Saints and Blesseds

Saints and Blesseds

JapanBlessed Shichizaemon
七右衛門  (日本語)

Born: (Shindōgadai (Shimo Hanazawa), Yonezawa, 山形県, Japan)
Died:1629.01.12 🩸 (Okusanbara, Yonezawa, 山形県, Japan)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Niigata. Married. Husband of Blessed Magdalena. Martyr.

JapanBlessed Shichizaemon

Born:1624? (Shindōgadai (Shimo Hanazawa), Yonezawa, 山形県, Japan)
Died:1629.01.12 🩸 (Okusanbara, Yonezawa, 山形県, Japan † 4)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Niigata. Martyr.

JapanBlessed Shichizaemon

Born:1626? (Shindōgadai (Shimo Hanazawa), Yonezawa, 山形県, Japan)
Died:1629.01.12 🩸 (Okusanbara, Yonezawa, 山形県, Japan † 2)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Niigata. Martyr.

AlbaniaBlessed Shtjefën Kurti

Born:1898.12.24 (Ferizaj, Kosovo, Serbia)
Ordained Priest:1924.05.13
Died:1971.10.20 🩸 (Fushe, Krujë, Albania † 72)
Beatified:2016.11.05 (Shkodër, Shkodër, Albania)

Priest of Durrës. Martyr.

NetherlandsBlessed Siardus van Friesland, O. Praem.

Died:1230.11.13 (Mariëngaarde, Netherlands)
Feast:11.14

Abbot and religious of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians).

ItalyBlessed Sibillina Biscossi

Born:1287 (Pavia, Italy)
Died:1367.03.19 († 79)
Beatified:1854.08.17 (equipollently)
Feast:03.19

Religious of Third Order of St. Dominic. Mystic.

SpainSaint Sicio de Gerona

Born: (La Pera, Spain)
Died:300? 🩸 (Gerona, Spain)

Layperson. Martyr.

EnglandBlessed Sidney Hodgson

Born: (England)
Died:1591.12.10 🩸 (Tyburn, London, England)
Beatified:1929.12.15
Feast:12.10

Priest of London. Martyr.

FranceSaint Sidoine de Jumièges

Born: (Ireland)
Died:684 (Rouen, France)
Feast:11.15

Abbot. Abbot of Neustrie.

GermanySaint Sigebert d’Austrasia

Born:630?
Died:656.02.01 (Germany † 25)
Feast:02.01

Merovingian King of Austrasia.

SwitzerlandSaint Sigisbert von Disentis

Died:VIII century (Disentis, Switzerland)
Canonised:1905.12.06 (equipollently)
Feast:07.11

Abbot.

FranceSaint Sigismund of Burgundy

Died:524 🩸 (Aurelianum, France)
Feast:05.01

King of Burgundy. Martyr.

ItalySaint Silano

Died:165? 🩸 (Roma, Italy)
Feast:07.10

Layperson. One of seven sons of Saint Felicita di Roma. Martyr.

North MacedoniaSaint Silas
Silvanus

Died:I century (North Macedonia)
Feast:07.13

Layperson. Missionary with Saint Paul of Tarsus (Acts 15:22). Husband of Saint Apphia.

EgyptSaint Silesius

Died:237 🩸 (Alexandria, Egypt)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Hieronides, Saint Leontius, Saint Serapion, Saint Valerian and Saint Strato. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Silvano María, O. Carm.
Silvano Villanueva González  (secular name)

Born:1916.02.06 (Huérmeces, Burgos, Spain)
Died:1936.08.18 🩸 (Carabanchel Bajo, Madrid, Spain † 20)
Beatified:2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites). Martyr.

LebanonSaint Silvanus

Died:303 🩸 (Tyre, Lebanon)
Feast:02.20

Bishop. Companion of Saint Zenobius, Saint Tyrannio, Saint Peleus and Saint Nilus. Martyr.

SyriaSaint Silvanus of Hemesa

Died:311 🩸 (Hemesa, Syria)
Feast:02.06

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hemesa (Syria) (? – 311)

Archbishop. Companion of Saint Luke of Hemesa and Saint Mocius of Hemesa. Martyr.

TurkiyeSaint Silvanus of Pisidia

Died:303? 🩸 (Isauria in Lycaonia, Turkiye)
Feast:07.10

Layperson. Companion of Saint Bianor of Pisidia. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Silverio de San Luis Gonzaga, O.C.D.
Jaume Perucho Fontarro  (secular name)

Born:1864.03.12 (Corroncuy, Lleida, Spain)
Died:1936.08.20 🩸 (Lleida, Spain † 72)
Beatified:2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites (Teresian Carmelites). Martyr.

SpainBlessed Silvestre Arnau Pasqüet

Born:1911.05.30 (Gòsol, Berguedà, Barcelona, Spain)
Died:1936.08.13 🩸 (Salàs de Pallars, Pallars Jussà, Lleida, Spain † 25)
Beatified:2005.10.29

Priest of Urgell. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Silvestre Pérez Laguna, O.H.

Born:1873.12.30 (Villar del Camino, Soria, Spain)
Died:1936.08.17 🩸 (Málaga, Spain † 62)
Beatified:2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Priest of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Martyr.

ItalySaint Silvestro di Troina

Born:1110?
Died:1164.01.02 (Troina, Italy † 53)
Feast:01.02

Abbot of Basilians.

ItalySaint Silvestro Guzzolini, O.S.B. Silv.

Born:1177 (Italy)
Died:1267.11.26 († 89)
Canonised:1598 (equipollently)
Feast:11.26

Founder of Sylvestrine Congregation of the Benedictine Order (Sylvestrines) (1231)

Abbot and religious of Sylvestrine Congregation of the Benedictine Order (Sylvestrines).

ItalySaint Silvia

Born:520?
Died:592.11.03 (Roma, Italy † 71)
Feast:11.03

Layperson. Mother of Saint Gregory I.

SpainBlessed Silvio, F.M.S.
Victoriano Gómez Gutiérrez  (secular name)

Born:1884.11.08 (Villamorón, Burgos, Spain)
Died:1936.10.08 🩸 (Montcada, Barcelona, Spain † 51)
Beatified:2007.10.28

Religious of Marist Brothers. Martyr.

BrazilSaint Simão Correia

Born: (Brazil)
Died:1645.10.03 🩸 (Uruaçu, RN, Brazil)
Beatified:2000.03.05
Canonised:2017.10.15
Feast:10.03

Layperson of Natal. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Simão da Costa, S.J.

Born: (Porto, Portugal)
Died:1570.07.16 🩸 (Tazacorte, Spain)
Beatified:1854.05.11 (equipollently)
Feast:07.16

Novice religious of Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Martyr.

SpainBlessed Simão Lopes, S.J.

Born: (Ourém, Santarém, Portugal)
Died:1570.07.15 🩸 (Tazacorte, Spain)
Beatified:1854.05.11 (equipollently)
Feast:07.15

Cleric of Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Martyr.

PalestineSaint Simeon

Died:I century (Palestine)
Feast:02.03

Prophet. (Luke 2:25–35).

South KoreaSaint Siméon-François Berneux, M.E.P.
베르뇌 시므온  (한국어)
張敬一  (正體中文)

Born:1814.05.14 (Château-du-Loir, Sarthe, France)
Ordained Priest:1837.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:1854.12.27
Died:1866.03.07 🩸 (Saenamteo, Seoul, South Korea † 51)
Beatified:1968.10.06
Canonised:1984.05.06 (Seoul, South Korea)
Feast:03.07

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Korea 조선 (South Korea) (1844.03.28 – 1854.08.05)

Titular Bishop of Capsa (1844.03.28 – 1866.03.07)

Vicar Apostolic of Korea 조선 (South Korea) (1854.08.05 – 1866.03.07)

Bishop and religious of Paris Foreign Missions Society. Martyr.

FranceBlessed Simèon-Marie, O. Cist.
Ignace-Alexandre-Joseph Cardon  (secular name)

Born:1759.03.13 (Cambrai, France)
Died:1799.05.14 🩸 (Casamari, Italy † 40)
Beatified:2021.04.17 (Casamari, Frosinone, Italy)

Priest of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians). Martyr.

SyriaSaint Simeon Stylites

Born:390? (Sis, Turkiye)
Died:459.09.02 (Qalaat Semaan, Syria † 68)
Feast:07.27

Hermit. Stylite.

TurkiyeSaint Simeon Stylites the Younger

Born:521 (Antioch, Turkiye)
Died:592.05.24 († 70)
Feast:05.24

Hermit. Stylite. Son of Saint Martha.

TurkiyeSaint Simeon the Holy Fool

Born: (Edessa, Turkiye)
Died:570 (Emessa, Turkiye)
Feast:07.21

Hermit. Friend of Saint John of Emessa.

ItalyBlessed Simeone

Born: (Italy)
Died:1140.11.16 (Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy)
Beatified:1928.05.16 (equipollently)
Feast:11.16

Abbot.

ItalySaint Simeone di Polirone

Died:1016.07.26 (Polirone, Italy)
Feast:07.26

Deacon.

GermanySaint Simeone di Siracusa

Born:980? (Siracusa, Italy)
Died:1035.06.01 (Trier, Germany † 54)
Canonised:1047.01.05
Feast:06.01

Religious.

ItalySaint Simitrius of Rome

Died:159 🩸 (Roma, Italy)
Feast:05.26

Layperson. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Simó Isidre Joaquím, O.H.
Cosme Brun Ararà  (secular name)

Born:1894.11.12 (Santa Coloma de Farners, Girona, Spain)
Died:1936.09.01 🩸 (Boadillo del Monte, Madrid, Spain † 41)
Beatified:1992.10.25
Feast:09.01

Religious of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Simò Reynes Solivellas, M.SS.CC.

Born:1901.01.23 (Mancor de la Vall, Mallorca, Spain)
Died:1936.07.23 🩸 (Creueta del Coll, Barcelona, Spain † 35)
Beatified:2007.10.28

Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Martyr.

CzechiaBlessed Simon, O.F.M. Obs.

Born:1581? (France)
Died:1611.02.15 🩸 (Praha, Czechia † 29)
Beatified:2012.10.13 (Praha, Czechia)

Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor. Martyr.

ArmeniaSaint Simon

Born:I century (Judea, Israel)
Died:65? 🩸 (Pella, Armenia)
Feast:10.28

Apostle of Jesus Christ. Martyr.

ChinaSaint Simon Chen Ximan
陳西滿.若瑟  (正體中文)

Born:1855? (Anyang, Lucheng Co., 山西, China)
Died:1900.07.09 🩸 (Taiyuan, 山西, China † 44)
Beatified:1946.11.24
Canonised:2000.10.01
Feast:07.09

Seminarian of Northern Shanxi 山西北境. Member of Secular Franciscans. Martyr.

SpainSaint Simón de Rojas, O.SS.T.

Born:1552.10.28 (Valladolid, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1577
Died:1624.09.29 (Madrid, Spain † 71)
Beatified:1766.05.19
Canonised:1988.07.03
Feast:09.28

Priest of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians).

ItalySaint Simon de Valois de Vexin, O.S.B.

Born:1048 (Crépy-en-Valois, France)
Died:1082.09.30 (Roma, Italy † 33)
Canonised:1900.11.24 (equipollently)
Feast:09.30

Religious of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines). Count of Amiens, Valois and Vexin.

JapanBlessed Simon Enpō, S.J.
シモンえんぽ  (日本語)

Born:1580? (Nozu, 大分県, Japan)
Died:1623.12.04 🩸 (Tokyo, 東京都, Japan † 42)
Beatified:1867.07.07
Feast:12.04

Religious of Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Martyr.

South KoreaBlessed Simon Hwang Il-gwang
황일광 시몬  (한국어)
黃日光  (正體中文)

Born:1757 (Hongju, Chungcheong-do, South Korea)
Died:1802.01.30 🩸 (Hongju, Chungcheong-do, South Korea † 44)
Beatified:2014.08.16 (Seoul, South Korea)

Layperson. Martyr.

South KoreaBlessed Simon Kim Gang-i
김강이 시몬  (한국어)
金鋼伊  (正體中文)

Born:1765? (Seosan, Chungcheong-do, South Korea)
Died:1815.12.05 🩸 (Wonju, Gangwon-do, South Korea † 49)
Beatified:2014.08.16 (Seoul, South Korea)

Layperson. Martyr.

South KoreaBlessed Simon Kim Gye-wan
김계완 시몬  (한국어)
金啓完  (正體中文)

Born: (Seoul, South Korea)
Died:1802.01.29 🩸 (Small West Gate, Seoul, South Korea)
Beatified:2014.08.16 (Seoul, South Korea)

Layperson. Martyr.

JapanBlessed Simon Kiyota Bokusai
シモン清田木斎  (日本語)

Born:1559 (Kiyota, 北海道, Japan)
Died:1620.08.17 🩸 (Kokura, 福岡県, Japan † 60)
Beatified:1867.07.07
Feast:08.16

Layperson of Fukuoka. Married. Member of Confraternity of the Rosary. Catechist. Husband of Blessed Magdalena. Martyr.

South KoreaSaint Simon-Marie-Just Ranfer de Bretenières, M.E.P.
랑페르 드 브르뜨니애르 유스토  (한국어)
白神父  (正體中文)

Born:1838.02.28 (Châlon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France)
Died:1866.03.07 🩸 (Saenamteo, Seoul, South Korea † 28)
Beatified:1968.10.06
Canonised:1984.05.06 (Seoul, South Korea)
Feast:03.07

Priest of Paris Foreign Missions Society. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Simón Miguel Rodríguez, O.F.M.

Born:1912.11.23 (Villalcampo, Zamora, Spain)
Died:1936.09.22 🩸 (Azuaga, Badajoz, Spain † 23)
Beatified:2007.10.28

Religious of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans). Martyr.

VietnamSaint Simon Phan Ðắc Hòa

Born:1787? (Mai Vinh, Thừa Thiên, Vietnam)
Died:1840.12.12 🩸 (An Hòa, Quảng Nam, Vietnam † 52)
Beatified:1900.05.27
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:12.12

Layperson of Cochin. Married. Martyr.

ChinaSaint Simon Qin Chunfu
秦春福.西滿  (正體中文)

Born:1886? (Nanpeiluo, Renqiu Co., 河北, China)
Died:1900.07.19 🩸 (Liucun, Renqiu, 河北, China † 13)
Beatified:1955.04.17
Canonised:2000.10.01
Feast:07.19

Layperson of Southeastern Chi-Li 直隸東南. Martyr.

EnglandSaint Simon Stock, O. Carm.

Born:1165 (England)
Died:1265.05.16 († 99)
Feast:05.16

Prior General of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites) (1254 – 1265.05.16)

Priest of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites). Visionary of Our Lady of the Scapular.

JapanBlessed Simon Takahashi Seizaemon
シモン 高橋 清左衛門  (日本語)

Born: (Yonezawa, 山形県, Japan)
Died:1629.01.12 🩸 (Okusanbara, Yonezawa, 山形県, Japan)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Niigata. Married. Martyr.

JapanBlessed Simon Takeda Gohyōe
シモン 竹田 五兵衛  (日本語)

Born:1568? (Kyōto, 京都府, Japan)
Died:1603.12.09 🩸 (Yatsushiro, 熊本県, Japan † 34)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Fukuoka. Married. Husband of Blessed Agnes Takeda. Martyr.

ItalySaint Simone

Died:X century (Calabria, Italy)
Feast:11.19

Hermit.

ItalyBlessed Simone Balacchi, O.P.

Born:1240? (Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy)
Died:1319.11.03 (Rimini, Italy † 78)
Beatified:1820.03.14 (equipollently)
Feast:11.03

Religious of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

FranceBlessed Simone Chauvigné veuve Charbonneau

Born:1728.03.12 (Chaudefonds, Maine-et-Loire, France)
Died:1794.02.01 🩸 (Avrillé, France † 65)
Beatified:1984.02.19
Feast:02.01

Layperson of Angers. Married. Martyr.

ItalyBlessed Simone da Camerino, O.E.S.A.

ItalyBlessed Simone da Todi, O.E.S.A.
Simone Rinalducci  (secular name)

Born: (Todi, Italy)
Died:1322.04.20 (Bologna, Italy)
Beatified:1833.03.18 (equipollently)
Feast:04.20

Priest of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine (Augustinian Hermits).

ItalyBlessed Simone Fidati, O.E.S.A.

Born:1285? (Cascia, Italy)
Died:1338.02.02 (Firenze, Italy † 52)
Beatified:1883.08.23 (equipollently)
Feast:02.02

Priest of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine (Augustinian Hermits).

ItalySaint Simplicio

Died:302? 🩸 (Roma, Italy)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Faustino and Saint Viatrice. Martyr.

ItalySaint Simplicio

Died:III century? 🩸 (Roma, Italy)
Feast:07.29

Layperson. Brother of Saint Faustino and Saint Viatrice. Martyr.

ItalySaint Simplicio di Fausania

Died:III century (Sardegna, Italy)
Feast:05.15

Priest.

GermanySaint Simplicius

Born: (France)
Died:IV century (Karden, Germany)
Canonised:1908.08.12 (equipollently)

Religious.

SerbiaSaint Simplicius

Died:287? 🩸 (Sirmium, Serbia)
Feast:11.08

Layperson. Sculptor. One of the Four Crowned Martyrs. Martyr.

EgyptSaint Sincletica

Died:IV century (Alexandria, Egypt)
Feast:01.05

Hermit.

FranceSaint Sindulphe

Died:660? (France)
Feast:10.20

Priest of Reims.

SerbiaSaint Sinerot

Died:IV century 🩸 (Sirmium, Serbia)

Layperson. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Sinforosa de la Sagrada Familia, A.A.S.C.
Sinforosa Díaz Fernández  (secular name)

Born:1892.03.23 (Novales, Huesca, Spain)
Died:1936.11.10 🩸 (Madrid, Spain † 44)
Beatified:2007.10.28

Religious of Sisters Adorers Handmaids of Charity and of the Blessed Sacrament. Martyr.

ItalySaint Sinforosa di Tivoli

Died:138 🩸 (Tivoli, Italy)
Feast:07.18

Layperson. Wife of Saint Getulius. Mother of Saint Crescens, Saint Julian, Saint Nemesius, Saint Primitivus, Saint Justin, Saint Stacteus and Saint Eugene. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Sinfronio, F.S.C.
Manuel Miguel Sánchez  (secular name)

Born:1876.07.29 (Los Santos, Salamanca, Spain)
Died:1936.11.30 🩸 (Paracuellos de Jarama, Madrid, Spain † 60)
Beatified:2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers). Martyr.

FranceSaint Siran de Longoret
Cyran  (français)
Sigiramnus  (latine)

Died:665? (France)

Abbot. Founder of Saint-Pierre de Longoret and Méobecq.

SerbiaSaint Sirenus

Died:307? 🩸 (Sirmium, Serbia)
Feast:02.23

Hermit. Martyr.

SpainSaint Sisebuto de Cardeña, O.S.B.

Died:1086 (Cardeña, Spain)
Feast:03.15

Abbot and religious of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines). Abbot of San Pedro de Cardeña.

SpainSaint Sisenando de Córdoba

Died:851.07.17 🩸 (Córdoba, Spain)
Feast:07.16

Deacon. Martyr.

ItalySaint Sisinio

Died:305 🩸 (Cures Sabini, Italy)

Deacon. Companion of Saint Fiorenzo and Saint Dioclezio. Martyr.

ArmeniaSaint Sisinius

Died:320? 🩸 (Nicopolis, Armenia)
Feast:07.10

Layperson. Companion of Saint Leontius, Saint Mauricius, Saint Daniel, Saint Anthony and Saint Anicetus. Martyr.

ItalySaint Sisinnio

Born: (Cappadocia, Turkiye)
Died:397.05.29 🩸 (Val di Non, Italy)
Feast:05.29

Deacon. Companion of Saint Martirio and Saint Alessandro. Martyr.

EgyptSaint Sisoes the Great (Coptic Rite)

Born: (Egypt)
Died:429 (Egypt)
Feast:07.06

Hermit.

FranceSaint Siviard

Born: (France)
Died:687 (Saint-Calais, France)
Feast:03.01

Abbot of Saint-Calais.

SpainBlessed Sixto Alonso Hevia

Born:1916.02.01 (Poago, Asturias, Spain)
Died:1937.05.27 🩸 (Ventanielles, Asturias, Spain † 21)
Beatified:2019.03.09 (Oviedo, Asturias, Spain)

Seminarian of Oviedo. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Sixto Andrés, F.S.C.
Andrés Merino Báscones  (secular name)

Born:1874.11.10 (Sasamón, Burgos, Spain)
Died:1936.08.28 🩸 (Griñon, Madrid, Spain † 61)
Beatified:2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers). Martyr.

JapanBlessed Sixtus
シクスト  (日本語)

Born:1616? (Tanba, 京都府, Japan)
Died:1619.10.06 🩸 (Kyōto, 京都府, Japan † 2)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Kyoto. Son of Blessed Maria. Martyr.

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