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Saints of 6 November

34 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 6 November, with short facts.

Saints (23)

  • St. Atticus
  • St. Barlaam of Novgorod Born: Novgorod, Russia as Alexis. Died: 6 November 1193. Also called Alexis.
  • St. Demetrian of Cyprus Born: Sika, Cyprus. Died: 912. Also called Demetrio, Demetrius.
  • St. Edwen of Northumbria Patronage: Llanedwen, Anglesey, Wales.
  • St. Efflam of Brittany Died: c.700.
  • St. Emilian of Faenza Born: Ireland. Died: c.780 in Faenza, Italy. Canonized: Pre-Congregation. Patronage: Faenza, Italy.
  • St. Erlafrid of Hirschau Born: late 8th century. Died: mid-9th century. Also called Erlafrid of Calw.
  • St. Felix of Fondi Died: 6th century.
  • St. Felix of Genoa
  • St. Felix of Thyniss Born: African. Died: Thyniss. Also called Felix of Thynissa.
  • St. Illtyd Born: 5th century Wales. Died: c.505 in Brittany (in modern France).
  • St. Israel of Limoges Born: 950 at Dorat, France. Died: 22 December 1014. Also called Israel Limousin.
  • St. Leonard of Noblac Died: c.559. Patronage: against burglaries, against robberies or robbers, barrel makers, coopers, blacksmiths, captives, prisoners, childbirth, coal miners, coppersmiths, and others.
  • St. Leonard of Reresby Born: Thryberg, Yorkshire, England. Died: 13th century Yorkshire, England.
  • St. Melaine of Rennes Born: in Placet, Brittany (in modern France). Died: c.535. Patronage: Mullion, Cornwall, England and Saint Mellyan, Cornwall, England. Also called Apostle of France.
  • St. Paul of Constantinople Died: strangled to death in 350 in Cukusus, Armenia. Also called Paul the Confessor and Paulus.
  • St. Pinnock
  • St. Protasius of Lausanne Born: c.640. Died: struck by a falling tree in the forest of Mont Tendre, Switzerland c.699. Also called Protase, Protasio.
  • St. Severus of Barcelona Died: nails driven into his temple in 633. Patronage: Barcelona, Spain.
  • St. Stephen of Apt Born: 975 in Agde, France. Died: 1046.
  • St. Theobald of Dorat Born: 990 in Bazeuge, France. Died: 6 November 1070.
  • St. Valentine of Genoa Died: c.307.
  • St. Winnoc of Wormhoult Born: 7th century Wales. Died: 6 November 716 or 717 at Wormhoult, Belgium. Patronage: against fever, against whooping cough, and millers. Also called Winnoc of Flanders and Winnoc of Wormhoudt.

Blessed (6)

  • Blessed Beatrice of Olive Died: c.1400.
  • Blessed Bernard of Apiano
  • Blessed Christina of Stommeln Born: 24 July 1242 at Stommeln. Died: 6 November 1312 in an alms house in Cologne, Germany. Beatified: 12 August 1908 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed). Also called Christina Bruzo, Christina Bruso, and Kristina....
  • Blessed Leonianus of Autun Born: Pannonia (part of modern Hungary). Died: c.570 in Autun (in modern France). Beatified: 1907 by Pope Pius X (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed Simon of Aulne Died: 1215.
  • Blessed Thomas Ochia Jihyoe Born: c.1602 in Omura, Nagasaki, Japan. Died: hanged upside down on 6 November 1637 in Hill of Martyrs, Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 24 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Thomas Jihyoe di Sant'Agostino, Thomas of Saint Augustine, and Kintsuba.

Martyr groups (3)

  • Martyrs of Gaza Died: beheaded in Gaza, Palestine.
  • Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War
  • Ten Martyrs of Antioch Died: 637 in Antioch, Syria.

Other (2)

  • Garcia Darlet
  • Peter Amelio

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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