Queer Saints and Martyrs : A compendium of gay- and transgender-identified saints and martyrs in Christian history. Drawn from the Calendar of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Saints compiled by Paul Halsall . Click the links for biographical notes.
Feast Day Saint(s) / Martyr(s)
January 5 Saint Apollinaria/Dorotheos January 9 Saints Polyeuctus and Nearchus, martyrs January 12 Saint Aelred of Rievaulx, abbot January 20 Saint Sebastian, martyr February 11 Saint Euphrosyne/Smaragdus February 12 Saint Mary/Marinos of Alexandria March 7 Saints Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs March 10 Saint Anastasia the Patrician of Alexandria March 15 Saint Longinus the Centurion April 20 Saint Hildegonde of Neuss April 21 Saint Anselm of Canterbury, Archbishop April 23 Saint George the Dragon Slayer May 8 Julian of Norwich, mystic May 20 Alcuin of Tours May 30 Saint Joan of Arc June 22 Saint Paulinus of Nola, bishop June 29 Saint Paul the Apostle July 17 Saint Marina/os of Antioch (a.k.a. Margaret the Virgin) July 20 Saint Marina/Marinos of Sicily July 20 Saint Wilgefortis July 21 Daniel the Prophet July 21 Saints Simeon of Emesa and John August 11 Cardinal John Henry Newman August 28 Saint Augustine of Hippo, bishop September 11 Saint Theodora/Theodoros of Alexandria September 21 Saint Edward II, King of England September 23 Saint Thekla of Iconium October 7 Saints Sergius and Bacchus, martyrs October 8 Saint Pelagia/os the Penitent October 9 Saint Athanasia/Athanasios of Antioch October 29 Saint Anna/Euphemianos of Constantinople November 1 All Saints November 9 Saint Matrona/Babylas of Perge December 14 Saint Venantius Fortunatus, bishop December 14 Saint John of the Cross December 17 The Three Young Men December 20 Ruth and Naomi December 24 Saint Eugenia/Eugenios of Alexandria December 24 Saints Protus and Hyacinth, martyrs December 27 Saint John the Evangelist December 29 David the Prophet and Jonathan, his lover
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Thank you for this helpful resource listing queer saints and martyrs! I appreciate the links to my blog (Jesus in Love) and will use this as a guide to adding more profiles of the queer saints there.
My list of traditional and new LGBTQ saints is online at http://jesusinlove.org/saints.php.