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Saints of 29 September

40 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 29 September, with short facts.

Saints (23)

  • St. Michael Patronage: against storms and dangers at sea, against temptations, artists, bakers, bankers and banking, battle, coopers or barrel makers, dying people, and others. Also kept on 8 May in some calendars.
  • St. Anno of Eichstätt
  • St. Casdoe Born: Persian. Died: 368 in Persia.
  • St. Catholdus of Eichstätt
  • St. Dadas of Persia Born: c.310 in Persia. Died: stabbed. Also called Didas.
  • St. Diethardus of Eichstätt
  • St. Fraternus of Auxerre Died: c.450. Also called Fraterno.
  • St. Gabdelas of Persia Born: Persia. Died: stabbed.
  • St. Gabriel the Archangel Patronage: broadcasters, clergy, communications workers, diplomats, messengers, philatelists; stamp collectors, post offices, postal services and employees, radio and radio workers, and others.
  • St. Grimoaldus of Pontecorvo Died: c.1137.
  • St. Gudelia Died: c.340 at Persia.
  • St. Guillermo Courtet Born: c.1590 in Sérignan, Languedoc, France. Died: 29 September 1637 at Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Jan of Dukla Born: 1414 at Dukla, Podkarpackie, Poland. Died: 29 September 1484 in Lviv, L'vivs'ka oblast', Ukraine. Beatified: 23 January 1733 by Pope Clement XII (cultus confirmation). Canonized: 10 June 1997 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: Lithuania and Poland.
  • St. Lazaro of Kyoto Born: Kyoto, Japan. Died: 29 September 1637 at Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Lazarus.
  • St. Liutwin of Trier Born: Austrasia (eastern modern France). Died: c.713. Also called Liutwin of Mettlach and Ludwino, Liudvino.
  • St. Maurice of Carnoet Born: 1117 in Brittany (in modern France) as Maurice Duault. Died: 1191. Also called Maurice Duault and Maurizio di Langonnet.
  • St. Miguel González de Aozaraza de Leibar Born: February 1598 Oñate, Guipúzcoa, Spain. Died: 29 September 1637 at Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Quiriacus of Palestine Born: Greece. Died: 6th century. Also called Ciriaco, Quiriaco.
  • St. Rene Goupil Born: 1606 at Anjou, France. Died: tomahawked in the head. Canonized: 29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI. Patronage: anesthetists and anesthesiologists. Also called Renatus Goupil.
  • St. Rhipsime Died: c.290 in Vagharshapat, Armenia. Also called Arsema, Hripsime, Ripsima, Ripsime.
  • St. Sapor of Persia Died: stabbed. Also called Shapor.
  • St. Theodota of Thrace Died: 318 in Thrace. Patronage: converts, martyrs, and torture victims.
  • St. Vicente Shiwozuka de la Cruz Born: c.1576 in Nagasaki, Japan. Died: 29 September 1637 at Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Vincentius Shiotsuka and Vincentius of the Cross.

Blessed (9)

  • Blessed Richard Rolle de Hampole Born: c.1300 at Thornton, Yorkshire, England. Died: 29 September 1349 at Hampole, England.
  • Blessed Alericus Died: 975. Also called Alaric, Adelric, Adalricus, Adalrai.
  • Blessed Antonio Arribas Hortigüela Born: 29 April 1908 in Cardeñadijo, Burgos, Spain. Beatified: 6 May 2017 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Charles of Blois Born: 1320. Died: killed in battle on 29 September 1364 at Aurey, France. Canonized: 1904 by Pope Pius X. Patronage: prisoners.
  • Blessed Francesc de Paula Castelló Aleu Born: 19 April 1914 in Alicante, Spain. Died: 29 September 1936 in Lleida, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed John de Montmirail Born: 1165. Died: 29 September 1217 at Longpoint abbey. Also called Seigneur de Montmirail on the Marne and John de Monte Mirabili.
  • Blessed John of Ghent Died: 1439. Also called Hermit of Saint Claude.
  • Blessed Luigi Monza Born: 22 June 1898 in Cislago, Varese, Italy. Died: 29 September 1954 in Lecco, Italy. Beatified: 30 April 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Nicolás Tum Castro Quiatan Born: 1945 in Cholá, Uspantán, Guatemala. Died: 29 September 1980 in Los Plátanos, Chicamán, Quiché, Guatemala. Beatified: 23 April 2021 by Pope Francis.

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 Thrace

Other (6)

  • Gaiana
  • Giacomo da Rafelbunol
  • Henry Scarampi
  • Lothair I
  • Nicola da Forca Palena
  • Raphael the Archangel Patronage: against all sickness or bodily ills, against eye disease or eye problems, mentally ill people; against insanity or mental illness, against nightmares, apothecaries, druggists, pharmacists, blind people, doctors, physicians, guardian angels, and others.

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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