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Saints of 16 October

39 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 16 October, with short facts.

Saints (28)

  • St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Date differs between sources; also kept on 17 October.
  • St. Amandus of Limoges Died: 5th century. Also called Amandus of Haute-Vienne and Amand, Amatius, Amantius.
  • St. Ambrose of Cahors Died: c.752 at Saint-Ambroise-sur-Arnon, Berry, France. Also called Ambroise, Ambrosius.
  • St. Anastasius of Tombolenia Born: Venice, Italy. Died: c.1085 near Pamiers, Gaul (in modern France).
  • St. Balderic of Montfaucon Died: c.640. Also called Baldric, Baudry, Balderik, Balderich, Beaufroi.
  • St. Baldwin Died: c.680. Also called Balduin, Balduinus, Baudoin, Baudouin, Boudewijn.
  • St. Bertrand of Comminges Born: 11th century France. Died: 1123. Canonized: 1309 by Pope Alexander III. Patronage: Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, France.
  • St. Bolonia Died: 362. Also called Boulogne.
  • St. Bonita of Brioude
  • St. Conogan of Quimper Died: 460. Also called Albinus, Conogon, Gwen.
  • St. Dulcidius of Agen Died: c.450 in Agen, Aquitaine (in modern France). Also called Dulcet, Dulcidio, Doucis.
  • St. Eliphius of Toul Born: in Ireland. Died: beheaded in 362 in Toul, France. Also called Eloff, Elophe, Éliphe.
  • St. Eremberta of Wierre
  • St. Florentinus of Trier Also called Florentinus of Treve and Florentius....
  • St. Gall Born: Irish. Died: c.630 at Bregenz, Switzerland. Patronage: birds, geese, poultry, Sweden, and Switzerland.
  • St. Gaudericus of Mirepoix Also called Gauderico.
  • St. Gerard Majella Born: 23 April 1725 at Muro, Italy. Died: 16 October 1755 at Caposele, Provincia di Avellino, Campania, Italy. Canonized: 11 December 1904 by Pope Saint Pius X.
  • St. Hedwig of Andechs Born: 1174 in Castle Andechs, Bavaria (part of modern Germany). Died: 15 October 1243 at at Trzebnica, Silesia (part of modern Poland). Canonized: 26 March 1267 by Pope Clement IV. Also called Hedwig of Silesia, Hedwig von Andechs, Jadwiga Slaska, and Hedvigis, Hedwiges, Avoice.
  • St. Junian
  • St. Longinus the Centurian Born: Cappadocia. Died: martyred in Cappadocia in the 1st century. Patronage: soldiers. Also called Longino.
  • St. Lull Died: 787. Also called Lul, Lullon, Lullus, Lulo.
  • St. Magnobodus of Angers Died: c.670. Also called Mainboeuf, Maimbod.
  • St. Martinian of Mauretania Died: dragged to death by horses in 458.
  • St. Mummolinus of Noyon Born: at Constance, Scotland. Died: c.686. Also called Momelin, Mommolenus, Mommolinus, Mummolin.
  • St. Saturian of Mauretania Died: dragged to death by horses in 458.
  • St. Silvanus of Ahun Died: c.264 in Agedunum, Gaul (modern Ahun, France). Also called Salvan, Sauvan, Silvain, Souvain, Sylvanus.
  • St. Vidal of Retz
  • St. Vitalis of Noirmoutier Born: in England. Died: c.740. Also called Vial.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Anicet Koplinski Born: 30 July 1875 at Debrzyno, Pomorskie, Poland. Died: 16 October 1941 in the gas chambers of the Auschwitz concentration camp in occupied Poland. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Warsaw, Poland. Also called Adalbert Koplinski.
  • Blessed Augustine Thevarparampil Born: 1 April 1891 in Ramapuram, Kerala, India. Died: 16 October 1973 in Ramapuram, Kerala, India. Beatified: 30 April 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Kunjachan and Good Shepherd of the Dalits.
  • Blessed Gerald of Fossanuova Born: at Lombardy, Italy. Died: killed by an unruly brother monk in 1177 at Igny Abbey, Arcis-le-Ponsart, Marne, France.
  • Blessed Jesús Villaverde Andrés Born: 4 December 1877 in San Miguel de Dueñas, León, Spain. Died: 16 October 1936 in Madrid, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Józef Jankowski Born: 17 November 1910 in Czyczkowy, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland. Patronage: Oltarzew, Poland and Ozarów Mazowiecki, Poland.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of North Africa Died: 450 in North Africa.

Other (5)

  • Evodius of Uzala
  • Fortunatus of Casei
  • Martyrs in Africa
  • Petra de San José
  • Purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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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