This is the Saints of the Day list of Saints and Blesseds whose feast day is on May 3 2025.
👉 St James the Lesser, Apostle
Saint Ansfrid of Utrecht
Blessed Emilia Bicchieri
Saint Stanislas Kazimierczyk
Blessed Tommaso Acerbis
Saint Gabriel Gowdel
Saint Conleth of Kildare
Pope Saint Alexander I
Blessed Marie Leonie Paradis
Saint Juvenal of Narni
Saint Maura of Antinoe
Saint Timothy of Antinoe
Blessed Ramon Oromí Sullà
Blessed Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz
Saint Ahmed the Calligrapher
Saint Aldwine of Peartney
Saint Adam of Cantalupo in Sabina
Blessed Zechariah
Blessed Zechariah was also known as Zaccaria. He became a Franciscan after he was accepted into the Order in Rome, Italy by St Francis of Assisi.
St Francis sent him to Spain to preach Christianity to the Moors. He used miracles to prove the Real Presence.
He died in 1249 AD and was buried under the floor of the main chapel of the monastery of St Catherine of Alemquer, Portugal. His relics were enshrined in a grated wall creche of the chapel in 1562 AD.
Saint Alexander of Constantinople
Saint Alexander of Constantinople was a former soldier in the Roman army who lived during the persecutions of Maximian.
When Saint Antonina of Constantinople was condemned to live as a prostitute, Alexander swapped places and attire with her.
They were discovered, tortured, and had their hands cut off before being martyred together by being burnt alive. These events took place in Constantinople in the year 313 AD.
Saint Antonina of Constantinople
According to accounts, Saint Antonina of Constantinople was a virgin who had been consecrated but was condemned to live a life of prostitution.
She was found out after exchanging places with Saint Alexander of Constantinople, and as punishment, she was subjected to torture and had her hands cut off before being burnt alive in Constantinople in 313 AD.
Saint Ethelwin of Lindsey
Saint Ethelwin of Lindsey was an 8th-century monk at Ripon Abbey who also spent 12 years living as a hermit on Farne Island.
He was acquainted with Saint Egbert and later became the Bishop of Lindsey, England. In his later years, he retired to religious life in Ireland and died there of natural causes in the 8th century. He was buried in Lidisfarne, England.
Saint Alexander of Rome
Saint Alexander of Rome served as a priest in the city of Rome, Italy. He was subjected to imprisonment, torture, and execution by burning and beheading, along with Saint Theodulus of Rome and Saint Eventius of Rome.
These events occurred in 113 AD on the Via Nomentana in Rome, Italy. After his death, his remains were interred in the Dominican church of Santa Sabina, which is also located in Rome.
Saint Theodulus of Rome
Saint Theodulus of Rome lived as a priest in Rome, Italy. He was also incarcerated, tortured and murdered as a martyr by being burnt and beheaded alongside Saint Alexander of Rome and Saint Eventius of Rome in the year 113 AD on the Via Nomentana in Rome, Italy.
His relics were also buried in the Dominican church of Santa Sabina, Rome.
Saint Eventius of Rome
Saint Eventius of Rome lived as a priest in Rome, Italy. He was also imprisoned, persecuted and murdered as a martyr by being burnt and beheaded alongside Saint Theodulus of Rome and Saint Alexander of Rome in the year 113 AD on the Via Nomentana in Rome, Italy.
His relics were also buried in the Dominican church of Santa Sabina, Rome.
Saint Philip of Zell
Saint Philip of Zell lived as an Anglo-Saxon pilgrim and also as a hermit near Worms, Germany. He was a friend with and advisor to King Pepin the Short. He brought about the founding of the monastery of Zell, Germany around which grew the town of the same name.
He was the patron saint of infants or rather babies.
He was believed to have died in the year 770 AD of natural causes
Blessed Alexander of Foigny,
Blessed Alexander of Foigny was born to a royal Scottish family in the year 1180 AD in Scottland. He was the brother of Blessed Mechthild and was a Cistercian monk at Foigny monastery, diocese of Laon, France.
He was believed to have died of natural causes in 4th May 1229 of natural causes.
Saint Adalsindis of Bèze
Saint Adalsindis of Bèze also known as Adalsainde, Adalseinde or Adalsind was sister to Saint Waldalenus and was Abbess of a convent near Bèze under the supervision of her brother.
She passed away in the year 680 AD from natural causes.
Blessed Alexander Vincioli
Blessed Alexander Vincioli was born in Perugia Italy and lived as a Franciscan priest and confessor to Pope John XXII. He was the Bishop of Nocera, Umbria, Italy.
It is said that he died in 1363 at Sassoferrato, Italy.
Saint Scannal of Cell-Coleraine
Saint Scannal of Cell-Coleraine was believed to be a spiritual student in Ireland of Saint Columba of Iona. He belonged to the Zealous monastery and is said to have died in the year 563 AD.
Saint Rhodopianus the Deacon
Saint Rhodopianus the Deacon was said to have lived as a deacon and martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian in Aphrodisia, Caria, Asia Minor.
Saint Fumac
Saint Fumac also known as Fumach was known to be the first Christian missionary in Banffshire, Scotland. It is believed that a healing well in the area is explicitly named after him.
His patronage is said to be in Drummuir, Scotland.
Saint Diodorus the Deacon
Saint Diodorus the Deacon was believed to be martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian in Aphrodisia, Caria, Asia Minor.
Saint Peter of Argos
Saint Peter of Argos lived as a bishop in Argos, Greece and was well known for his ministry to the poor and the slaves and popularly as a peacemaker.
It is believed that he died in the year 922 AD.
Blessed Sostenaeus
Blessed Sostenaeus’s information is lacking and unclear but it is believed that he died on Mount Senario near Florence, Italy while at prayer.
Blessed Uguccio
Information on Blessed Uguccio is unclear but it is also believed that he died while at prayer on Mount Senario near Florence.
Other Saints of the Day for May 3 2025
- William of Florence
- Viola of Verona
- Theodosius of Kiev
- Arnaldo de Rossinol
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