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Saints of 30 September

23 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 30 September, with short facts.

Saints (18)

  • St. Jerome Born: 347 at Strido, Dalmatia. Died: 419. Patronage: archeologists, archivists, Bible scholars, librarians; libraries, schoolchildren; students, translators, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, city of, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, diocese of, and others.
  • St. Amatus of Nusco Born: c.1003 in Nusco, Italy. Died: 30 September 1093. Patronage: against earthquakes and Nusco, Italy. Also called Amato di Nusco.
  • St. Antoninus of Piacenza Died: martyred near Piacenza, Italy. Patronage: Piacenza, Italy.
  • St. Castus of Piacenza Died: Piacenza, Italy. Also called Casto.
  • St. Colman of Clontibret
  • St. Desiderius of Piacenza Died: Piacenza, Italy. Also called Desiderio.
  • St. Enghenedl of Anglesey
  • St. Eusebia of Marseilles Died: c.497.
  • St. Francis Borgia Born: 28 October 1510 at Gandia, Valencia, Spain. Died: 30 September 1572 at Ferrara, Italy. Canonized: 20 June 1670 by Pope Clement X in Rome, Italy. Patronage: against earthquakes, Portugal, and Rota, Marianas. Also called Francisco de Borja y Aragon.
  • St. Gregory the Illuminator Born: 257. Died: 332. Patronage: Armenia. Also called Apostle to Armenia, Gregorios ho phoster, Gregory Lusavorich, Gregory of Armenia, and Gregory the Enlightener.
  • St. Honoratus of Canterbury Born: at Rome, Italy. Died: 653 at Canterbury, England. Also called Honorius.
  • St. Ismidone of Die Born: Grenoble, France. Died: 1115 in Die, Gaul (in modern France). Also called Ismidón.
  • St. Laurus Born: 7th-century Wales. Also called Lery.
  • St. Leopardus the Slave Died: 362 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Midan of Anglesey Died: c.610. Also called Nidan.
  • St. Simon of Crépy Died: c.1082 in Rome, Italy. Also called Simone.
  • St. Ursus the Theban Died: beheaded c.287 in Agaunum. Patronage: Solothurn, Switzerland. Also called Ursus of Solothurn.
  • St. Victor the Theban Died: beheaded c.287 in Agaunum.

Blessed (4)

  • Blessed Conrad of Urach Born: c.1180. Died: 1227.
  • Blessed Felicia Meda Born: 1378 in Milan, Italy. Died: 30 September 1444 in Pesaro, Piceno, Italy. Beatified: 2 May 1807 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed Frederick Albert Born: 16 October 1820 in Turin, Italy. Died: 30 September 1876 in Lanzo Torinese, Turin, Italy. Beatified: 30 September 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Federico, Frederico, Fredrik.
  • Blessed Jean-Nicolas Cordier Born: 3 December 1710 in Saint-André, Meuse, France. Died: 30 September 1794 aboard the prison ship Washington. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Valsery Abbey Died: 1567 at Valsery, Pircardy, France.

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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