 1537 in Newgate Prison, London, England. Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII.

Martyr groups (4)

  • 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 Constantinople Died: 735 in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey).
  • Martyrs of Korea Died: 1839 - 1867. Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Also kept on 31 January in some calendars.
  • Martyrs of Pergen Died: crucified c.220 at Pergen, Pamphylia, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey).

Other (3)

  • Adelpreto of Trent
  • Candida of Como
  • Susanna of Eleuteropoli

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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