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Saints of 10 October

32 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 10 October, with short facts.

Saints (21)

  • St. Aldericus of Sens Born: 790 in the Gatinais region of France. Died: 841. Patronage: Sens, France. Also called Aldric, Audri.
  • St. Cassius Died: beheaded c.303 at Bonn, Germany. Patronage: Bonn, Germany.
  • St. Cerbonius of Populonia Born: c.493 in North Africa. Died: 575 in Elba, Italy. Patronage: Massa Marittima, Italy. Also called Cerbonius of Piombino, Cerbonius of Massa Marittima, and Cerbo, Cerbone, Cerbonio.
  • St. Cerbonius of Verona Died: c.400. Also called Cerebonius.
  • St. Clarus of Nantes Also called Chiara.
  • St. Daniel Comboni Born: 15 March 1831 at Limone sul Garda, Italy. Died: 10 October 1881. Canonized: 5 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Eulampia and Saint Eulampius Died: beheaded in 302 at Nicomedia, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Florentius the Martyr Died: beheaded c.303 at Bonn, Germany. Patronage: Bonn, Germany.
  • St. Fulk of Fontenelle Died: 845.
  • St. Gereon Died: beheaded c.304 in either Xanten or Bonn in Germany (records vary). Patronage: against headaches, against migraine, and Cologne, Germany. Also called Gerone.
  • St. Gundisalvus Died: c.1163.
  • St. John of Bridlington Born: 1319 at Thwing (near Bridlington), Yorkshire, England. Died: 10 October 1379. Canonized: 1401 by Pope Boniface IX. Patronage: women in difficult labour. Also called John Thwing, John of Thwing, John Twenge, and John Thwing of Bridlington.
  • St. Maharsapor the Persian Born: 4th century Persia. Died: starved to death in 421 in Persia. Also called Sapor.
  • St. Malo the Martyr Died: c.287 at Aaunum.
  • St. Patrician
  • St. Paulinus of Capua Died: 843 in Sicopoli (modern Triflisco), Italy.
  • St. Paulinus of York Born: 584 in Rome, Italy. Died: 10 October 644 at Rochester, Kent, England. Patronage: Rochester, England.
  • St. Pinytus of Crete Born: Greece. Died: 180. Also called Pinytus of Cnossos, Pinytus of Knossos, and Pinito....
  • St. Tanca Died: c.637 near Troyes, France.
  • St. Teodechilde Also called Telchilde.
  • St. Victor of Xanten Died: c.287 in Agaunum. Also called Viktor.

Blessed (7)

  • Blessed Angela Truszkowska Born: 16 May 1825 at Kalisz, Poland as Sophia Camille Truszkowska. Died: 12.45am 10 October 1899. Beatified: 18 April 1993 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: against sickness, exiles, and sick people. Also called Maria Angela, Mother Mary Angela, Sophia Truszkowska, and Zofia Kamila Truszkowska.
  • Blessed Daniele di Calabria Born: latter 12th century Belvedere Marittimo, Kingdom of Sicily (modern Italy). Died: beheaded in October 1227 in Mauritania Tingitana, Almohad Empire (modern Ceuta, Spain). Beatified: 22 January 1516 by Pope Leo X. Patronage: Belvedere Marittimo, Italy, Orani, Italy, and Ceuta, Spain.
  • Blessed Demestrius of Albania Born: Albania. Died: 10 October 1491.
  • Blessed Edward Detkens Born: 14 October 1885 in Mokotów, Mazowieckie, Poland. Died: gassed on 10 October 1942 in the chambers of Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland.
  • Blessed Hugh of Macon Died: 1151.
  • Blessed Leon Wetmanski Born: 10 April 1886 in Zuromin, Mazowieckie, Poland. Died: 10 October 1941 in the prison camp at Dzialdowo, Warminsko-Mazurskie. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland.
  • Blessed Pontius de Barellis Born: Lyon, France.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Ceuta Died: beheaded in October 1227 in Mauritania Tingitana, Almohad Empire (modern Ceuta, Spain). Beatified: 22 January 1516 by Pope Leo X.

Other (3)

  • Blesssed Pedro de Alcantara de Forton de Cascajares Born: 26 April 1888 in Zaragoza, Spain. Died: 10 October 1936 in Garraf, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Brother Pedro Tomás of the Virgin of the Pillar.
  • Galeotto Roberto Malatesta
  • Maria dello Sposalizio

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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