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Saints of 7 October

23 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 7 October, with short facts.

Marian titles (1)

  • Our Lady of the Rosary Patronage: United States, West Virgina, USA, Military Ordinariate of Arzobispado Castrense de España, 9 dioceses, and 8 cities. Also called Feast of the Most Holy Rosary, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Our Lady of Victory, and About.

Saints (15)

  • St. Adalgis of Novara Died: c.850. Also called Adalgisio, Adalgiso.
  • St. Apuleius of Capua Died: in Capua, Italy.
  • St. Augustus of Bourges Died: late 6th century. Also called Augustus of San Sinforiano and Augosto of.....
  • St. Dubtach of Armagh Died: c.513.
  • St. Gerold of Cologne Died: 1241.
  • St. Helanus Born: 6th century Irish. Died: early 7th century.
  • St. Julia the Martyr Died: c.300. Also called Giulia.
  • St. Justina of Padua Died: martyred c.304. Patronage: Padua, Italy and Santa Giustina, Italy.
  • St. Libaire the Great Born: mid-4th century Roman imperial Gaul (in modern France). Died: beheaded in 362 at the 2nd milepost of Apollogranum, Gaul (in modern France). Patronage: Sainte-Livière, Haute-Marne, France. Also called Lievière.
  • St. Marcellus of Capua Died: in Capua, Italy.
  • St. Martin Cid Born: Zamora, Spain.
  • St. Osith Born: at Quarendon, Buckinghamshire, England. Died: beheaded in 870. Also called Osyth, Osgyth, Othith, Ositha, Sythe.
  • St. Palladius of Saintes Died: c.590. Also called Palladio.
  • St. Quarto of Capua
  • St. Rigaldo

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Mark Born: Rome, Italy. Died: 7 October 336 at Rome, Italy. Patronage: Abbadia San Salvatore, Italy. Also called Marcus.

Blessed (2)

  • Blessed Jean Hunot Born: 21 September 1742 in Brienon-l'Archevêque, Yonne, France. Died: 7 October 1794 aboard the prison ship Washington. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed José Llosá Balaguer Born: 23 August 1901 in Benaguasil, Valencia, Spain. Died: 7 October 1936 in Benisanó, Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Arima Died: 7 October 1613 in Arima, Hyogo, Japan. Beatified: 24 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI.

Other (3)

  • Henrik Friessem
  • Mercedarian Nuns of Seville
  • Sibrand Leo

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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