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Saints of 21 November

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

Feasts (1)

  • Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Marian titles (4)

  • Mary Mother of the Church
  • Our Lady of Health
  • Our Lady of Quinche Patronage: Ecuador. Also called La Pequeñita, Virgen de Monte del Sol, and Virgin of the Rock.
  • Our Lady of the Impossible

Saints (13)

  • St. Agapius of Caesarea Born: Caesarea, Palestine. Died: c.306. Also called Agapio.
  • St. Amelberga of Susteren Born: early 9th century. Died: c.900. Also called Amalburga, Amalia, Amalberga.
  • St. Celsus Died: martyred in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Clement Died: martyred in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Demetrius of Ostia Died: Ostia, Italy.
  • St. Digain Also called Dygain.
  • St. Heliodorus of Pamphylia Died: c.270 at Pamphylia.
  • St. Hilary of Vulturno Born: at Matera. Died: c.1045.
  • St. Honorius of Ostia Died: Ostia, Italy.
  • St. Maurus of Cesena Born: Rome, Italy. Died: 21 November 946 in Cesena, Flaminia, Italy. Also called Maur, Mauro.
  • St. Maurus of Porec Died: beheading c.300 of Porec, Istria. Also called Maurus of Istria, Maurus of Parenzo, and Maur, Mauro, Marino.
  • St. Maurus of Verona Died: c.600.
  • St. Rufus of Rome Died: c.90.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Gelasius I Born: at Rome, Italy. Died: 21 November 496 at Rome, Italy.

Blessed (6)

  • Blessed Clelia Merloni Born: 10 March 1861 in Forli, Italy. Died: 21 November 1930 in Rome, Italy. Beatified: 3 November 2018 by Pope Francis. Patronage: Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
  • Blessed Eoin O'Mulkern Born: Irish. Died: 21 November 1580 in Dublin, Ireland. Beatified: 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy. Also called John Kieran and John Mulcheran.
  • Blessed Gelasius O'Cullenan Born: Irish. Died: 21 November 1580 in Dublin, Ireland. Beatified: 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy.
  • Blessed Maria Franciszka Siedliska Born: 12 November 1842 in Roszkowa Wola Castle, Rzeczyca, Poland. Died: 21 November 1902 in Rome, Italy. Beatified: 23 April 1989 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Frances Siedliska, Franciszka Siedliska, and Mother Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd.
  • Blessed Nicholas Giustiniani Born: early 12th century Venice, Italy. Died: c.1180. Beatified: no formal beatification, but the subject of local veneration.
  • Blessed Reyes Us Hernández Born: 1939 in Macalajau, Uspantán, Quiché, Guatemala. Died: 21 November 1980 in Macalajau, Uspantán, Quiché, Guatemala. Beatified: 23 April 2021 by Pope Francis.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Asta Born: Spanish. Died: c.300 at Asta, Andalusia, Spain.

Other (3)

  • Colman Iomramha of Inishmore
  • Columba the Younger
  • Launo of Thouars

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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