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Saints of 26 October

37 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 26 October, with short facts.

Saints (27)

  • St. Adalgott of Einsiedeln Died: 1031. Also called Adalgott of Dissentis.
  • St. Alanus of Quimper Also called Alain, Alan.
  • St. Albinus of Büraburg Born: 8th century Anglo-Saxon England as Witta. Died: c.748.
  • St. Alfred the Great Born: 849 at Wantage, Berkshire, England. Died: 26 October 899.
  • St. Alorus of Quimper Also called Alar, Alor, Alour.
  • St. Amandus of Strasbourg Died: 346. Also called Amand, Amando, Amatius, Amantius.
  • St. Amandus of Worms
  • St. Aneurin Also called Gildas.
  • St. Aptonius of Angouleme Died: c.567. Also called Aptonio.
  • St. Bean of Mortlach Died: c.1012. Also called Bean of Aberdeen and Beano, Beanus, Beóán.
  • St. Cedd Born: Northumbria, England. Died: 26 October 664 at Lastingham, Yorkshire, England. Also called Cedda, Cedde, Ceddus, Ceddi, Ceadwalla.
  • St. Cuthbert of Canterbury Died: 761.
  • St. Eata of Hexham Died: c.686. Also called Eata of Lindisfarne.
  • St. Edfrid Died: c.675. Also called Eadfrid.
  • St. Engratia of Segovia Born: at Sepulveda, Castile (in modern Spain). Died: c.715. Patronage: Segovia, Spain.
  • St. Felicissimus of Carthage Died: 256 in Carthage in North Africa.
  • St. Fulk of Piacenza Born: 1164 in Piacenza, Italy. Died: 1229. Also called Fulk of Pavia and Foulques.
  • St. Gaudiosus of Salerno
  • St. Gibitrudis Died: c.655.
  • St. Gwinoc
  • St. Lucian Died: c.250. Patronage: converts and possessed people.
  • St. Marcian Died: martyred c.250. Patronage: converts and possessed people.
  • St. Quadragesimus of Policastro Died: c.590.
  • St. Rogatian of Carthage Died: 256 in Carthage in North Africa. Also called Rogaziano.
  • St. Rusticus of Narbonne Died: c.462. Also called Rustique.
  • St. Sigibald of Metz Died: c.740. Also called Sigibaldo.
  • St. Valentine of Segovia Born: at Sepulveda, Castile (in modern Spain). Died: c.715. Patronage: Segovia, Spain.

Blessed (7)

  • Blessed Arnold of Queralt Also called Arnaldo.
  • Blessed Bernard de Figuerols Also called Bernardo.
  • Blessed Bonaventura of Potenza Born: 4 January 1651 of Potenza, Naples, Italy as Antonio Carlo Gerardo Lavanga. Died: 26 October 1711 in Ravello, Italy. Beatified: 26 November 1775 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed). Also called Bonaventure of Potenza, Carlo Antonio, Carlo Antonio Gerardo Lavanga, and Karl Antonius.
  • Blessed Celina Chludzinska Born: 29 October 1833 in Antavilis, Vilniaus rajonas, Poland (now in Lithuania). Died: 26 October 1913 in Kraków, Maloploskie, Poland. Beatified: 27 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Celina Chludzinska Borzecka and Celina Rosalie Leonard.
  • Blessed Damian dei Fulcheri Born: at Fulcheri, Liguria, Italy. Died: 1484 at Modena, Reggio d'Emilia, Italy. Beatified: 4 August 1848 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed). Also called Damian of Finario, Damian of Fulcheri, Damian of Finale, Damian of Finarium, and Damiano, Damianus.
  • Blessed Humbert Born: 7th century. Died: 8th century.
  • Blessed Jose Gregorio Hernandez Cisneros Born: 26 October 1864 in Isnotú, Trujillo, Venezuela. Died: hit by a car on 29 June 1919 in Caracas, Venezuela. Beatified: 30 April 2021 by Pope Francis.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Nicomedia

Other (2)

  • Eliavo of Britain
  • Orsa of Pieve Vergonte

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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