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Saints of 23 October

43 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 23 October, with short facts.

Feasts (1)

  • Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer

Saints (25)

  • St. John Capistrano Born: 1386 at Capistrano, Italy. Died: 23 October 1456 at Villach, Hungary. Canonized: 16 October 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII. Patronage: judges, jurists, lawyers, military chaplains, military ordinariate of the Philippines, and Belgrade, Serbia.
  • St. Allucio of Campugliano Born: c.1070 in Campugliano, Italy. Died: 23 October 1134 in Campugliano, Italy. Canonized: 23 October 1182 by the bishop of Lucca, Italy.
  • St. Amo of Toul Also called Amon.
  • St. Arethas of Negran Died: 523.
  • St. Benedict of Sebaste Died: c.654. Also called Benedict of Poitiers and Benedict of Quincay.
  • St. Clether Died: c.520. Also called Cleer, Clydog, Scledog, Clitanus, Cleodius.
  • St. Domitius of Amiens
  • St. Dorotheus of Hadrianopolis Also called Dorotheus of Adrianopolis.
  • St. Elfleda Died: c.936. Also called Aelflead.
  • St. Ethelfleda Died: c.970. Also called Elfleda, Elflaeda, Ethelflaeda, Ethelfleda.
  • St. Euerotas of Nicaea Died: c.230 in Nicaea.
  • Sts. Germanus and Servandus of Cadiz Born: Merida, Spain. Died: beheaded c.305 on the Hill of Martyrs in San Fernando, Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain. Patronage: Cadiz, Spain and Merida, Spain.
  • St. Gratien of Amiens Died: c.286 in Saint-Gratien.
  • St. Ignatius of Constantinople Born: c.799 in Constantinople as Nicetas. Died: 23 October 877. Also called Ignatios, Nicetas.
  • St. John of Syracuse Died: c.609.
  • St. Oda of Aquitaine Died: c.723.
  • St. Phaolô Tong Viet Buong Born: c.1773 in Phu Cam, Phu Xuân (now Hue), Vietnam. Died: beheaded on 23 October 1833 in Tho Ðuc, Saigon, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Paul Buòng, Paul Buòng Viêt Tông, and Phaolô Buòng Viêt Tông.
  • St. Romanus of Rouen Died: 639. Patronage: Rouen, France.
  • St. Severinus of Cologne Born: Bordeaux, France. Died: c.403 in Cologne, Germany. Also called Severin, Severino.
  • St. Severus of Hadrianopolis Also called Severus of Adrianopolis.
  • St. Socrates of Nicaea Died: c.230 in Nicaea.
  • St. Syra of Faremoutiers Died: c.660.
  • St. Theodoret of Antioch Died: beheaded in 362 in Antioch, Syria (modern Antakya, Turkey). Also called Theodore, Teodoreto, Theodoritus.
  • St. Theodota of Nicaea Died: c.230 in Nicaea.
  • St. Verus of Salerno

Blessed (12)

  • Blessed Álvaro Ibáñez Lázaro Born: 12 June 1913 in Godos, Teruel, Spain. Died: 22 October 1936 in Benimaclet, Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Brother Florencio Martín.
  • Blessed Andrés Zarraquino Herrero Born: 18 April 1908 in Bañón, Teruel, Spain. Died: 22 October 1936 in Benimaclet, Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Brother Honorato Andrés.
  • Blessed Anne-Joseph Leroux Born: 23 January 1747 at Cambrai, Nord, France as Ann-Joseph Leroux. Died: guillotined on 23 October 1794 in Valenciennes, Nord, France. Beatified: 13 June 1920 by Pope Benedict XV. Also called Anna Josepha, Josephine Leroux, Marie-Joséphine, and Mary Josephine.
  • Blessed Arnold Reche Born: 2 September 1838 at Landroff, Lorraine, France as Nicholas-Jules Reche. Died: 23 October 1890. Beatified: 1 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Arnold Jules-Nicolas Rèche, Jules Reche, Julian-Nicolas Rèche, and Nicholas-Jules Reche.
  • Blessed Esther Paniagua Alonso Born: 7 June 1949 in Izagre, León, Spain. Died: shot three times in the head on Sunday 23 October 1994 in Bab-el-Oued, Algiers, Algeria. Beatified: 8 December 2018 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Henry of Cologne Died: 1225.
  • Blessed John Angelo Porro Born: 1451 at Milan, Italy. Died: 1504. Beatified: 15 July 1737 by Pope Clement XII (cultus confirmed). Also called Giovannangelo Porro.
  • Blessed John Buoni Born: 1168 in Mantua, Italy. Died: 1249 in Mantua, Italy. Beatified: 1483 by Pope Sixtus IV (cultus confirmed). Also called John Bonus.
  • Blessed María Caridad Álvarez Martín Born: 9 May 1933 in Santa Cruz de Salceda, Burgos, Spain. Died: shot in the head and neck on Sunday 23 October 1994 in Bab-el-Oued, Algiers, Algeria. Beatified: 8 December 2018 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Pedro Lorente Vicente Born: 7 January 1914 in Ojos Negros, Teruel, Spain. Died: 22 October 1936 in Benimaclet, Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Brother Ambrosio León.
  • Blessed Severinus Boethius Born: 475-480 at Rome, Italy as Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius. Died: 524-525 at Pavia, Italy. Beatified: 1883 by Pope XIII (cultus confirmed). Also called Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius, Last of the Romans, and Severino Boezio.
  • Blessed Thomas Thwing Born: 1635 in Heworth, North Yorkshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Thomas Thweng.

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 Valenciennes Died: guillotined on 23 October 1794 in Valenciennes, Nord, France. Beatified: 13 June 1920 by Pope Benedict XV.

Other (3)

  • Bartholomew of Breganze
  • Bertrand of Grandselve
  • Søren of Ry

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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