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Saints of 15 October

25 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 15 October, with short facts.

Saints (14)

  • St. Teresa of Ávila Born: 28 March 1515 at Avila, Castile, Spain as Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada. Died: 4 October 1582 at Alba de Tormes. Canonized: 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV. Also called Teresa de Avila, Teresa of Jesus, Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada, The Roving Nun, and Theresa of Avila.
  • St. Aurelia of Strasbourg Died: 15 October 1027 at Regensburg, Gemany. Also called Aurelia of Ratisbon and Aurelia of Regensburg.
  • St. Barsen of Edessa Died: March 379 somewhere in Egypt. Also called Barso, Barsas, Barses.
  • St. Callistus of Huesca Born: Huesca, Spain. Died: 1003 in France.
  • St. Cannatus of Marseilles
  • St. Euthymius the Younger Born: Galatia. Died: 15 October 886. Also called Euthymius the Thessalonian and Euthymius the New.
  • St. Fortunatus of Rome Died: c.537 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Leonard of Vandoeuvre Died: c.570.
  • St. Magdalena of Nagasaki Born: c.1610 in Nagasaki, Japan. Died: 15 October 1634 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: Secular Augustinian Recollects. Also called Maddalena.
  • St. Odilo Died: c.954.
  • St. Sabinus of Catania Died: c.760.
  • St. Severus of Trier Born: France. Died: c.455.
  • St. Thecla of Kitzingen Born: England. Died: c.790 at Kitzingen Abbey, Germany. Also called Thecla of England and Tecla, Heilga.
  • St. Willa of Nonnberg Died: c.1050.

Martyr groups (2)

  • 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 Cologne Died: 303 outside the city walls of Cologne, Germany.

Other (9)

  • Elizabeth of Hoven
  • Eusebia of Vercelli
  • Ferdinand Sorita
  • Filippa de Chantemilan
  • Fortunata of Campania
  • Gonsalvo of Lagos
  • Sancho of Soria
  • Sofia
  • William de Eril

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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