π° St. Damien de Veuster of Tremelo [Damiaan] [baptized Jozef (Joseph)] ["The Leper Priest," "Fr. Damien of Molokai"] (Belgian, priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, missionary in Hawaiian islands, served abandoned lepers of Molokai for final 12 years, died of leprosy at age 49 in 1885 [beatified 1995, canonized 2009]) [On U.S. βparticular calendarβ]
π° Sts. Alphius, Cyrinus, and Philadelphus (Sicilian, three biological brothers, martyred in 251)
π° St. Antoninus Pierozzi of Florence [Antonino] (Italian, Dominican vicar general, archbishop, died at age 70 in 1459 [canonized 1523])
π° St. Aurelian of Limoges (French, bishop, before 4th Century)
π° Bl. Beatrice d'Este (Italian, noblewoman, Benedictine nun, died before age 27 in 1226 [beatified 1763])
π° Sts. Calepodius, Palmatius, Simplicius, Felix, Blanda, and companions, of Rome (Italian ... priest, aristocrat, senator, husband, wife, and more than 100 others ... martyred by drowning in 222)
π° St. Cataldus of Munster (Irish, headmaster, bishop of Taranto in Italy, 7th Century)
π° St. Comgall of Ulster [also known as Comgall of Bangor] (Ireland, soldier, hermit, abbot, died at about age 91 in 603 [canonized 1903]) [On Irish "particular calendar"]
π° St. Dioscorides of Smyrna (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], early martyr)
π° Sts. Gordian and Epimachus (Egyptian, martyred c. 362 and c. 250 [relics buried together])
π° Bl. Henry Rebuschini of Gravedona [Enrico] (Italian, accountant, priest, superior of Camillian Servants of the Sick, died at age 78 in 1938 [beatified 1998])
π° Bl. Ivan Merz of Banja Luka (Bosnian, layman, philosopher, member of Catholic Action, died in Croatia at age 31 in 1928 [beatified 2003])
π° St. Job (Israelite, patriarch [though some consider him a fictional character], c. 1500 B.C.)
π° St. John of Almodovar del Campo [also known as John of Avila] [Juan] (Spanish, lawyer, priest, travelling preacher, Doctor of the Church ... spiritual director of Sts. Teresa of Avila, Francis Borgia, John of God, and Louis of Granada ... died at age 70 in 1569 [beatified 1894, canonized 1970])
π° Sts. Quartus and Quintus of Capua (Italian, early martyrs)
π° St. Solangia of Bourges (French, shepherdess, martyred [stabbed] defending her virginity c. 880)
π° St. William of Pontoise (English, hermit in France, d. 1192)
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Saints in May
- βͺ Saint of the Day : May
- βͺ Pope Saint John I
- βͺ Saint Ampelio
- βͺ Saint Augustine Schoffler - Martyr
- βͺ Saint John of Avila - Priest, Doctor of the Church and Apostle of Andalusia
- βͺ Saint Damien of Molokai - Religious Priest and Missionary
- βͺ Saint Ida of Nivelles
- βͺ Saint Camilla Battista Varano - Princess and Abbess
- βͺ Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- βͺ Saint Joseph Marello
- βͺ Blessed John del Prado - Martyr
- βͺ Blessed John Forest - Martyr
- βͺ Saint Eugene de Mazenod - Priest, Missionary, Bishop
- βͺ Blessed Antonia Mesina
- βͺ Saint Andrew Bobola
- βͺ Saints Victor and Corona - Martyrs
- βͺ Saint Michael Garicoits - Priest
- βͺ Saint Maria Domenica Mazzarello - Religious
- βͺ Saint Mamertus of Vienne - Archbishop of Vienne, Confessor
- βͺ Blessed Maria del Carmen Rendiles Martinez - Religious
- βͺ Saint Pachomius of Tabenna - Abbot
- βͺ Blessed Bartolomeo Pucci - Franceschi
- βͺ Saint Nunzio Sulprizio - Layman
- βͺ Saint Robert Lawrence - Martyr
- βͺ Saint Augustine Webster - Martyr