Saints

• Saint Lydia of Thyatira
  Lydia of Thyatira
  Lydia of Thyatira is a character in the New Testament. She is regarded as the first recorded convert to Christianity in Europe.-Name:The name, "Lydia", meaning "the Lydian woman", by which she was known indicates that she was from Lydia in Asia Minor. Though she is commonly known as “St...
  
   (Lydia of Philippi), mentioned in Acts 16:14-15, (1st c.)
• Saint Plautilla the Roman
  Plautilla
  Plautilla was an early Christian saint, a Roman widow who was by some accounts baptized by Saint Peter and saw the martyrdom of Saint Paul.-Notes:...
  
  , martyr, (67)
• Hieromartyr Baudelius, missionary in France and northern Spain, martyred in Nîmes
  Nîmes
  Nîmes is the capital of the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France. Nîmes has a rich history, dating back to the Roman Empire, and is a popular tourist destination.-History:...
  
   (2nd or 3rd c.)
• Martyrs Thalelaeus the Unmercenary, at Anazarbus
  Anazarbus
  Anazarbus in Ancient Cilicia was an ancient Cilician city, situated in Anatolia in modern Turkey, in the present Çukurova about 15 km west of the main stream of the present Ceyhan River and near its tributary the Sempas Su.A lofty isolated ridge formed its acropolis...
  
   in Cilicia
  Cilicia
  In antiquity, Cilicia was the south coastal region of Asia Minor, south of the central Anatolian plateau. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Byzantine empire...
  
  , and his companions Alexander and Asterius (284)
• Martyr Asclas of the Thebaid
  Thebaid
  The Thebaid or Thebais is the region of ancient Egypt containing the thirteen southernmost nomes of Upper Egypt, from Abydos to Aswan. It acquired its name from its proximity to the ancient Egyptian capital of Thebes....
  
  , Egypt (287)
• Virgin-martyr Basilla (304)
• Sts. Zabulon and Susanna, of Cappadocia and Jerusalem (parents of St. Nina
  Saint Nino
  Saint Nino , ), Equal to the Apostles in and the Enlightener of Georgia, was a woman who preached Christianity in Georgia....
  
   (Nino), enlightener of Georgia), (4th c.)
• Saint Hilary (Hilarius, Hilaire), Bishop of Toulouse in France (360)
• Saint Mark the Hermit (Marcus Eremita) (5th c.)
• Saint Dodo, disciple of Saint David of Georgia (David Gareja monastery complex) (609)
• Saint Anastasius, Bishop of Brescia in Lombardy, in Italy (610)
• Holy Martyrs of Mamilla
  Mamilla
  Mamilla was an early neighbourhood constructed outside Jerusalem's Old City west from the Jaffa Gate, and now refers to the $400 million commercial and housing district developed in selected parts of the area....
  
  , Jerusalem (614)
• Saint Austregisilus
  Austregisilus
  Saint Austregisilus was bishop of Bourges from 612 to 624. His feast day is May 20. A native of Bourges, he was educated as a courtier. However, Austregisilus was desirous to become a monk and entered the abbey of Saint-Nizier at Lyon, where he became abbot...
  
   (Aoustrille, Outrille), Bishop of Bourges and Confessor (624)
• Saint Thalassius the Myrrh-gusher, of Libya (648)
• Saint Theodore of Pavia
  Theodore of Pavia
  Saint Theodore of Pavia was bishop of Pavia from 743 until his death. He was repeatedly exiled by the Lombard kings. His feast day is May 20. Along with Syrus , he is a patron saint of Pavia....
  
  , Bishop of Pavia (778)
• Saint Ethelbert (Albert, Albright), King of East Anglia in England, martyr (794)
• Saints John, Joseph and Nicetas, monks of Nea Moni on Chios
  Nea Moni of Chios
  Nea Moni is an 11th century monastery on the island of Chios that has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is located on the Provateio Oros Mt. in the island's interior, about 15 km from Chios town...
  
   (ca.1050)
• St. Daumantas
  Daumantas of Pskov
  Daumantas, later Dovmont , Christian name Timothy , ; c. 1240? – May 17, 1299), was a Lithuanian princeling best remembered as a military leader of the Pskov Republic between 1266 and 1299...
  
   (Timothy), prince of Pskov
  Pskov
  Pskov is an ancient city and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located in the northwest of Russia about east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population: -Early history:...
  
   (1299)
• Saint Stephen
  Stephen of Piperi
  Saint Stephen of Piperi is a Saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church.He was born into the Nikšič clan in the village of Župa of poor but devout parents, Radoje and Jacima. According to tradition, he first lived a life of asceticism in the Morača monastery where he was abbot...
  
  , Abbot of Piperi in Serbia (1697)

Other commemorations

• Translation of the holy relic
  Relic
  In religion, a relic is a part of the body of a saint or a venerated person, or else another type of ancient religious object, carefully preserved for purposes of veneration or as a tangible memorial...
  
  s (1087) of Saint Nicholas
  Saint Nicholas
  Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...
  
   the Wonderworker (343)
• Uncovering of the relics (1431) of St. Alexis
  Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow
  Saint Alexius was Metropolitan of Kiev and all Russia , and presided over the Moscow government during Dmitrii Donskoi's minority....
  
  , Metropolitan of Moscow, Wonderworker (1378)
• Repose of Schema-monk Cyriacus of Valaam (1798)

Sources

• May 20/June 2. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG)
• May 20. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• May 20. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 20. The Roman Martyrology.

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