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Saints of 20 October

25 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 20 October, with short facts.

Saints (22)

  • St. Andrew of Crete Born: Crete. Died: tortured and flogged to death c.763 in Constantinople. Also called Andrea il Calibita. Also kept on 4 July in some calendars.
  • St. Acca of Hexham Born: c.660 in Northumbria, England. Died: 20 October 742 at Whithorn, Galloway, Scotland. Patronage: learning.
  • St. Adelina Died: 1125. Also called Adeline.
  • St. Aderald Born: Troyes, France. Died: 1004 in Troyes, France.
  • St. Aidan of Mayo Died: 768.
  • St. Artemius Megalomartyr Died: beheaded in 363 in Antioch. Also called Artemios of Antioch, Artemois the Greatmartyr, and Challita, Shallita.
  • St. Barsabias Born: Persian. Died: 342 near the ruins of Persepolis (in modern Iran). Also called Barsabas.
  • St. Bernard of Bagnorea Born: Bagnorea, Italy. Died: c.800. Also called Bernard of Castro and Bernard of Vulcia.
  • St. Bradan Also called Bradano.
  • St. Caprasius of Agen Born: Agen, France. Died: beheaded in 303. Also called Caprasio.
  • St. Cornelius the Centurion
  • St. Irene Died: c.653.
  • St. Leopardo of Osimo Patronage: archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo, Italy. Also called Leopardus.
  • St. Lucas Alonso Gorda Born: 18 October 1594 in Carracedo de Vidriales, Zamora, Spain. Died: 20 October 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Father Lucas of the Holy Spirit.
  • St. Maria Bertilla Boscardin Born: 6 October 1888 at Brendola, Italy as Anna Francesca Boscardin. Died: 20 October 1922. Canonized: 11 May 1961 by Pope John XXIII. Also called Ann Francis Boscardin, Anna Francesca Boscardin, and Maria Bertilla.
  • St. Martha of Cologne Died: Cologne, Germany.
  • St. Maximus of Aquila Born: c.228 in Aveia, Italy. Died: thrown off a cliff in Aveia, Italy c.250. Patronage: Aquila, Italy. Also called Maximus of Aveia and Massimo....
  • St. Orora Also called Crora.
  • St. Saula of Cologne Died: Cologne, Germany.
  • St. Sindulf of Rheims Born: Gascony, France. Died: 660. Also called Sindulphus.
  • St. Usthazanes Died: beheaded in 341 at Ishtar, Persia.
  • St. Vitalis of Salzburg Died: 745.

Blessed (2)

  • Blessed Gundisalvus of Silos Died: c.1073. Also called Gonzalo.
  • Blessed James of Strepar Born: c.1350 in Galacia, Poland. Died: 1 June 1411 at Lviv, Poland (in modern Ukraine). Beatified: 1791 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed).

Other (1)

  • Jakob Kern

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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