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Saints of 26 September

20 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 26 September, with short facts.

Saints (12)

  • St. Amantius of Tiphernum Died: c.600 at Tiphernum (modern Citta di Castello, Italy). Patronage: Citta di Castello, Italy.
  • St. Callistratus of Constantinople Died: sewn into sacks and thrown into the sea to drown at Constantinople c.300.
  • St. Colman of Elo Died: c.610.
  • St. Cosmas and Saint Damian Born: 3rd century. Died: tortured and beheaded c.303 in Aegea, Cilicia (modern Ayas, Turkey). Also called Cosma and Damiano.
  • Sts. Cyprian and Julian of Antioch Died: beheaded in Nicomedia in 304.
  • St. Eusebius of Bologna Died: c.400.
  • St. John of Meda Born: at Meda. Died: 26 September 1159 at Brera, Italy. Canonized: by Pope Alexander III. Also called John Oldrati, John Oldradi, and John of Como.
  • St. Marie Victoire Therese Couderc Born: 1 February 1805 at Mas de Sablières, Ardèche, France as Marie Victoire Couderc. Died: 26 September 1885 at Lyon, Rhône, France. Canonized: 10 May 1970 by Pope Paul VI.
  • St. Meugant Died: Isle of Bardsey, Wales. Also called Maughan, Mawghan, Morgan.
  • St. Nilus the Younger Born: 910 at Rossano, Calabria, Italy. Died: 27 December 1005 at Grottaferrata, Frascati, Italy. Patronage: Grottaferrata, Italy and Rossano, Italy. Also called Nilus of Calabria, Nilus of Rossano, and Nilo.....
  • St. Senator of Albano Patronage: Albano, Italy, diocese of.
  • St. Vigilius of Brescia Died: c.506.

Blessed (2)

  • Blessed Louis Tezza Born: 1 November 1841 at Conegliano, Italy. Died: 23 September 1923 at Lima, Peru. Beatified: 4 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Aloysius Tezza, Luigi Tezza, and Apostle of Lima.
  • Blessed Stephen of Rossano Calabro Born: c.925 in Rossano Calabro, Italy. Died: 1001 in Gaeta, Lazio, Italy.

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 Korea, 26 September Died: beheaded September 1839 in Seoul Prison, South Korea. Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II.

Other (4)

  • Bonaventure Esteve Flors
  • Gideon the Judge Patronage: Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, Canada. Also called Gedeon, Jerobaal, Jerubebbeth, Jerub-Baal.
  • Kaspar Stanggassinger
  • Lucia from Caltagirone

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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