This is the Saint of the Day list of Saints and Blesseds whose feast day is March 1 2025.
Saint David of Wales
Saint Albinus of Angers
Saint Leolucas of Corleone
Saint Rudesind
Saint Swithbert
Saint Agnes Cao Guiying
Blessed Christopher of Milan
Pope Saint Felix III
Jared the Patriarch
Blessed Giovanna Maria Bonomo
Blessed Bertrand of Fontaniva
Saint Leo of Rouen
Saint Simplicius of Bourges
Saint Albaud of Toul
Seth the Patriarch
Saint Eudocia of Heliopolis
Saint Albinus of Vercelli
Saint Amandus of Boixe
Saint Ursus of Toul
Blessed Roger Lefort
Saints Constantius and Faustus of Cologne
Blessed Pietro Ernandez
Blessed Aurelia of Wirberg
Blessed Gonzalo de Ubeda
Saint Lupercus
Abbey of Fontenelle – Monks of Fontenelle
Blessed Agapios of Vatopedi
Blessed Agapios of Vatopedi was a 16th-century monk at the Vatopedi monastery. He was a hermit on Mount Athos and was captured by Turkish pirates, and sold into slavery where he was chained, and put to hard labour.
Upon his release, he resumed his religious life first at Vatopedi, and then as a hermit on Mount Athos.
Saints Constantius and Faustus of Cologne
St. Constantius and Faustus of Cologne were two martyrs who died in Rome, Italy, and whose relics were transferred to and enshrined in Cologne, Germany in 1645. Nothing else about them is known.
Blessed Pietro Ernandez
Blessed Pietro Ernandez was a Mercedarian. He had the gift of tongues, which he used to preach to Saracens and convert them to Christianity.
He was tortured with hot tongs and martyred for his work. In Almeria, Spain, he died after being tied to a pole and shot with arrows on the road.
Blessed Aurelia of Wirberg
Blessed Aurelia of Wirberg was born to the nobility in the 12th century in Germany. After the death of her father and brothers, Aurelia inherited the family estates and was besieged by offers of marriage.
On the advice of her spiritual teacher, Blessed Otto of Cappenberg, she turned the family castle into a Premonstratensian convent from 1134 to 1148.
Blessed Gonzalo de Ubeda
Blessed Gonzalo de Ubeda was also known as Gonzalo of Granada. He was a priest and then the Auxiliary bishop of Granada, Spain.
He was also a Mercedarian Commander and moved his house to Granada in 1500 AD and built a church and convent there. In Granada, Spain in 1538 he died of natural causes.
Saint Lupercus
St. Lupercus was suspected to have been born in Spain. He was also known as Loubert, Luperc, Lupercio, Lupercius or Luperculus.
He was the evangelizing second bishop of Eauze, France, converting many. Dacian the governor martyred him during the pesecutions of Decius.
He was highly venerated in Tarbes, France, and the old cathedral in Eauze was dedicated to him. He died in the 3rd century AD.
Saint Monan
St. Monan was a monk at St. Andrew’s abbey and a spiritual student of St. Adrian, bishop of St. Andrew’s.
He was a missionary to the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth area in Scotland and a missionary to Fife, Scotland.
Danish raiders murdered him in 874 AD together with a group of Christians in the area of the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
Blessed George Biandrate
Blessed George Biandrate was born in Italy to the nobility, the family of the Counts of San Giorgio Canavese.
He was noted for his devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. In 1483, he died of natural causes and was buried in the parish church of San Giorgio Canavese, Italy.
Saint Domnina of Syria
St. Domnina of Syria was a consecrated virgin who lived in a shed, leaving only to attend Mass. She devoted her life to prayer and caring for travellers.
She was also known for keeping her face covered at all times and refusing to look at the faces of others. In 460 AD, she died of natural causes.
Saint Antonina of Bithynia
St. Antonina of Bithynia was also known as Antonina of Nicomedia. She was tortured and martyred for refusing to sacrifice to pagan gods.
Sewn up in a sack and thrown into a pond to drown, she died in 306 AD at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Turkiye).
Saint Abdalong of Marseilles
St. Abdalong of Marseilles was a bishop of Marseilles, France in 716 AD. He and his flock suffered from attacks by Saracens who had been brought in by Duke Mauront to combat the forces of Charles Martel. He died in 738 AD.
Saint Siviard
St. Siviard was also known as Siviardus. He was a monk at Saint-Calais Abbey on the River Anisole in France where his father served as an abbot.
He also served as an abbot himself and wrote a biography of St. Calais, the founder of the monastery. He died in 729 AD.
Saint Marnock
St. Marnock was born in Ireland. He was also known as Marnan, Marnanus or Marnoc. St. Columba of Iona Abbey was his spiritual teacher.
He was a bishop and Kilmarnock in Scotland is named after him. In 625 AD, he died at Annandale, Scotland.
Blessed Bonavita of Lugo
Blessed Bonavita of Lugo was a layman blacksmith, wheelwright, and locksmith. He was from the Franciscan tertiary and was known for his deep prayer life and charitable works. In 1375, he died of natural causes in Lugo, Italy.
Saint Albin of Embrun
St. Albin of Embrun was a bishop of Embrun, Gaul (modern France) during the 5th to 7th century AD (The records vary). Much of his time was spent fighting Arianism.
Blessed Claudius Gabriel Faber
Blessed Claudius Gabriel Faber was a minim monk and a prior of his house. He was martyred by heretics and died in 1575 in Lunel, France.
Saint Donatus of Carthage
St. Donatus of Carthage was a martyr who died in 430 AD in Carthage, North Africa (modern Tunis, Tunisia).
Saint Hermes of Numidia
St. Hermes of Numidia was martyred in the persecution of Maximian Herculeus and died in 290 AD.
Saint Bono of Cagliari
St. Bono of Cagliari was also known as Bonus. He was a third-century bishop and a martyr.
Saint Adrian of Numidia
St. Adrian of Numidia was martyred in the persecution of Maximian Herculeus and died in 290 AD.
Martyrs of Africa
The Martyrs of Africa were a group of 13 Christians executed together for their faith in Africa.
Their names are;
- Abundantius
- Adrastus
- Agapius
- Charisius
- Donatilla
- Donatus
- Fortunus
- Leo
- Nicephorus
- Polocronius
Martyrs of Antwerp
The Martyrs of Antwerp was a group of Christians who were martyred together. They died in the 2nd century AD in Rome, Italy, and were also buried together in the St. Callistus catacombs in Rome.
Their relics were transferred and enshrined together in the Jesuit church in Antwerp, Belgium on February 28 1600.
Their names are;
- Silvius
- Procopius
- Primus
- Pius
- Pelagius
- Maximus
- Justus
- Julius
- Herculanus
- Filemon
- Fidelis
- Felician
- Donatus
- Benignus
Martyrs of the Salarian Way
The Martyrs Under Alexander was a group of 260 Christians who, for their faith, were condemned to work on the road on the Salarian Way in Rome, Italy during the persecutions of Claudius II.
When they were no longer needed for work, they were publicly murdered by being shot with arrows in 269 AD in Rome, Italy in the amphitheatre and died as martyrs.
Martyrs Under Alexander
The Martyrs Under Alexander were a large but unspecified number of Christians martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Alexander Severus and the prefect Ulpian who saw any non-state religion to be a dangerous treason. They died in 219 AD.
Martyrs of Eichstätt
The Martyrs of Eichstätt were four Christians martyred and buried together, whose relics were rediscovered in 1618 and enshrined together in the Jesuit church in Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany in 1622.
They died in Rome, Italy, and were buried in the Priscilla catacombs on the Via Salaria in Rome.
Their names are;
- Castus
- Leontia
- Livonius
- Venerius
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