Saints and Blesseds

Saints and Blesseds

ItalySaint Smaragdus

Died:306.03.16 🩸 (Roma, Italy)
Feast:08.08

Layperson. Companion of Saint Cyriacus, Saint Largus, Saint Crescentianus, Saint Memmia and Saint Juliana. Martyr.

EnglandSaint Socrates

Died:307? 🩸 (England)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Stephen. Martyr.

ItalySaint Sofia di Fermo

Died:250? 🩸 (Fermo, Italy)
Feast:04.30

Layperson. Companion of Saint Vissia di Fermo. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Sofía Ximénez Ximénez

Born:1876.10.11 (Valencia, Spain)
Died:1936.09.23 🩸 (Picadero de Paterna, Valencia, Spain † 59)
Beatified:2001.03.11
Feast:09.23

Layperson of Valencia. Married. Martyr.

GermanySaint Sola

Born: (England)
Died:794.12.03 (Solnhofen, Germany)
Feast:12.04

Priest. Hermit.

FranceSaint Solange de Bourges

Born:863? (Villemont, France)
Died:878? 🩸 (Sainte-Solange, France † 15)
Feast:05.10

Layperson. Martyr.

USABlessed Solanus, O.F.M. Cap.
Bernard Francis Casey  (secular name)

Born:1870.11.25 (Oak Grove, WI, USA)
Ordained Priest:1904.07.24
Died:1957.07.31 (Detroit, MI, USA † 86)
Beatified:2017.11.18 (Detroit, USA)

Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans).

FranceSaint Solenne de Blois

Died:V century (France)

Hermit.

ItalySaint Solutore

Died:III century 🩸 (Torino, Italy)
Feast:11.20

Layperson. Martyr.

TurkiyeSaint Sopatra

Died:VI century (Constantinople, Turkiye)
Feast:11.09

Religious. Companion of Saint Eustolia. Daughter of Emperor Maurice.

ItalySaint Sophia

Died:II century (Roma, Italy)

Layperson. Widow. Mother of Saint Fides, Saint Spes and Saint Caritas.

ItalySaint Sossio

Died:305.09.19 🩸 (Pozzuoli, Italy)
Feast:09.23

Layperson. Martyr.

GreeceSaint Sosthenes

Died:I century (Corinth, Greece)

Layperson. Disciple of Saint Paul of Tarsus (1 Cor. 1:1-2). Chief ruler of the synagogue at Corinth. One of the Seventy Disciples.

ItalySaint Sotere

Born: (Roma, Italy)
Died:304 🩸 (Roma, Italy)
Feast:02.11

Layperson. Martyr.

TurkiyeSaint Sozonte

Born: (Cilicia, Turkiye)
Died:300? 🩸
Feast:09.07

Layperson. Martyr.

ItalyBlessed Speranza di Gesù, E.A.M.
María Josefa Alhama Valera  (secular name)

Born:1893.09.30 (Santomera, Spain)
Died:1983.02.08 (Collevalenza, Italy † 89)
Beatified:2014.05.31 (Collevalenza, Perugia, Italy)

Religious and founder of Servants of the Divine Love and the Sons of the Divine Love. Mystic.

TunisiaSaint Speratus

ItalySaint Spes

Died:517? (Piedivalle, Italy)
Feast:05.23

Abbot. Abbot of Sant'Eutizio.

ItalySaint Spes

Died:II century 🩸 (Roma, Italy)

Layperson. Daughter of Saint Sophia. Sister of Saint Fides and Saint Caritas. Martyr.

TurkiyeSaint Speusippus

Died:175? 🩸 (Cappadocia, Turkiye)
Feast:01.17

Layperson. Triplet with Saint Eleusippus and Saint Melapsippus. Martyr.

ItalySaint Stacteus

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

Layperson. Son of Saint Getulius and Saint Sinforosa di Tivoli. Martyr.

PolandSaint Stanislaus da Szczepanów

Born:1030.07.26
Died:1079.04.11 🩸 (Kraków, Poland † 48)
Canonised:1253.09.08 (equipollently)
Feast:04.11

Bishop of Kraków (Poland) (1072 – 1079)

Bishop. Martyr.

South KoreaBlessed Stanislaus Han Jeong-heum
한정흠 스타니슬라오  (한국어)
韓正欽  (正體中文)

Born:1756 (GIMje, Jeolla-do, South Korea)
Died:1801.08.26 🩸 (GIMje, Jeolla-do, South Korea † 44)
Beatified:2014.08.16 (Seoul, South Korea)

Layperson. Martyr.

PolandSaint Stanisław Kazimierczyk, C.R.L.

Born:1433.09.27 (Kazimierz, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1462
Died:1489.05.03 (Kazimierz, Poland † 55)
Beatified:1992.12.21 (equipollently)
Canonised:2010.10.17
Feast:05.03

Priest of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran.

ItalySaint Stanisław Kostka, S.J.

Born:1550.10.28 (Rostkowo, Poland)
Died:1568.08.15 (Roma, Italy † 17)
Beatified:1605.10.19
Canonised:1726.12.31
Feast:08.15

Religious of Society of Jesus (Jesuits).

GermanyBlessed Stanisław Kostka Starowieyski

Born:1895.05.11 (Ustrobna, Podkarpackie, Poland)
Died:1941.04.13 🩸 (KZ Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany † 45)
Beatified:1999.06.13 (Warszawa, Poland)
Feast:06.04

Layperson of Lublin. Married. Martyr.

PolandStanisław Kostka Streich

Born:1902.08.27 (Bydgoszcz, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1925.06.06
Died:1938.02.27 🩸 (Luboń, Poland † 35)
Beatified:pending

Priest of Poznań (Poland) (1925.06.06 – 1938.02.27)

Priest. Martyr.

GermanyBlessed Stanisław Kubista, S.V.D.

Born:1898.09.27 (Kostuchna, Katowice, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1927.05.26
Died:1940.04.26 🩸 (KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg, Germany † 41)
Beatified:1999.06.13 (Warszawa, Poland)
Feast:04.26

Priest of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites). Martyr.

GermanyBlessed Stanisław Kubski

Born:1876.08.13 (Książ, Wielkopolskie, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1900.11.25
Died:1942.05.18 🩸 (KZ Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany † 65)
Beatified:1999.06.13 (Warszawa, Poland)
Feast:05.18

Priest of Gniezno. Martyr.

PolandBlessed Stanisław Mysakowski

Born:1896.09.15 (Wojsławice, Lubelskie, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1920.05
Died:1942.10.30 🩸 (KZ Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany † 46)
Beatified:1999.06.13 (Warszawa, Poland)
Feast:10.14

Priest of Lublin (Poland) (1920.05 – 1942.10.30)

Priest. Martyr.

PolandSaint Stanisław Papczyński, M.I.C.

BelarusBlessed Stanisław Pyrtek

Born:1913.03.21 (Bystra Podhalańska, Małopolskie, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1940.06.16
Died:1942.03.04 🩸 (Berezovichi, Belarus † 28)
Beatified:1999.06.13 (Warszawa, Poland)
Feast:03.04

Priest of Vilnius. Martyr.

PolandBlessed Stanisława Ulma

Born:1936.07.18 (Markowa, Poland)
Died:1944.03.24 🩸 (Markowa, Poland † 7)
Beatified:2023.09.10 (Markowa, Poland)

Layperson. Child of Blessed Józef Ulma and Blessed Wiktoria Ulma. Martyr.

GuatemalaBlessed Stanley Francis Rother

Born:1935.03.27 (Okarche, OK, USA)
Ordained Priest:1963.05.25
Died:1981.07.28 🩸 (Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala † 46)
Beatified:2017.09.23 (Oklahoma City, USA)

Priest of Oklahoma City. Martyr.

PolandBlessed Stefan, O.P.

Died:1260.06.02 🩸 (Sandomierz, Poland)
Beatified:1807.10.18 (equipollently)
Feast:06.02

Subdeacon of Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Martyr.

GermanyBlessed Stefan Grelewski

Born:1899.07.03 (Dwikozy, Świętokrzyskie, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1921.10.12
Died:1941.01.24 🩸 (KZ Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany † 41)
Beatified:1999.06.13 (Warszawa, Poland)
Feast:05.09

Priest of Radom. Martyr.

SlovakiaSaint Štefan Pongrác, S.J.
István Pongrácz  (Magyar)

Born:1582 (Vințu de Jos, Romania)
Died:1619.09.07 🩸 (Košice, Slovakia † 36)
Beatified:1905.01.15
Canonised:1995.07.02 (Kosice, Slovakia)
Feast:09.07

Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Martyr.

PolandBlessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski

Born:1913.01.22 (Chełmża, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1937.03.14
Died:1945.02.23 🩸 (KZ Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany † 32)
Beatified:1999.06.07 (Toruń, Poland)
Feast:02.23

Priest of Chełmno (Poland) (1937.03.14 – 1945.02.23)

Priest. Martyr.

PolandBlessed Stefan Wyszyński

Soli Deo

Born:1901.08.03 (Zuzela, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1924.08.03
Consecrated Bishop:1946.05.12
Created Cardinal:1953.01.12
Died:1981.05.28 (Warszawa, Poland † 79)
Beatified:2021.09.12 (Warszawa, Poland)

Bishop of Lublin (Poland) (1946.03.04 – 1948.11.12)

President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (1948 – 1953)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1948.11.12 – 1981.05.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1948.11.12 – 1981.05.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Lviv of the Armenians (Ukraine) (1954.12 – 1981.05.28)

President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (1956 – 1981.05.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1957.05.18 – 1981.05.28)

Cardinal.

ItalyBlessed Stefana Quinzani, T.O.S.D.

Born:1457.02.05 (Orzinuovi, Italy)
Died:1530.01.02 (Soncino, Italy † 72)
Beatified:1740.12.14 (equipollently)
Feast:01.02

Religious of Third Order of St. Dominic. Stigmatic and mystic.

ItalyBlessed Stefano Bandelli, O.P.

Born:1369 (Castelnuovo Scrivia, Italy)
Died:1450.06.11 (Saluzzo, Italy † 80)
Beatified:1856.02.21 (equipollently)
Feast:06.11

Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

ItalyBlessed Stefano Bellesini, O.E.S.A.

Born:1774.11.25 (Trento, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1797
Died:1840.02.02 (Genazzano, Italy † 65)
Beatified:1904.12.27
Feast:02.02

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

ItalySaint Stefano Corumano

Died:XII century (Italy)

Hermit.

IsraelSaint Stefano da Cuneo, O.F.M.

Born: (Cuneo, Italy)
Died:1391.11.14 🩸 (Jerusalem, Israel)
Beatified:1889.06.06 (equipollently)
Canonised:1970.06.21
Feast:11.14

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

ItalySaint Stefano di Rieti

Died:VI century (Rieti, Italy)
Feast:02.13

Abbot.

ItalySaint Stefano di Rossano Calabro

Born:925 (Rossano Calabro, Italy)
Died:1001 (Gaeta, Italy † 76)
Feast:09.26

Monk.

VietnamSaint Stêphanô Nguyễn Văn Vinh

Born:1813? (Phú Trang, Nam Định, Vietnam)
Died:1839.12.19 🩸 (Cổ Mễ, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam † 25)
Beatified:1900.05.27
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:12.19

Layperson of Eastern Tonking. Member of Lay Dominicans. Martyr.

South KoreaBlessed Stephanus Kim Won-jung
김원중 스테파노  (한국어)

Born:1813 (Jincheon, Chungcheong-do, South Korea)
Died:1866.12.16 🩸 (Gongju, Chungcheong-do, South Korea † 52)
Beatified:2014.08.16 (Seoul, South Korea)

Layperson. Martyr.

South KoreaSaint Stephanus Min Kŭk-ka
민극가 스테파노  (한국어)
閔克可  (正體中文)

Born:1788 (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea)
Died:1840.01.20 🩸 (Seoul, South Korea † 51)
Beatified:1925.07.05
Canonised:1984.05.06 (Seoul, South Korea)
Feast:01.20

Layperson. Catechist. Widower. Martyr.

IsraelSaint Stephen

Born:5 (Israel)
Died:34? 🩸 (Jerusalem, Israel † 29)
Feast:12.26

Deacon. Protomartyr. Martyr.

EnglandSaint Stephen

Died:307? 🩸 (England)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Socrates. Martyr.

PalestineSaint Stephen

Died:638 🩸 (Gaza, Palestine)
Feast:11.06

Layperson. Soldier. Companion of Saint Callinicus, Saint Imerius, Saint Theodore, Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Theodore, Saint John and Saint John. Martyr.

FranceSaint Stephen Harding, O. Cist.

Born:1059 (Dorset, England)
Died:1134.03.28 (Cîteaux, France † 74)
Feast:03.28

Abbot and religious of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians). Abbot of Cîteaux.

HungarySaint Stephen of Hungary
István

Born:975? (Esztergom, Hungary)
Died:1038.08.15 (Esztergom, Hungary † 62)
Canonised:1083.08.20
Feast:08.16

Layperson. First King of Hungary.

RussiaSaint Stephen of Perm (Russian Rite)

Born:1340
Died:1396 (Moscow, Russia † 56)
Feast:04.26

Bishop of Perm.

EnglandBlessed Stephen Rowsham

Born:1555? (Oxfordshire, England)
Died:1587.04.03 🩸 (Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England † 31)
Beatified:1987.11.22
Feast:08.11

Priest of London. Martyr.

TurkiyeSaint Stephen the Younger

Born:715 (Constantinople, Turkiye)
Died:764.11.28 🩸 (Constantinople, Turkiye † 48)
Feast:11.28

Monk. Martyr.

CroatiaSaint Sterio

Died:270? 🩸 (Salona, Croatia)
Feast:04.01

Layperson. Martyr.

GermanyBlessed Stilla von Abenberg

Died:1140 (Abenberg, Germany)
Beatified:1927.01.12 (equipollently)
Feast:07.19

Religious.

EgyptSaint Strato

Died:237 🩸 (Alexandria, Egypt)

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

TurkiyeSaint Straton

Died:301? 🩸 (Nicomedia in Bithynia, Turkiye)
Feast:08.15

Layperson. Companion of Saint Philip and Saint Eutychian. Martyr.

RomaniaSaint Straton

Died:IV century 🩸 (Constanța, Romania)
Feast:09.15

Layperson. Companion of Saint Valerius, Saint Macrobius and Saint Gordian. Martyr.

SerbiaSaint Stratonicus

Died:315? 🩸 (Belgrade, Serbia)
Feast:01.13

Layperson. Companion of Saint Ermil. Martyr.

GermanySaint Sturmius, O.S.B.

Born:705? (Lorch, Austria)
Died:779.12.17 (Fulda, Germany † 73)
Canonised:1139
Feast:12.17

Abbot and religious of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines). Abbot of Fulda. Disciple of Saint Boniface.

ArmeniaSaint Styriacus

Died:315 🩸 (Sebaste, Armenia)
Feast:11.02

Layperson. Soldier. Companion of Saint Carterius, Saint Tobias, Saint Eudoxius and Saint Agapius. Martyr.

SpainSaint Suceso de Zaragoza

Died:304 🩸 (Zaragoza, Spain)
Feast:04.16

Layperson. Martyr.

FranceSaint Sulpice d’Angoulême

Died:768? 🩸 (Beuvrages, France)

Deacon. Companion of Saint Sauve d’Angoulême. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Sulpicia del Buen Pastor, A.A.S.C.
Dionisia Rodríguez de Anta  (secular name)

Born:1890.11.14 (Cerecinos de Campos, Zamora, Spain)
Died:1936.11.10 🩸 (Madrid, Spain † 45)
Beatified:2007.10.28

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

ItalySaint Sulpicio di Roma

Died:II century? 🩸 (Roma, Italy)
Feast:04.20

Layperson. Buried on Via Latina. Companion of Saint Serviziano di Roma. Martyr.

NorwaySaint Sunniva

Born: (Ireland)
Died:X century 🩸 (Selja Island, Norway)

Layperson. Martyr.

ItalySaint Suranus

Died:VI century 🩸 (Italy)

Abbot. Abbot in a monastery in Sora province. Martyr.

JapanBlessed Susanna
スザンナ  (日本語)

Born:1594? (Kuchinotsu, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Died:1626.07.12 🩸 (Nagasaki, 長崎県, 九州, Japan † 31)
Beatified:1867.07.07
Feast:07.12

Layperson of Nagasaki. Married. Wife of Blessed Petrus Araki Chobyōe. Martyr.

ItalySaint Susanna di Roma

Died:294.08.11 🩸 (Roma, Italy)
Feast:08.11

Layperson. Martyr.

South KoreaBlessed Susanna Gang Gyeong-bok
강경복 수산나  (한국어)
姜景福  (正體中文)

Born:1762 (South Korea)
Died:1801.07.02 🩸 (Small West Gate, Seoul, South Korea † 38)
Beatified:2014.08.16 (Seoul, South Korea)

Layperson. Martyr.

South KoreaSaint Susanna U sur-im
우술임 수산나  (한국어)
禹述任  (正體中文)

Born:1803 (Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do 경기도, South Korea)
Died:1846.09.20 🩸 (Seoul Prison, South Korea † 42)
Beatified:1925.07.05
Canonised:1984.05.06 (Seoul, South Korea)
Feast:09.20

Layperson. Widow. Martyr.

FranceBlessed Suzanne Androuin

Born:1757.03.16 (Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay, Maine-et-Loire, France)
Died:1794.02.01 🩸 (Avrillé, France † 36)
Beatified:1984.02.19
Feast:02.01

Layperson of Angers. Martyr.

EnglandSaint Swithun Wells

Born:1536? (Otterbourne, Hampshire, England)
Died:1591.12.10 🩸 (London, England † 54)
Beatified:1929.12.15
Canonised:1970.10.25
Feast:12.10

Layperson of London. Married. Martyr.

FranceSaint Sylvain

Died:407.10.16 🩸 (Ahun, France)

Layperson. Martyr.

FranceSaint Sylvain du Berry

Died:V century? (Levroux, France)
Feast:09.22

Hermit.

UkraineBlessed Symeon Lukach (Ukrainian Rite)
Симеон Лукач  (Українська)

Born:1893.07.07 (PL, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1919.10
Consecrated Bishop:1945.04 (clandestinely)
Died:1964.08.22 🩸 (Starunya, Ukraine † 71)
Beatified:2001.06.27 (Lviv, Ukraine)
Feast:08.22

Bishop. Eparch of the “clandestine” Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Martyr.

PolandBlessed Symforian, O.F.M. Cap.
Feliks Ducki  (secular name)

Born:1888.05.10 (Warszawa, Poland)
Died:1942.04.11 🩸 (Auschwitz, Poland † 53)
Beatified:1999.06.13 (Warszawa, Poland)
Feast:04.11

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

SerbiaSaint Symphorian

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

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

FranceSaint Symphorien

Died:178.08.22 🩸 (Autun, France)
Feast:08.22

Layperson. Nobleman. Martyr.

GreeceSaint Syntyche

Died:I century (Philippi, Greece)

Layperson. Member of the church in Philippi (Phil. 4:2-3).

RomaniaBlessed Szilárd István Bogdánffy

Born:1911.02.21 (Feketetó, Romania)
Ordained Priest:1934.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1949.02.14 (clandestinely)
Died:1953.10.03 🩸 (Aiud, Romania † 42)
Beatified:2010.10.30 (Oradea (Nagyvárad), Romania)

Auxiliary Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania) (1949 – 1953.10.03)

Bishop. Martyr.

PolandBlessed Szymon, O.P.

Died:1260.06.02 🩸 (Sandomierz, Poland)
Beatified:1807.10.18 (equipollently)
Feast:06.02

Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Martyr.

PolandSaint Szymon z Lipnicy, O.F.M.

Born:1438? (Lipnica Murowana, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1460?
Died:1482.07.18 (Kraków, Poland † 43)
Beatified:1685.02.24 (equipollently)
Canonised:2007.06.03
Feast:07.18

Priest of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans).

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