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title: "St. Pantaleon: Feast Day July 27 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-pantaleon/
description: "St. Pantaleon, Martyr, patron of physicians. Remembered on July 27, died c. 305. Read their life in Bless."
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Martyr · Remembered on July 27

# St. Pantaleon

St. Pantaleon is remembered on July 27 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of physicians.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [July 27](https://blessbible.app/saints/july/#27) |
| Title | Martyr |
| Died | c. 305 |
| Patron of | [physicians](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#physicians) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Tuesday, July 27, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-pantaleon/#calendar) |

## Life

Physician to the emperor Maximian at Nicomedia, who treated the poor without fee — one of the ‘unmercenary healers’ the East reveres — lapsed from the faith of his mother, was reconverted, and gave his goods to his patients before dying in the great persecution.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Pantaleon as patron of physicians.

[Physicians](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#physicians)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [Sts. Cosmas and Damian](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-cosmas-and-damian/) physicians · September 26
- [St. Luke](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-luke/) physicians · October 18

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 St. Pantaleon. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Tuesday, July 27, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/07/27/) | Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Exodus 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28 · Psalm 103:6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13 · Matthew 13:36-43 |
| [Thursday, July 27, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/07/27/) | Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Jeremiah 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13 · Psalm 36:6-7ab, 8-9, 10-11 · Matthew 11:25 · Matthew 13:10-17 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[July 26 Sts. Joachim and Anne](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-joachim-and-anne/) [July 28 St. Alphonsa of India](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-alphonsa-of-india/)

[All the saints of July](https://blessbible.app/saints/july/) [Born on July 27?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#07-27) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Pantaleon

Remembered on July 27

On this page

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

In the app

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