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Saints of 24 October

31 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 24 October, with short facts.

Saints (21)

  • St. Anthony Mary Claret Born: 23 December 1807 at Sallent, Catalonia, Spain. Died: 24 October 1870 in a Cistercian monastery at Fontfroide, Narbonne, France. Canonized: 7 May 1950 by Pope Pius XII. Patronage: Catholic press, Claretians, Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and weavers.
  • St. Areta of Najran Died: beheaded in 523 at Nagrana (modern Najran, Saudi Arabia).
  • St. Audactus of Thibiuca Died: 303. Also called Adauctus.
  • St. Cadfarch
  • St. Ciriacus of Hierapolis Died: Hierapolis, Phrygia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Claudian of Hierapolis Died: Hierapolis, Phrygia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Evergislus of Cologne
  • St. Felix of Thibiuca Died: 303. Also called Felix Africanus.
  • St. Fortunatus of Thibiuca Died: beheaded on 24 October 303 in Venosa, Italy. Also called Fortunato.
  • St. Fromundus of Coutances Died: c.690. Also called Fromondo, Fromundo.
  • St. Giuse Lê Dang Thi Born: c.1825 in Ke Van, Quang Tri, Vietnam. Died: strangled to death on 25 October 1860 at An Hòa, Quang Nam, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Joseph Thi.
  • St. Januarius of Thibiuca Died: 303.
  • St. Luigi Guanella Born: 9 December 1842 in Fraciscio di Campodolcino, Sondrio. Died: 24 October 1915 in Como, Italy. Canonized: 23 October 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Aloisius Guanella, Aloysius Guanella, Don Luigi, Louis Guanella, and Ludovicus Guanella.
  • St. Maglorius of Wales Died: c.575. Patronage: Sark. Also called Magloire, Maelor, Maglorio.
  • St. Marcius of Monte Cassino Died: c.679 in Mondragone, Italy. Also called Mark, Martin.
  • St. Martin of Vertou Born: 527 at Nantes, France. Died: 601 at Durieu, France. Also called Apostle of the Herbauges.
  • St. Proclus of Constantinople Born: Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey). Died: 24 October 447 in the area of modern Turkey.
  • St. Regnobert of Bayeux Born: Noron-la-Poterie, France. Died: c.666. Patronage: Caen, France. Also called Second Apostle of Bessin.
  • St. Ruma of Najran Died: beheaded in 523 at Nagrana (modern Najran, Saudi Arabia).
  • St. Senoch Born: 536 in Tiffauges, Poitou, Gaul (in modern France). Died: 576 in his at Varennes (modern Saint-Senoch), Indre-et-Loire, Touraine, France. Patronage: Saint-Senoch, France and Sassenay, France. Also called Sassena, Sassenay, Seno, Sénoch, Senoco, Senócus.
  • St. Septimus of Thibiuca Died: 303.

Blessed (3)

  • Blessed Amado García Sánchez Born: 29 April 1903 in Moscardón, Teruel, Spain. Died: 24 October 1936 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Benigna Cardoso da Silva Born: 15 October 1928 in Sítio Oitis, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil. Died: slashed and beaten. Beatified: 21 October 2020 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Giuseppe Baldo Born: 19 February 1843 in Puegnago, Brescia, Italy. Died: 24 October 1915 in Ronco all'Adige, Verona, Italy. Beatified: 31 October 1989 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy. Also called Joseph Baldo.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Ephesus Died: stoned to death near Ephesus, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey).
  • Martyrs of Najran Died: beheaded or burned alive in 523 at Nagrana (modern Najran, Saudi Arabia). Also called Martyrs of Nagrana.

Other (5)

  • Eximeno de Ayvar
  • Florentin of Bonnet
  • Petronilla
  • Ponzia
  • William of Anglesy

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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