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Saints of 28 September

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

Saints (27)

  • St. Alodius of Auxerre Died: 28 September 482 in Auxerre, France.
  • St. Annemond of Lyons Died: 657 in Châlon-sur-Saône, France.
  • St. Bardomianus
  • St. Chariton of Palestine Born: Iconium, Lycaonia, Asia Minor. Died: c.350. Also called Chariton the Confessor.
  • St. Chuniald Born: Ireland, Scotland, France or Germany (records vary quite a bit). Died: c.718 at Salzburg, Austria. Also called Conald, Cunialdo.
  • St. Conval of Strathclyde Born: Irish. Died: c.630 in Scotland. Patronage: East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Also called Conval the Confessor and Conwall....
  • St. Eucarpus
  • St. Eustochium Born: c.369 at Rome, Italy. Died: c.419 at Bethlehem.
  • St. Exuperius of Toulouse Died: 411. Also called Essuperio, Exsuperius, Soupire.
  • St. Faustus of Riez Born: c.408 in Brittany, France. Died: c.490.
  • St. Gislar Born: Ireland, Scotland, France or Germany (records vary quite a bit). Died: c.718 at Salzburg, Austria. Also called Gisilario.
  • St. Laurence of North Africa
  • St. Lioba of Bischofsheim Born: c.710 in Wessex, England as Truthgeba (= God's gift). Died: 28 September 782 in Schornsheim, Germany. Also called Lioba of Wimborne and Leoben, Liobgytha, Liobgetha, Truthgeba.
  • St. Lorenzo Ruiz of Manila Born: c.1600 at Binondo, Manila, Philippines. Died: 29-30 September 1637 at Nagasaki, Japan by being crushed over a period of three days. Canonized: 18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Laurence, Lawrence.
  • St. Machan Born: Scottish. Patronage: Aberdeen, Scotland.
  • St. Martial of North Africa
  • St. Martin of Moyenmoutier Died: c.690.
  • St. Paternus of Auch Born: Bilbao, Spain.
  • St. Privatus of Rome Died: scourged to death in 223 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Salonius of Geneva Born: c.400. Died: mid-5th century in Geneva, Switzerland. Also called Salonio.
  • St. Simón de Rojas Born: 28 October 1552 in Valladolid, Spain. Died: 28 September 1624 in Madrid, Spain. Canonized: 3 July 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Simón Ruiz de Rojas and Simon of Rojas.
  • St. Solomon of Genoa Died: c.269. Also called Salomon, Salonius.
  • St. Stacteus Died: Rome, Italy.
  • St. Tetta of Wimborne Died: c.772.
  • St. Wenceslaus of Bohemia Born: 907 at Prague, Bohemia (in Czech Republic). Died: 28 September 929 at Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav, Bohemia (in Czech Republic). Patronage: brewers, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Moravia, Prague, Czech Republic, archdiocese of, and Prague, Czech Republic, city of.
  • St. Willigod of Moyenmoutier Died: c.690.
  • St. Zama of Bologna Died: c.268.

Blessed (6)

  • Blessed Aaron of Auxerre Died: c.807 in Auxerre, France.
  • Blessed Bernardine of Feltre Born: 1439 at Feltre, Italy as Martin Tomitani. Died: 28 September 1494. Beatified: 13 April 1654 by Pope Innocent X (cultus confirmed). Patronage: bankers and pawnbrokers. Also called Bernardino of Feltre and Martin Tomitani.
  • Blessed Christian Franco Born: Villafranca Piemonte, Italy. Died: 1432.
  • Blessed Francis Piani Born: 1424 in Caldarola, Macerata, Italy. Died: 12 September 1507 in the Franciscan convent in Colfano, Italy. Beatified: 1511. Also called Francis of Caldarola.
  • Blessed Nikita Budka Born: 7 June 1877 in Dobomirka, Zbarazh District, Poland (modern Ukraine). Died: 1 October 1949 in a Soviet concentration camp in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Beatified: 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine. Also called Niceta, Nykyta, Mykyta.
  • Blessed Thiemo of Salzburg Born: c.1040 in Bavaria, Germany. Died: 1102 at Corozain, Palestine. Patronage: engravers and sculptors. Also called Dietmar, Theodinarus, Theodmarus, Thimo.

Martyr groups (4)

  • Augustinian Martyrs of Japan
  • 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 Antioch Died: c.303 at Antioch, Pisidia (in modern Turkey).
  • Martyrs of China Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II.

Other (2)

  • Antonio of Almansa
  • Valentino Rovira

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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