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Saints of 26 November

35 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 26 November, with short facts.

Feasts (1)

Feast of Christ the King Patronage: Gaspé, Québec, diocese of, Keta-Akatsi, Ghana, diocese of, Lexington, Kentucky, diocese of, Lubbock, Texas, diocese of, Marbel, Philippines, diocese of, Moosonee, Québec, diocese of, Reyjavik, Iceland, diocese of, Aymavilles, Italy, and others.

Saints (20)

St. Leonard of Port Maurice Born: 20 December 1676 at Porto Maurizio, Italy on the Riviera di Ponente as Paul Jerome Casanova. Died: 11:00pm 26 November 1751 at the monastery of Saint Bonaventura, Rome, Italy. Canonized: 29 June 1867 by Pope Pius XI. Patronage: Imperia, Italy and parish missions.
St. Alypius Stylites Born: early 4th-century in Adrianople, Paphlagonia, Asia Minor (modern Edirne, Turkey). Died: c.390 at Adrianopolis, Paphlagonia, Asia Minor (modern Edirne, Turkey). Also called Alypius of Adrianople, Alypius of Adrianoplis, Alypius of Hadrianople, and Alypius of Hadrianopolis.
St. Amator of Autun
St. Ðaminh Nguyen Van Xuyên Born: c.1786 in Hung Lap, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam. Died: beheaded on 26 November 1839 in Bay Mau, Hanoi, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Dominic Nguyen Van Xuyen.
St. Basolus of Verzy Born: c.555 in Limoges, France. Died: 620. Also called Basolus of Limoges and Basle of....
St. Bellinus of Padua Born: late 11th century in Padua, Italy. Died: stabbed by assissins 1151 on a forest road. Canonized: by Pope Eugene IV. Patronage: Adria, Italy, city of, Adria, Italy, diocese of, against dog bites, and against rabies. Also called Bellino.
St. Bertger of Herzfeld Died: c.830 in Herzfeld, Germany.
St. Conrad of Constance Died: 975. Canonized: 1123 by Pope Callistus II. Patronage: Constance, Germany, diocese of and Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, archdiocese of. Also called Konrad of Konstanz.
St. Egelwine of Athelney Born: Athelney, Somersetshire, England. Also called Aylwine, Egelwin, Ethelwin, Ethelwine.
St. Humilis of Bisignano Born: 26 August 1582 at Bisignano, Cosanza, Italy. Died: 26 November 1637 at Bisignano, Cosanza, Italy. Canonized: 19 May 2002 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Luca Antonio Pirozzo and Umile of Bisignano.
St. Ida of Cologne Died: 1060.
St. James the Hermit Born: near Cyrus, Syria. Died: 457. Also called James the Lonely, James Hypeterius, and James the Palestinian. Also kept on 28 January in some calendars.
St. Magnance of Ste-Magnance Died: c.450. Also called Magnance of Auxerre and Magnentia, Magnantia, Magnence.
St. Marcellus of Nicomedia Died: thrown.
St. Martin of Arades Died: 726. Patronage: against gout and against paralysis. Also called Martin of Corbie.
St. Nicon of Sparta Born: Armenia. Died: 998. Also called Nicon Metanoiete ( = repent).
St. Sabaudus of Trier Died: c.614. Also called Sebaldus, Sebaud.
St. Sylvester Gozzolini Born: 1177 in Osimo, Marche, Italy. Died: 26 November 1267 at Monte Fano, Fabriano, Italy. Canonized: 1598 by Pope Clement VIII (added to the Martyrology).
St. Tôma Ðinh Viet Du Born: c.1783 in Phú Nhai, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam. Died: beheaded on 26 November 1839 in Bay Mau, Hanoi, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II.
St. Vacz

Popes (1)

Pope St. Siricius Born: c.334 at Rome, Italy. Died: 26 November 399. Canonized: by Pope Benedict XIV.

Blessed (7)

Blessed Albert of Haigerloch Born: 1239 in Haigerloch, Hohenzollern (Germany). Died: 26 November 1311 at Oberaltaich, Bavaria, Germany. Also called Albert of Oberaltaich and Adalbert of....
Blessed Delphine of Glandèves Died: c.1359. Also called Delfina.
Blessed Gaetana Sterni Born: 26 June 1827 at Cassola, Vicenza, Italy. Died: 26 November 1889. Beatified: 4 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Cajetana Sterni.
Blessed Giacomo Alberione Born: 4 April 1884 in San Lorenzo di Fossano, Cuneo, Italy. Died: 6:26pm on 26 November 1971 in the Generalate House, Rome, Italy. Beatified: 27 April 2003 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Santiago Alberione.
Blessed Hugh Taylor Born: c.1559 at Durham, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
Blessed Marmaduke Bowes Born: Ingram Grange, Yorkshire, England. Died: hanged on 26 November 1585 in York, Yorkshire, England. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
Blessed Pontius of Faucigny Born: c.1100 in Faucigny, Savoy (in modern France). Died: 26 November 1179 in Sixt, Savoy (in modern France). Beatified: 15 December 1896 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation). Also called Ponzio.

Martyr groups (3)

Martyrs of Alexandria Born: Egyptian. Died: c.311 in Alexandria, Egypt.
Martyrs of Capua Died: in Capua, Campania, Italy.
Martyrs of Nicomedia Died: 349 in Nicomedia, Bithynia, Asia Minor (modern Izmit, Turkey).

Other (3)

Adam Rusdrig
Banban of Lethglenn
Walter of Aulne

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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