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Saints of 21 October

35 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 21 October, with short facts.

Saints (24)

  • St. Agatho the Hermit Also called Agatho of Egypt and Agathon....
  • St. Asterius Died: drowned in the Tiber River at Ostia, Italy. Also called Astericus.
  • St. Berthold of Parma Born: Parma, Italy. Died: c.1101. Also called Bertoldo.
  • St. Caius of Nicomedia Died: thrown. Also called Gaius.
  • St. Celina of Meaux Died: c.480.
  • St. Cilinia Died: c.458 in Laon, France. Also called Celina, Céline.
  • St. Condedus Born: in England. Died: c.690. Also called Condé, Condède.
  • St. Dasius of Nicomedia Died: thrown. Also called Dasio.
  • St. Finian Munnu Born: Ireland. Died: c.635. Also called Finian of Taghmon, Finian Mundus, Finian of Tech Munnu, and Fintan, Finton, Munnin.
  • St. Gebizo Born: at Cologne, Germany. Died: c.1087.
  • St. Hilarion of Gaza Born: c.291 at Gaza, Palestine. Died: 371 at Cyprus.
  • St. Hugh of Ambronay Born: 9th century. Died: 10th century.
  • St. Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena Born: 26 May 1874 in Jerico, Antioquía, Colombia as Laura Montoya y Upegui. Died: 21 October 1949 in Medellín, Colombia. Beatified: 25 April 2004 by Pope John Paul II. Canonized: Sunday 12 May 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Laura Montoya y Upegui and María Laura de Jesus Montoya Upegui.
  • St. Letizia Also called Laetitia, Leticia, Letycie.
  • St. Malchus of Syria Born: near 4th century Antioch, Syria. Died: c.390. Also called Malchus of Chalcis and Malchus of Maronia.
  • St. Maurontus of Marseilles Died: c.804.
  • St. Petrus Yu Tae-Ch'ol Born: 1826 in Ipjeong, South Korea. Died: strangled on 21 October 1839 in Seoul, South Korea. Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Peteuro Yu Dae-Jeol and Peter Yu Tae-Ch'ol.
  • St. Severinus of Bordeaux Died: c.420. Also called Seurin, Severino.
  • St. Tuda of Lindisfarne Died: 664.
  • St. Ursula Died: 21 October 238 in Cologne, Germany. Patronage: British Virgin Islands, Catholic education (especially of girls), Cologne, Germany, holy death, students, school children, teachers, educators, and University of Paris.
  • St. Viator of Lyons Born: 4th century France. Died: c.390 at Skete, Egypt. Patronage: Viatorians.
  • St. Wendelin Born: 554 in Scotland. Died: 617 at Tholey, Germany. Also called Wendel, Wendolinus, Wendelinus.
  • St. Zaira Died: 10th century Spain.
  • St. Zoticus of Nicomedia Died: thrown. Also called Zotico.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Charles of Austria Born: 17 August 1887 in Persenbeug Castle, Melk, Lower Austria. Died: 1 April 1922 at Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. Beatified: 3 October 2004 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Charles of Habsburg, Carlo d'Austria, Karl I von Österreich, and Karl IV von Österreich.
  • Blessed Giuseppe Puglisi Born: 15 September 1937 in Brancaccio, Palermo, Italy. Died: 15 September 1993 at piazzale Anita Garibaldi 3, Palermo, Italy. Beatified: 25 May 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Pino Puglisi.
  • Blessed Gundisalvus of Lagos Born: at Lagos, Portugal. Died: 1422. Beatified: 1778 by Pope Clement XIV (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed Hilarion of Moglena Died: 21 October 1164.
  • Blessed Imana of Loss Died: 1270. Also called Himmanna, Imaina, Imaine.
  • Blessed Iulianus Nakaura Born: c.1567 in Nakaura, Nagasaki, Japan. Died: 21 October 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 24 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Giuliano, Julian.
  • Blessed Peter of Città di Castello Born: 1390 at Città di Castello, Italy. Died: 21 October 1445. Beatified: by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmed). Also called Peter Capucci and Preacher of Death.
  • Blessed Sancho of Aragon Born: 1238. Died: stabbed through the neck in 1275.

Other (3)

  • Matthew Gimera of Agrigento
  • Tudwen ferch Brychan
  • Wulfilak of Trier

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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