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Saints of 31 May

The feast, the saints of the day, and the Roman Martyrology for 31 May.

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Sunday 31 May 2026.

Feasts that depend on the date of Easter fall on a different day each year.

Saints of the day

Roman Martyrology

St Angela (Brescia)

At Brescia, St. Angela Merici, virgin, foundress of the nuns of St. Ursula. She is mentioned on the 27th of January.

St Petronilla, virgin (Borne)

At Borne, St. Petronilla, virgin, daughter of the blessed apostle Peter, who refused to marry the nobleman Flaccus. Being granted three days to deliberate, she gave herself up to fasting and prayer, and on the third day, after having received the sacrament of the body of Christ, she yielded up her soul.

Ss. Cantius, Cantian, and Cantianilla

At Aquileia, the holy martyrs Cantius, Cantian, and Cantianilla. For their attachment to the Christian faith, they were condemned to capital punishment with their tutor Protus, in the time of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian.

St Crescentian of Torres

At Torres, in Sardinia, St. Crescentian, martyr.

St Hermias of Comana

At Comana, in Pontus, in the time of the emperor Antoninus, St. Hermias, a soldier. Being miraculously delivered from many horrible torments, he converted his executioner to Christ, and made him partaker of the crown which he himself obtained first by having his head struck off with the sword.

St Lupicinus of Verona

At Verona, St. Lupicinus, bishop.

St Paschasius of Rome

At Rome, St. Paschasius, deacon and confessor, who is mentioned by the blessed pope Gregory.

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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