Saints of 21 October
The feast, the saints of the day, and the Roman Martyrology for 21 October.
Feasts in 2026
Wednesday 21 October 2026.
- Ordinary Form: St Hilarion. Optional memorial, white.
- 1962 calendar: Wednesday of the Twenty-first Week after Pentecost. Fourth class, green. Also kept: St. Hilarion, Abbot, Ss. Ursula and Companions, Virg. and Mart..
Feasts that depend on the date of Easter fall on a different day each year.
Saints of the day
- St Hilarion. Hermit of Palestine.
Roman Martyrology
St Hilarion (Cyprus)
In Cyprus, the birthday of the holy abbot Hilarion. His life, full of virtues and miracles, was written by St. Jerome.
Ss. Ursula and companions (Cologne)
At Cologne, the birthday of the Saints Ursula and her companions, who gained the martyrs' crown by being massacred by the Huns for the Christian religion and their constancy in keeping their virginity. Many of their bodies were deposited at Cologne.
St Asterius of Ostia
At Ostia, St. Asterius, priest and martyr, who suffered under the emperor Alexander, as we read in the Acts of the blessed pope Callistus.
Ss. Dasius, Zoticus, Caius
At Nicomedia, the birthday of the Saints Dasius, Zoticus, Caius, and twelve other soldiers, who, after suffering various torments, were submerged in the sea.
St Malchus of Maronia
At Maronia, near Antioch, in Syria, St. Malchus, monk.
St Viator of Lyons
At Lyons, St. Viator, deacon of blessed Justus, bishop of that city.
St Cilinia of Laon
At Laon, St. Cilinia, mother of blessed Remigius, bishop of Eheims.
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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