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title: "St. Peregrine Laziosi: Feast Day May 1 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-peregrine-laziosi/
description: "St. Peregrine Laziosi, Religious, patron of cancer patients. Remembered on May 1, died c. 1345. Read their life in Bless."
---

Religious · Remembered on May 1

# St. Peregrine Laziosi

St. Peregrine Laziosi is remembered on May 1 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of cancer patients.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [May 1](https://blessbible.app/saints/may/#1) |
| Title | Religious |
| Died | c. 1345 |
| Patron of | [cancer patients](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#cancer-patients) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Saturday, May 1, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-peregrine-laziosi/#calendar) |

## Life

A young radical of Forlì who struck the papal legate Philip Benizi across the face — and, forgiven on the spot, was undone by it. He became a Servite priest, stood for thirty years in penance, and when cancer consumed his leg, prayed before the crucifix the night before amputation and woke healed. The sick have invoked him ever since.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Peregrine Laziosi as patron of cancer patients.

[Cancer patients](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#cancer-patients)

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. Peregrine Laziosi. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Saturday, May 1, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/05/01/) | Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter | White | Acts 16:1-10 · Psalm 100:1b-2, 3, 5 · Colossians 3:1 · John 15:18-21 |
| [Monday, May 1, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/05/01/) | Monday of the Third Week of Easter | White | Acts 6:8-15 · Psalm 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30 · Matthew 4:4b · John 6:22-29 |

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.

[April 30 St. Pius V](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-pius-v/) [May 2 St. Athanasius](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-athanasius/)

[All the saints of May](https://blessbible.app/saints/may/) [Born on May 1?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#05-01) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Peregrine Laziosi

Remembered on May 1

On this page

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

In the app

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