Saints of 30 June
The feast, the saints of the day, and the Roman Martyrology for 30 June.
Feasts in 2026
Tuesday 30 June 2026.
- Ordinary Form: The First Martyrs of the Church of Rome. Optional memorial, red.
- 1962 calendar: Commemoration of St. Paul the Apostle. Third class, white.
Feasts that depend on the date of Easter fall on a different day each year.
Saints of the day
- The First Martyrs of the Church of Rome. Christians martyred under Nero.
Roman Martyrology
The commemoration of the holy apostle
The commemoration of the holy apostle Paul.
St Martial, bishop
At Limoges, in France, St. Martial, bishop, with two priests, Alpinian and Austriclinian, whose lives were distinguished for miracles.
Ss. Caius, priest, and Leo, subdeacon
The same day, the saints Caius, priest, and Leo, subdeacon.
St Basilides of Alexandria
At Alexandria, the passion of St. Basilides, under the eniperor Severus. He protected from the insults of profligate men the saintly virgin Potamioena, whom he was leading to execution, and received from her the reward of his pious action. For, at the end of three days, she appeared to him, and placing a crown on his head, not only converted him to Christ, but by her prayers made of him, after a short combat, a glorious martyr.
St Lucina of Rome
At Rome, St. Lucina, a disciple of the Apostles, who relieved the necessities of the saints with her goods, visited the Christians detained in prison, buried the martyrs, and was laid by their side in a crypt constructed by herself.
St Emiliana, martyr
In the same city, St. Emiliana, martyr.
St Ostian, priest
In the territory of Viviers, St. Ostian, priest 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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