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Saints of 6 October

27 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 6 October, with short facts.

Saints (16)

  • St. Alberta of Agen Died: beheaded c.303 in Agen, France.
  • St. Aurea of Boves Born: Amiens, France. Died: 8th century.
  • St. Bruno Born: 1030 at Cologne, Germany. Died: 1101 at Torre, Calabria, Italy. Canonized: 1623. Patronage: possessed people and Ruthenia.
  • St. Ceollach Born: Ireland. Died: 7th century in Ireland.
  • St. Epiphania Died: c.800.
  • St. Erotis Died: burned at the stake in the 4th century in Greece. Also called Eroteis.
  • St. Faith 6 October Born: at Agen, Aquitaine, (modern France). Patronage: pilgrims, prisoners, and soldiers. Also called Fides, Foi, Foy.
  • St. Francis Trung Von Tran Born: c.1825 at Phan-xa, Vietnam. Died: beheaded on 6 October 1858 at An-hoa, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Francis Trung and Phanxicô Tran Van Trung.
  • St. Iwi Born: 7th century Northumbria, England. Died: 6 October. Also called Ivi, Iwigius, Ywi, Ywy.
  • St. John Xenos
  • St. Magnus of Orderzo Born: at Venice, Italy. Died: c.660. Also called Magno.
  • St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus Born: 25 March 1715 at Naples, Italy. Died: 6 October 1791 at Naples, Italy. Canonized: 29 June 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX. Also called Anna Maria Gallo.
  • St. Pardulf Born: c.658 in Sardent, France. Died: c.738. Also called Pardoux, Pardulphus.
  • St. Renato of Sorrento
  • St. Romanus of Auxerre Died: c.564.
  • St. Sagar of Laodicea Died: 175. Also called Sagara, Sagaris, Sagaro.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Adalbero of Lambach Born: c.1010 in Lambach an der Traun, Austria. Died: 6 October 1090 at the abbey at Lambach, Austria. Beatified: 1883 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed). Also called Adalbero of Würzburg, Adalberone di Lambach, and Adalberon.
  • Blessed Artaldo of Belley Born: c.1101 in Sothonod castle, Ain, France. Died: 6 October 1206 at Arvières monastery. Beatified: 1834 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed François Hunot Born: 12 February 1753 in Brienon-l'Archevêque, Yonne, France. Died: 6 October 1794 aboard the prison ship Washington. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Isidore of Saint Joseph Born: 18 April 1881 at Vrasene. Died: 6 October 1916. Beatified: 30 September 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Brother of the Will of God, Isidore de Loor, Isidoor de Loor, Isidoor of Saint Joseph, and Isidoro De Loor di San Giuseppe.
  • Blessed Josep Lluis Raga Nadal Born: 28 December 1913 in Ulldecona, Tarragona, Spain. Died: 6 October 1936 in Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Brother Eufrosí Maria.
  • Blessed Juan de Prunera Died: 1448 at the convent of Santa Colomba in Queralt, Catalonia, Spain.
  • Blessed Marie Rose Durocher Born: 6 October 1811 at Saint Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada as Eulalie Durocher. Died: 6 October 1849 at Longueiul, Quebec, Canada. Beatified: 23 May 1982 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: against bodily ills, against loss of parents, against sickness, and sick people.
  • Blessed Plàcid Fàbrega Julià Born: 18 February 1889 in Camallera, Girona, Spain. Died: 6 October 1934 in Barruelo, Palencia, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Brother Bernat.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Capua
  • Martyrs of Kyoto Died: 6 October 1619 in Kyoto (Miyako), Japan. Beatified: 24 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI.

Other (1)

  • Alessandro da Ceva

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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