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Saints of 27 October

23 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 27 October, with short facts.

Saints (13)

  • St. Abbán of Magh-Armuidhe Born: c.570 in Ireland. Died: 620. Also called Eibbán, Moabba.
  • St. Abraham the Poor Born: at Menuf, Egypt. Died: c.372. Canonized: Pre-Congregation. Also called Abraham the Child and Abraham the Hermit.
  • St. Capitolina Died: 304 in Cappadocia.
  • St. Colman of Senboth-Fola Died: c.632.
  • St. Desiderius of Auxerre Died: c.625.
  • St. Elesbaan of Ethiopia Died: c.555. Also called Elesbaan of Axum, Ella Atsbeha, and Ella Asbeha.
  • St. Emilina of Boulancourt Born: 1115 at France. Died: 1178 at Longeville, France.
  • St. Erotheides Died: 304 in Cappadocia.
  • St. Florentius of Trois-Châteaux Died: 3rd century Trois-Châteaux, Burgundy, France. Also called Florence.
  • St. Gaudiosus of Naples Died: c.455 at Naples, Italy. Also called Gaudiosus of Abitinae and Gaudiosus the African.
  • St. Namatius of Clermont Died: c.462. Also called Namace, Namazio.
  • St. Odrian of Waterford Died: c.563 at Iona Abbey, Scotland. Patronage: diocese of Waterford, Ireland, diocese of Waterford and Lisman, Ireland, and city of Waterford, Ireland. Also called Odrian of Iona and Otteran; Odhran; Odran; Oran; Oterano.
  • St. Thraseas of Eumenia Died: 170 at Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey).

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Evaristus Died: c.107. Also called Aristo, Aristus, Ewaryst.

Blessed (4)

  • Blessed Bartholomew of Vicenza Born: c.1200 at Vicenza, Italy. Died: 1270 in Vicenza, Italy. Beatified: 11 September 1793 by Pope Pius VI. Also called Bartholomew of Braganza.
  • Blessed Goswin of Clairvaux Died: 1203.
  • Blessed Salvador Damián Enguix Garés Born: 29 September 1862 in Alzira, Valencia, Spain. Died: 27 October 1936 in Alzira, Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Salvador Mollar Ventura Born: 27 March 1896 in Manises, Valencia, Spain. Died: 8 September 1936 in Castellón, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.

Other (5)

  • Balsamia
  • Caesar Taparelli di Genola
  • Peter de Lauro
  • Peter de Pazzis
  • Theodule of Sion

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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