Saints of 16 February
The feast, the saints of the day, and the Roman Martyrology for 16 February.
Feasts in 2026
Monday 16 February 2026.
- Ordinary Form: St Onesimus. Optional memorial, white.
- 1962 calendar: Monday of Quinquagesima Week. Fourth class, green.
Feasts that depend on the date of Easter fall on a different day each year.
Saints of the day
- St Onesimus. The slave of Philemon, made a brother in Christ.
Roman Martyrology
St Onesimus
The birthday of blessed Onesimus, concerning whom the apostle St. Paul wrote to Philemon. He made him bishop of Ephesus after St. Timothy, and committed to him the office of preaching. Being led a prisoner to Rome, and stoned to death for the faith of Christ, he was buried in that city; but his body was afterwards carried to the place where he had been bishop.
St Juliana of Cumae
At Cumse, in Campania, the Translation of St. Juliana, virgin and martyr. Under the emperor Maximian, she was first severely scourged by her own father, Africanus, then made to suffer many torments by the prefect, Evilasius, whom she had refused to marry. Later being thrown into prison, she encountered the evil spirit in a visible manner. Finally, as a fiery furnace and a caldron of boiling oil could do her no injury, she terminated her martyrdom by decapitation.
St Julian of Egypt
In Egypt, St. Julian, martyr, with five thousand other Christians.
Ss. Elias, Jeremias, Isaias, Samuel, and Daniel, Egyptians
At Caesarea, in Palestine, the holy martyrs Elias, Jeremias, Isaias, Samuel, and Daniel, Egyptians, who of their own accord served the confessors of Christ condemned to labor in the mines of Cilicia, but were arrested on their return, and after being cruelly tortured by the governor Firmilian, under the emperor Galerius Maximian, were put to the sword.
St Porphyry, servant of St Pamphilus
After them, St. Porphyry, servant of the martyr Pamphilus, and St. Seleucus, a Cappadocian, who had been victorious in several combats, being again exposed to torments, won the crown of martyrdom, the one by fire, the other by the sword.
St Gregory X
At Arezzo, in Tuscany, blessed Gregory X., a native of Piacenza, who was elected Sovereign Pontiff while he was archdeacon of Liege. He held the second Council of Lyons, received the Greeks into the unity of the Church, appeased discords among Christians, made generous efforts for the recovery of the Holy Land, and governed the Church in the most holy manner.
St Faustinus of Brescia
At Brescia, St. Faustinus, bishop and confessor.
From the 1916 English edition of the Roman Martyrology, which is in the public domain. Saints canonised since then are added with a short note.
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