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Saints of 11 November

21 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 11 November, with short facts.

Saints (17)

  • St. Martin of Tours Born: c.316 at Upper Pannonia (in modern Hungary). Died: 8 November 397 at Candes, Tours, France. Patronage: against alcoholism, against impoverishment, against poverty, beggars, cavalry, equestrians, geese, horse men, and others.
  • St. Theodore the Studite Born: 759 in Greece. Died: 11 November 826 on the peninsula of Tryphon. Also called Theodore of Stoudios, Theodore of Studion, Theodore of Studium, and Theodorus Studita.
  • St. Bartholomew of Rossano Born: c.970 in Rossano, Calabria, Italy. Died: 11 November 1065 at Grottaferrata Abbey, Frascati, Italy. Also called Bartholomew of Grottaferrata, Bartholomew the Younger, and Bartolomeo il Giovane.
  • St. Bertuin of Malonne Born: England. Died: c.698. Also called Bertuinus, Bertwinus, Berthuin.
  • St. Cynfran of Wales
  • St. Felicianus of Ravenna Died: c.305 in Ravenna, Italy.
  • St. John the Almoner Born: c.550 at Amathus, Cyprus. Died: c.616 at Amathus, Cyprus. Patronage: Casarano, Italy and Knights Hospitaller. Also called Joannes Eleemosynarius, Joannes Misericors, John of Alexandria, John the Almsgiver, and John the Merciful.
  • St. Marina of Omura Born: in Omura, Nagasaki, Japan. Died: burned alive on 11 November 1634 in Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Menas Kallikelados Born: Egyptian. Died: beheaded c.300 at Cotyaes, Phrygia. Patronage: falsely accused people, peddlers, and travelling merchants. Also called Aba Mina, Menas of Egypt, Menas of Constantinople, Menas of Cotyaes, and Menas of Cotyaeum.
  • St. Mennas of Santomenna Born: Asia Minor. Patronage: Santomenna, Italy.
  • St. Mercurius the Soldier Born: 224. Died: beheaded in 250 in Caesarea, Cappadocia, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Rhediw Also called Gredfyw, Rhedius, Rhedyw.
  • St. Turibius of Palencia Born: Palencia, Spain. Died: c.528.
  • St. Valentin of Ravenna Died: martyred c.305 in Ravenna, Italy.
  • St. Veranus of Lyon
  • St. Veranus of Vence Died: c.480. Also called Veran, Weran. Also kept on 10 September in some calendars.
  • St. Victorinus of Ravenna Died: martyred c.305 in Ravenna, Italy.

Blessed (3)

  • Blessed Alicja Maria Jadwiga Kotowska Born: 20 November 1899 in Warsaw, Poland. Died: shot on 11 November 1939 in the forest near Piasnica. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Warsaw, Poland. Also called Alice Kotowska.
  • Blessed Kamen Vitchev Born: 23 May 1893 at Strem. Died: shot 11.30pm on 11 November 1952 by a Bulgarian Communist firing squad. Beatified: 26 May 2002 by Pope John Paul II at Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Also called Peter Vitchev.
  • Blessed Luigia Poloni Born: 26 January 1802 in Verona, Italy. Died: 11 November 1855 in Verona, Italy. Beatified: Sunday 21 September 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Mother Vincenza Maria.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Torredembarra Died: 11 November 1936 in Torredembarra, Tarragona, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.

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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