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Saints of 13 October

28 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 13 October, with short facts.

Saints (16)

  • St. Benedict of Cupra Patronage: San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.
  • St. Berthoald of Cambrai Also called Bertoald.
  • St. Carpus of Troas
  • St. Chelidonia Born: Ciculum, Abruzzi, Italy. Died: 1138. Patronage: Subiaco, Italy. Also called Celidona, Quelidona.
  • St. Comgan the Monk Born: Ireland.
  • St. Florence of Thessalonica Died: burned at the stake in 312 in Thessalonica.
  • St. Fyncana Died: in Scotland.
  • St. Fyndoca Died: in Scotland.
  • St. Gerald of Aurillac Born: 855 in Aurillac, France. Died: 909 at Cenezac, France. Patronage: bachelors, counts, disabled, handicapped of physically challenged people, Aurillac, France, and Upper Auvergne, France. Also called Geraud.
  • St. Leobono of Salagnac
  • St. Lubentius Died: c.370 in Kobern, Germany. Patronage: Lahn river sailors. Also called Lubencio, Lubenzio, Lubin.
  • St. Regimbald of Speyer Died: 1039.
  • St. Romulus of Genoa Died: c.641 in Matuziano (modern Sanremo), Italy. Patronage: Sanremo, Italy. Also called Remo, Romolo, Roemu.
  • St. Simbert of Augsburg Died: c.809. Canonized: by Pope Nicholas V. Patronage: Augsburg, Germany, diocese of. Also called Simpert, Sintbert, Sinthert.
  • St. Theophilus of Antioch Born: 2nd century in the vicinity of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Died: c.184 in Antioch. Also called Teofilo.
  • St. Venantius Also called Venancio, Venancius.

Blessed (4)

  • Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa Born: 30 March 1904 at Balasar, Oporto, Portugal. Died: 13 October 1955 at Balasar, Oporto, Portugal. Beatified: 25 April 2004 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Gebrand of Klaarkamp Born: Foigny, Laonnais (in modern France). Died: 1218. Also called Gebrand of Bloemkamp.
  • Blessed Giovanni Fornasini Born: 23 February 1915 in Pianaccio di Lizzano, Belvedere, Bologna, Italy. Died: 13 October 1944 in San Martino di Caprara, Marzabotto, Bologna, Italy. Beatified: 26 September 2021 by Pope Francis. Also called The Angel of Marzabotto.
  • Blessed Magdalen Panattieri Born: 1443 at Turino. Died: 13 October 1503 at Turino, Italy. Beatified: 26 September 1827 by Pope Leo XII (cultus confirmed). Also called Maddalena Panattieri and Mary Magdalen Panattieri.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyred in the Spanish Civil War Also kept on 6 April, 20 May, 22 May, 25 July, and 92 other days in some calendars.

Other (7)

  • Alfonso Ossorio
  • Francis de Torquemada
  • Gerard
  • Lunaire
  • Parasceve the Younger
  • Peter Adriano Toulorge
  • Three Crowns of Cordoba Died: burned to death in 304 in Cordoba, Spain.

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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