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Saints of 21 September

23 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 21 September, with short facts.

Saints (16)

  • St. Alexander of the Via Claudia Died: martyred on the Via Claudia.
  • St. Cadoc of Llancarvan Born: 6th century Welsh. Died: killed by Saxons c.580. Patronage: against cramps, deaf people; against deafness, against glandular disorders, and against scrofula. Also called Cadoc of Wales, Cadoc the Wise, and Catrwg Ddoeth.
  • St. Castor of Apt Born: Nîmes, France. Died: c.420. Patronage: Apt, France.
  • St. Eusebius of Phoenicia
  • St. François Jaccard Born: 16 September 1799 at Onion, Haute-Savoie, France. Died: strangled to death on 21 September 1838 in Nhan Bieu, Quang Tri, Tonkin, Indo-China (modern Vietnam). Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Gerulph Died: 746 in Tronchiennes (Drogen), Flanders, Belgium. Also called Gerulfo, Gerolfo.
  • St. Iphigenia Born: 1st century in Ethiopia.
  • St. Isaac of Cyprus Also called Isacius.
  • St. Jacques Honoré Chastán Born: 7 October 1803 in Marcoux, Basses-Alpes, France. Died: beaten. Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II in Korea. Also called Jakob Chastán and James Chastán.
  • St. Johannes Ri Born: Korean. Died: 1839 in Korea. Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Also called John Rider.
  • St. Matthew the Apostle Patronage: accountants; bookkeepers, bankers, customs officers, financial officers; money managers, guards; security forces; security guards, stock brokers, tax collectors, diocese of Trier, Germany, and others. Also called Levi and Apostle of Ethiopia.
  • St. Maura of Troyes Born: 827 at Troyes, Champagne, France. Died: 850 at Troyes, Champagne, France. Also called Ionas, Jonas, Yona, Yunaan, Yunus.
  • St. Meletius of Cyprus
  • St. Pamphilus of Rome
  • St. Pierre Philibert Maubant Born: 20 September 1803 at Vassy, Calvados, France. Died: beheaded on 21 September 1839 in Saenamteo, Seoul, South Korea. Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II in Seoul, South Korea. Also called Peter Maubant.
  • St. Tôma Tran Van Thien Born: c.1820 in Trung Quán, Quang Bình, Vietnam. Died: beaten and strangled on 21 September 1838 in Nhan Bieu, Quang Tri, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II.

Blessed (1)

  • Blessed Mark Scalabrini Born: c.1420 in Mocogna, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Died: 21 September 1498 in Pesaro, Italy. Beatified: 10 September 1857 by Pope Blessed Pius IX (cultus confirmed). Also called Mark of Modena.

Martyr groups (2)

  • 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 Gaza Died: burned to death in 362 on a village garbage heap in Gaza, Palestine.

Other (4)

  • Caterina Aliprandi of Asti
  • Landelino of Ettenheim
  • Quadrato of Magnesia
  • Tristan of Salazar

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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