This is the Saint of the Day list of Saints and Blesseds whose feast day is March 6 2024.
Saint Colette
Saint Chrodegang of Metz
Saint Fridolin
Blessed Sylvester of Assisi
Saint Rose of Viterbo
Saint Julian of Toledo
Blessed Ollegarius of Tarragona
Saint Marcian of Tortona
Saint Cyriacus of Trier
Saint Cyril of Constantinople
Saint Balther of Lindisfarne
Saint Baldred of Strathclyde
Saint Kyneburga of Castor
Blessed Mechthild of Hochsal
Blessed Guillermo Giraldi
Blessed Guillermo Giraldi, a prior of the Mercedarian convent in Barcelona, Spain, died due to natural causes in the same city.
He was a Mercedarian friar who went on two journeys to North Africa to redeem Christians who were captured and enslaved by Muslims.
He succeeded in bringing back 453 enslaved individuals to their homeland.
Saint Kyneswide of Castor
St. Kyneswide of Castor, also referred to as Cyneswith, Cyneswide, or Kuneswide, was the daughter of Pendra of Mercia, who was a vehement opponent of Christianity.
She was a sister of St. Kyneburga and related to St. Tibba. St. Kyneswide was a Benedictine nun and eventually became the abbess of Dormancaster (now Castor) Abbey in Northamptonshire, England.
Saint Cadroe
St Cadroe, also known as Cadroel or Cathróe, was a Scottish-born prince and died of natural causes in 976 AD.
He studied in Armagh, Ireland, in London, and Fleury, France. Later, he became a Benedictine monk, an abbot of Waulsort monastery in Belgium, and also an abbot of St Clement’s monastery, in Metz, France.
Saint Patrick of Málaga
St Patrick of Málaga was born in Malaga, Spain and later died of natural causes in 307 AD in Auvergne, France.
He was a bishop of Malaga, Spain. At one point he was forced to flee to Auvergne, France to escape persecution Sadly, little is known about him.
Saint Evagrius of Constantinople
St Evagrius of Constantinople was a bishop of Constantinople in 370 AD after the see had been vacant for 20 years due to Arian persecution.
Furthermore, after a few months, he was driven into exile by the Arian emperor Valens and was never able to return.
Saint Aetius
St Aetius died as a martyr in 845 AD. He was a General nonetheless he and other 41 fellow Christian soldiers were captured by Caliph Montassem at Amorium, Syria in 836 AD.
They spent nine years in prison with alternating periods of torture and inducements to convert to Islam; in each case they refused.
Saint Sananus
St Sananus was born in Ireland and died of natural causes in Plouzané, France as a Patronage. He was one of the many 5th-century holy men who immigrated from Ireland to the Brittany coast.
Saint Baldred the Hermit
St Baldred the Hermit, also known as Baltherus the Hermit, was born in England and died of natural causes in 756 AD. He was an eighth-century hermit, a priest, and also a miracle worker.
Saint Basil of Bologna
St Basil of Bologna died of natural causes in 335 AD. He was a Bishop of Bologna, Italy for twenty years in the 4th century, appointed by Pope St Sylvester.
Saint Claudianus of Nicomedia
St Claudianus of Nicomedia, also known as Claudian, was a martyr. Additionally, he was a third-century layman, married to St Bassa of Nicomedia.
Saint Tibba of Castor
St Tibba of Castor was related to St Kyneswide and St Kyneburga. She was a Benedictine nun at Dormancaster Abbey, Northamptonshire, England.
Saint Vittore of Piacenza
St Vittore of Piacenza, also known as Victor, was a fifth-century deacon of Piacenza, Italy.
Saint Bassa of Nicomedia
St Bassa of Nicomedia was a third-century laywoman martyr, married to St Claudianus of Nicomedia.
Saint Heliodorus the Martyr
St Heliodorus the Martyr was a third-century martyr in Africa in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Saint Venustus of Milan
St Venustus of Milan was a martyr in Milan, Italy in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Saint Victorinus of Nicomedia
St Victorinus of Nicomedia was a martyr.
Saint Victor of Nicomedia
St Victor of Nicomedia was a martyr.
Saint Bairfhion
St Bairfhion was an Irish-born and also a bishop.
Martyrs of Amorium
Martyrs of Amorium was also known as Martyrs of Syria or Martyrs of Samarra. They were a group of 42 Christian senior officials in the Byzantine Empire who were captured by forces of the Abbasid Caliphate when the Muslim forces overran the city of Amorium, Phrygia in 838 AD and massacred or enslaved its population.
The men were imprisoned in Samarra, the seat of the Caliphate, for seven years. Initially thought to be held for ransom due to their high position in the empire, all attempts to buy their freedom were declined.
The Caliph repeatedly ordered them to convert to Islam, and sent Islamic scholars to the prison to convince them; they refused until the Muslims finally gave up and killed them.
However, details about the rest have disappeared over time and this lack of information did not stop several legendary and increasingly over-blown “Acts” from being written for years afterward.
One of the first biographers, a monk named Euodios, presented the entire affair as a judgment by God on the empire for its official policy of Iconoclasm.
They were beheaded on March 6 845 AD in Samarra (in modern Iraq) on the banks of the Euphrates River by Ethiopian slaves. Their bodies were thrown into the river, but later recovered by local Christians and given proper burial
Their names are;
- Theophilos
- Theodore Krateros
- Kallistos
- Constantine Baboutzikos
- Constantine
- Bassoes
- Aetios
Martyrs of Italy
Martyrs of Italy were twelve Christians who were martyred together in Italy, date and exact location are still unknown.
- Charistus
- Diodorus
- Donatus
- Filagon
- Lanulus
- Nigorus
- Permias
- Petronius
- Plamfagonus
- Silvanus
- Vibianus
- Victorinus
Other Saints of the Day for March 6 2024
- Cairpre Crom of Clonmacnoise
- Pontius de Polignac
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