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title: "Four Crowned Martyrs: Feast Day November 8 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/four-crowned-martyrs/
description: "Four Crowned Martyrs, Martyrs, patron of stonemasons and sculptors. Remembered on November 8. Read their life in Bless."
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Martyrs · Remembered on November 8

# Four Crowned Martyrs

Four Crowned Martyrs is remembered on November 8 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of stonemasons and sculptors.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [November 8](https://blessbible.app/saints/november/#8) |
| Title | Martyrs |
| Died | c. 305 |
| Patron of | [stonemasons](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#stonemasons), [sculptors](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#sculptors) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Sunday, November 8, 2026](https://blessbible.app/saints/four-crowned-martyrs/#calendar) |

## Life

Four (or five) stone-carvers of the Pannonian quarries who worked marvels for Diocletian but would not carve an idol of Aesculapius, nor sacrifice — and were drowned in the river in leaden boxes. The masons’ guilds of medieval Europe, and their successors, kept the feast of the craftsmen who would not carve a god.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes Four Crowned Martyrs as patron of stonemasons and sculptors.

[Stonemasons](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#stonemasons) [Sculptors](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#sculptors)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [St. Stephen](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-stephen/) stonemasons · December 26

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows Four Crowned Martyrs. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Sunday, November 8, 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/11/08/) | Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time | Green | Wisdom 6:12-16 · Psalm 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 · 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 · Matthew 24:42a, 44 · Matthew 25:1-13 |
| [Monday, November 8, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/11/08/) | Monday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Wisdom 1:1-7 · Psalm 139:1b-3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-10 · Philippians 2:15d, 16a · Luke 17:1-6 |
| [Wednesday, November 8, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/11/08/) | Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Philippians 2:12-18 · Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14 · 1 Peter 4:14 · Luke 14:25-33 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[November 7 St. Willibrord](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-willibrord/) [November 9 St. Theodore Tiron](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-theodore-tiron/)

[All the saints of November](https://blessbible.app/saints/november/) [Born on November 8?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#11-08) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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Four Crowned Martyrs

Remembered on November 8

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/four-crowned-martyrs/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/four-crowned-martyrs/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/four-crowned-martyrs/#calendar)

In the app

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