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Saints of 16 November

27 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 16 November, with short facts.

Feasts (1)

  • Feast of the Patronage of Our Lady

Marian titles (1)

  • Our Lady of Ostra Brama

Saints (19)

  • St. Gertrude the Great Born: 6 January 1256 at Eisleben, Thuringia (part of modern Germany). Canonized: 1677 by Pope Clement XII. Patronage: nuns, Magdeburg, Germany, diocese of, Naples, Italy, and West Indies. Also called Gertrude of Helfta, Gertrudis Helfta, Gertud von Helfta, Geltrude, and Gertrudis la Grande.
  • St. Afan of Wales Also called Avan, Avanus.
  • St. Africus of Comminges Also called Afrique of Comminges.
  • St. Agostino of Capua Died: c.250 in Capua, Campania, Italy. Also called Augustine.
  • St. Alfric of Canterbury Died: 1005. Also called Aelfric, Alfrick.
  • St. Anianus of Asti
  • St. Céronne Born: Corneilhan, France. Died: 490.
  • St. Edmund Rich Born: 20 November 1175 at Abingdon, Berkshire, England. Died: 16 November 1240 at Soissy, Burgundy, France. Canonized: 1247 by Pope Innocent IV. Patronage: Abingdon, England and Portsmouth, England, diocese of. Also called Edmund of Abingdon, Edmund of Canterbury, and Edme, Eadmund.
  • St. Elpidius the Martyr Died: dragged by wild horses and then burned at the stake in 362.
  • St. Eucherius of Lyon Died: 449.
  • St. Eustochius the Martyr Died: dragged by wild horses and then burned at the stake in 362.
  • St. Felicita of Capua Died: c.250 in Capua, Campania, Italy. Also called Felicity.
  • St. Fidentius of Padua Patronage: Megliadino San Fidenzio, Italy and Polverara, Italy. Also called Fidenzio.
  • St. Gobrain of Vannes Died: 725. Also called Gobrien.
  • St. Leocadio of Déols Also called Leocadius, Leucadio.
  • St. Ludre Also called Lusor, Lusore. Also kept on 1 November in some calendars.
  • St. Marcellus the Martyr Died: dragged by wild horses and then burned at the stake in 362.
  • St. Margaret of Scotland Born: c.1045 in Hungary. Died: 16 November 1093 at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. Canonized: 1251 by Pope Innocent IV. Patronage: against the death of children, for learning, parents of large families, queens, widows, Dunfermline, Scotland, and Scotland. Also called Margaret of Wessex.
  • St. Othmar of Saint Gall Died: 16 November 759 at Werd-on-the-Rhine. Also called Audemar, Audomar, Otmar.

Blessed (4)

  • Blessed Agnes of Assisi Born: 1197 at Assisi, Italy. Died: 16 November 1253 at the monastery of San Damiano. Beatified: 1753 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed). Patronage: Poor Clares.
  • Blessed Edward Osbaldeston Born: c.1560 in Osbaldeston, Lancashire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Simeon of Cava Died: 16 November 1140 at Cava dei Tirreni monastery, Campania, Italy. Beatified: 18 May 1928 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmation). Patronage: Castellabate, Italy (proclaimed on 6 April 1963). Also called Symeon.
  • Blessed Zef Marksen Born: 5 August 1906 in Worringen, Cologne, Germany. Died: shot on 16 November 1946 in the high security prison in Tiranë, Albania. Beatified: 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis. Also called Josef Marxen.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Africa
  • Martyrs of Almeria

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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