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Saints of 11 October

35 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 11 October, with short facts.

Feasts (1)

  • Feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Patronage: Trinitarians.

Saints (27)

  • St. Agilbert of Paris Born: near Soissons, France. Died: c.685. Also called Agilbert of Wessex.
  • St. Alexander Sauli Born: 1534 at Milan, Italy. Died: 11 October 1592 at Pavia, Italy. Canonized: 11 December 1904 by Pope Saint Pius X. Patronage: Corsica. Also called Apostle of Corsica, Alessandro Sauli, and Alexander Mary Sauli.
  • St. Anastasius the Apocrisarius Died: 666 near the Tzager fortress in the Caucasus mountains.
  • St. Andronicus Born: 239 at Claudiopolis, Isauria, Ephesus. Died: stabbed to death c.304 by Roman soldiers at Tarsus.
  • St. Andronicus of Ephesus Born: Ephesus. Died: beheaded in 304 in the amphitheatre of Anazarbus, Cilicia.
  • St. Ansilio Also called Ansillo.
  • St. Bruno the Great Born: 925. Died: 11 October 965 at Rheims, France. Canonized: 1870 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation). Also called Bruno I, Bruno of Cologne, Bruno of Saxony, and Brun.....
  • St. Canice Born: c.525 in Glengiven, County Derry. Died: c.599 at Aghaboe, Laois, Ireland. Patronage: against shipwrecks and Kilkenny, Ireland.
  • St. Digna of Sicily Died: in Sicily.
  • St. Emilian of Rennes
  • St. Ethelburgh of Barking Died: c.675. Also called Aethelburh, Ethelburga, Ethelburge, Edilburge.
  • St. Eufridus Died: 732 in the Piedmont region of Italy. Also called Eufredo, Teofredo.
  • St. Firminus of Uzès Born: Narbonne, France. Died: 553. Also called Fermin.
  • St. Germanus of Besancon Died: c.390.
  • St. Gratus of Oloron Died: c.506.
  • St. Guiadenzio of Gniezno Also called Razdim.
  • St. Gummarus Born: 717 at Brabant, Belgium. Died: 774. Patronage: against hernia, carpenters, childless people, courtiers, cowherds, difficult marriages, glove makers, separated spouses, and others. Also called Gomer, Gommaire, Guntmar, Gummar, Gommar.
  • St. Juliana of Pavilly Died: c.750. Also called Little Sister of Jesus.
  • St. Maria Soledad Torres Acosta Born: 2 December 1826 at Madrid, Spain as Emanuela Tores-Acosta. Died: 11 October 1887. Canonized: 25 January 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Also called Emanuela Tores-Acosta, Manuela Torres Acosta, and María Soledad.
  • St. Nectarius of Constantinople Born: Tarsus, Cilicia (in modern Turkey). Died: 17 September 397.
  • St. Phêrô Lê Tùy Born: c.1773 in Bang Son, Hà Ðông, Ha Tay, Vietnam. Died: beheaded on 11 October 1833 in Quan Ban, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Peter Tuy Le.
  • St. Philip the Deacon Born: at Caesarea, Palestine. Died: c.58 at Caesarea, Palestine. Also called Philip of Hierapolis and Philip the Evangelist.
  • St. Placidia Died: c.460.
  • St. Probus of Side Born: Side, Pamphylia. Died: beheaded in 304 in the amphitheatre of Anazarbus, Cilicia.
  • St. Santino of Verdun
  • St. Sarmata Died: 357 by Bedouins in the deserts of Egypt. Also called Sarmatas.
  • St. Tarachus of Cladiopolis Born: Cladiopolis, Isauria. Died: beheaded in 304 in the amphitheatre of Anazarbus, Cilicia. Also called Tharacus, Tracio.

Popes (1)

  • Pope John XXIII Born: 25 November 1881 at Sotto il Monte. Died: 7:50pm on 3 June 1963 at Rome, Italy. Canonized: 5 July 2013. Patronage: papal delegates. Also called Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli.

Blessed (2)

  • Blessed James Grissinger Born: 1407 at Ulm, Swabia (modern Germany). Died: 11 October 1491 in Bologna, Italy. Beatified: 1825 by Pope Leo XII. Patronage: glass painters and stained glass workers. Also called James Griesinger and James of Ulm.
  • Blessed Meinards Born: c.1130 in Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Died: 12 October 1196 in Ikskile, Ogres rajons, Latvia. Beatified: 8 September 1993 by Pope John Paul II (restoration of cultus). Also called Meinhard.

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 Sicily Died: Sicily, Italy.
  • Martyrs of Vilcassin Died: Vexin Lugdunense territory of Gaul (modern Vilcassin, France).

Other (1)

  • Susanna of Blois

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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