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Saints of 5 October

38 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 5 October, with short facts.

Saints (21)

  • St. Faustina Kowalska Born: 25 August 1905 at Glogowiec, Poland as Elena (Helena) Kowalska. Died: 5 October 1938 at Krakow, Poland. Beatified: 18 April 1993 by Pope John Paul II. Canonized: 30 April 2000 by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Alexander of Trier Died: 3rd century in Trier, Germany.
  • St. Anna Schaeffer Born: 18 February 1882 in Mindelstetten, Bavaria, Germany. Died: 5 October 1925 in Mindelstetten, Bavaria, Germany. Canonized: 21 October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • St. Apollinaris of Valence Died: c.520. Also called Aiplonay, Aiplomay.
  • St. Attilanus of Zamora Born: c.939 at Tarazona, Spain. Died: 1009 in Zamora, Spain. Canonized: 1095 by Pope Urban II. Patronage: Zamora, Spain, diocese of. Also called Atilanus, Attilano.
  • St. Aurea of Amiens
  • St. Aymard of Cluny Died: 965.
  • St. Boniface of Trier Died: martyred c.287 in Trier, Germany.
  • St. Charitina of Amasa Died: tortured to death in 304 at Amasa, Asia Minor on the Black Sea. Also called Caritina.
  • St. Eliano of Cagliari
  • St. Firmatus of Auxerre Died: Auxerre, France.
  • St. Flaviana of Auxerre Died: in Auxerre, France.
  • St. Froilan Born: at Lugo, Galacia, Spain. Died: 905. Patronage: Léon, Spain and Lugo, Spain.
  • St. Gallo of Aosta Died: 5 October 546.
  • St. Jerome of Nevers
  • St. Magdalveus of Verdun Born: Verdun, France. Died: c.776. Also called Madalveus, Mauvé.
  • St. Mamlacha Died: Persia.
  • St. Marcellinus of Ravenna
  • St. Meinulph Born: c.795. Died: 5 October 857 in Böddeken, Germany.
  • St. Palmatius of Trier Died: c.287 in Trier, Germany.
  • St. Tranquilino Ubiarco Robles Born: 8 July 1899 in Zapotlán el Grande. Died: hanged. Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II.

Blessed (12)

  • Blessed Alberto Marvelli Born: 21 March 1918 in Ferrara, Italy. Died: hit by a truck in a traffic accident on 5 October 1946 in Rimini, Forlì, Italy. Beatified: 5 September 2004 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Bartholomew Longo Born: 11 February 1841 at Latiana. Died: 5 October 1926. Beatified: 26 October 1980 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Bartolo Longo, Bartolomea Longo, Bartolomeo Longo di Latiano, Brother Rosary, and Fratel Rosario.
  • Blessed Flora of Beaulieu Born: 1309 at Auvergne, France. Died: 1347. Also called Flora of the Hosptiallers of Saint John.
  • Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos Born: 11 January 1819 at Füssen, Bavaria, Germany. Died: 4 October 1867 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Beatified: 9 April 2000 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy. Patronage: against cancer. Also called Father Seelos, Francesco Saverio Seelos, and Franz Xaver Seelos.
  • Blessed John Hewett Born: at York, North Yorkshire, England. Died: hanged on 5 October 1588 at Mile End Green, London, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called John Hewitt, John Weldon, and John Savell.
  • Blessed Marian Skrzypczak Born: 15 April 1909 in Janowiec, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. Died: shot. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Matthew Carreri Born: c.1420 at Mantua, Italy. Died: 5 October 1470 at Vigevano, Italy. Beatified: 1483 (cultus confirmed) by Pope Sixtus VI. Patronage: Vigevano, Italy. Also called Matthew of Mantua and Matteo Carreri.
  • Blessed Pietro da Imola Born: mid-13th century Italy. Died: 5 October 1320 in Campo Corbellini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Also called Peter of Imola, Peter Pattarini, and Pietro Pattarini de Imola.
  • Blessed Raymond of Capua Born: 1330 at Capua, Italy as Raymond delle Vigne. Died: 5 October 1399 at Nuremberg, Germany. Beatified: 15 May 1899 by Pope Leo XIII. Also called Raymond delle Vigne and Raymund, Raimondo.
  • Blessed Robert Sutton Born: Kegworth, Leicestershire, England. Died: hanged in 1588 at Clerkenwell, London, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Sante of Cori Born: early 14th-century in Cori, Lazio, Italy. Died: 1392. Beatified: 1 February 1888 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed William Hartley Born: Wilne, Derbyshire, England. Died: hanged on 5 October 1588 at Shoreditch, London, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.

Martyr groups (3)

  • 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 Messina Died: 6th century Messina, Sicily, Italy.
  • Martyrs of Trier Died: 287 in Trier, Germany.

Other (2)

  • Giovanni Battista del Santissimo Sacramento
  • Tullia

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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