π° Pope St. John I of Tuscany (Italian, archdeacon, elected to papacy in 523, imprisoned by Arian Goth ruler, reigned until martyrdom [thirst and starvation] in 526)
π° Bl. Blandina Merten of Duppenweiler [baptized Maria Magdalena (Mary Magdalen)] (German, virgin, religious sister of the Order of St. Ursula, died at age 35 in 1918 [beatified 1987])
π° Bl. Camilla Gentili (Italian, virgin, d. 1486 [beatified 1841])
π° St. Conval of Strathclyde (Irish, priest, missionary in Scotland, archdeacon, c. 630)
π° St. Dioscorus of Kynopolis (Egyptian, lector, martyred by hot irons c. 305)
π° St. Elgiva of Shaftesbury (British, queen, widow, Benedictine nun, d. 971)
π° King St. Eric IX (Swedish, monarch, tortured and martyred by beheading in 1160)
π° St. Felix of Cantalice [Felice] ["Brother Deo Gratias"] (Italian, farm laborer, shepherd, Capuchin friar, beggar of alms for 42 years, died on his 72nd birthday in 1587 [beatified 1625, canonized 1712] [incorruptible])
π° St. Felix of Umbria (Italian, bishop of Spoleto, martyred c. 304)
π° St. Feredarius of Iona (Irish, abbot, d. 863)
π° Bl. Martin Oprzadek of Koscielec [Marcin] [baptized Jan (John)] (Polish, Franciscan priest, martyred by Nazis at Linz [Austria] at age 58 in 1942 [beatified 1999])
π° St. Merililaun (British, pilgrim, martyred in 8th Century)
π° St. Potamon of Heraclea (Egyptian, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, tortured and martyred c. 340)
π° Bl. Stanislaus Kubski of Ksiaz [Stanislaw] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age 66 in 1942 [beatified 1999])
π° Sts. Theodotus, Thecusa, Alexandra, Claudia, Faina, Euphrasia, Matrona, and Julitta, of Ancyra (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], innkeeper and seven nuns, martyred in 304)
π° St. Venantius of Camerino (Italian, tortured and martyred by beheading at about age 17 c. 250)
π° Bl. William of Toulouse [Guillaume] (French, Augustinian friar, missionary priest, died at about age 71 in 1369 [beatified 1893])
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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