This is the Saint of the Day list of Saints and Blesseds whose feast is on June 23 2024.
Saint Joseph Cafasso
Saint Etheldreda
Blessed Mary of Oignies
Saint Thomas Garnet
Saint Agrippina of Rome
Blessed Ioan Suciu
Blessed Lanfranco Beccari
Saint Zeno of Philadelphia
Saint Lietbert of Cambrai
Saint Zenas of Philadelphia
Blessed Peter of Juilly
Blessed Frances Martel
Saint James of Toul
Saint Hidulphus of Hainault
Saint Hidulphus of Hainault, also known as Hidulphus of Lobbes, Hidulf, or Hydulfus was a count of Hainault in modern Belgium.
He became a courtier at the royal palace of Austrasia and married Saint Agia. He helped found Lobbes Abbey which, with Agia’s blessing. He entered as a Benedictine monk and died in 707 AD.
Saint John of Rome
Saint John of Rome, born in Rome, Italy was a priest who was martyred during the persecutions of Julian the Apostate.
He was beheaded in 362 AD in Rome, Italy. A head at the church of San Silvestro in Capite, Rome, identified as Saint John the Baptist, was probably this John instead.
Blessed Thomas Corsini of Orvieto
Blessed Thomas Corsini of Orvieto born in 1300 in Orvieto, Italy was a member of the Servites and served his house as a beggar.
He was a visionary and died in 1343 in Orvieto, Italy of natural causes. He was beatified on December 10 1768 by Pope Clement XIII by cultus confirmation.
Saint Bilio of Vannes
Saint Bilio of Vannes also known as Bili was the bishop of Vannes, Brittany in modern France. He was murdered by invading Normans.
He died as a martyr in 914 AD in Vannes, Brittany now modern France and was buried at the chapel in Plandren, France that he had built.
Blessed Francis O’Sullivan
Blessed Francis O’Sullivan born Irish was a Franciscan Friars Minor priest. He was one of the Irish Martyrs who died on June 23 1653 on Scarrrif Island, Kerry, Ireland, and was beatified on September 27 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy.
Saint Liliosa of Toul
Saint Liliosa of Toul born in the 8th century was from the Gallic nobility, sister of Saint Jacob of Toul. She gave the country estate of Bretancour to the monks of the Saint-Bénigne to build a church.
Blessed Walhere of Dinant
Blessed Walhere of Dinant was a priest in Belgium. He was murdered for his righteousness and venerated as a martyr.
He died in 1199 in Onhaye, Brabant in modern Belgium and his relics are enshrined in Dinant, Belgium
Saint Moeliai of Nendrum
Saint Moeliai of Nendrum also known as Moelray, Melray or Mochaoi was born in Ireland. He was baptized by Saint Patrick. He became a monk and later abbot of Nendrum Monastery. He died in 493 AD of natural causes.
Saint Felix of Sutri
Saint Felix of Sutri was a priest in Sutri, Tuscany, Italy. He was martyred in the persecutions of Valerian and Gallienus after being scourged to death in 257 AD.
Blessed Lupo de Paredes
Blessed Lupo de Paredes joined the Mercedarians at age 34, and served for the next 80 years at the convent of Santa Maria in Logrono, Spain.
Blessed Félix of Cîteaux
Blessed Félix of Cîteaux died in 1113 of natural causes. No information has survived.
Martyrs of Ancyra
Martyrs of Ancyra is a family of converts who were arrested, tortured, and sent in chains to Ancyra, Galatia (modern Ankara, Turkey where they were tortured more by order of Governor Agrippinus during the persecutions of Diocletian.
They were roasted over a fire and finally beheaded in 300 AD in Ancyra, Galatia now modern Ankara, Turkey. Their names are Urban, Probus, Lollia, Gaius, and Eustochius.
Martyrs of Nicomedia
Martyrs of Nicomedia was a group of Christians that fled their homes to live in caves in the area of Nicomedia.
In 303 AD troops descended on the area, systematically hunted them down, and murdered all they could find. During the persecutions of Diocletian, many Christians fled.
Other Saints of the Day for June 23 2024
- Peter James of Pesaro
- Morónóg of Inishloe
- Maria Raffaella Santina Cimatti
- Madonna del Sasso
- Gerhard of Clairfontaine
- Eldrude of Brittany
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