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St. Ansfrid of Utrecht
Born: c.940 in the Brabant region Died: 3 May 1010 in Amersfoort, Netherlands of natural causes Feast: 3 May Count of Brabant. Married to Hilsondis; father of one daughter; after the girl’s birth, Ansfrid and Hilsondis, lived as brother and sister. Courtier and knight in the service of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III and Saint […]
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St. Antonius of Florence
Born: 1 March 1389 at Florence, Italy Died: 2 May 1459 (aged 70) Florence, Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Archdiocese of Florence and Dominican Order),Iglesia Filipina Independiente (Diocese of Tarlac) Canonized: 31 May 1523, Rome by Pope Adrian VI Major shrine: Church of San Marco Florence, Italy Feast 2 May; 10 May (General Roman Calendar, […]
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Bl. Alessandra Sabattini
Born: 19 August 1961 Riccione Hospital, Riccione, Rimini, Italy Died: 2 May 1984 in Bologna, Italy of head injuries sustained when hit by a motor vehicle on 29 April 1984 Venerated: 6 March 2018 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues) Beatified: 14 June 2020 by Pope Francis, beatification recognition celebrated at the Cathedral of […]
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St. Athanasius of Alexandria
Born: 296 or 298 in Alexandria, Egypt Died: 2 May 373 at Alexandria, Egypt of natural causes, relics in San Croce, Venice, Italy Feast day: 2 May (Western Christianity), 7 Pashons (Coptic Christianity), 18 January (Byzantine Christianity) Venerated: in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Churches Oriental Orthodox Churches Anglican Communion Lutheranism Title as Saint Patriarch of Alexandria; Saint […]
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St. Felix, St. Fortunatus & St. Achilleus
Died: 212 Valence, Gaul Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church Canonized: Pre-congregation Feast: 23 April Felix, a priest, and two deacons, Fortunatus and Achilleus, were sent by St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, at the beginning of the third century, to Valence in the district afterwards known as the Dauphine’ to evangelize its inhabitants. […]
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St. Adalbert of Prague
Born: c. 956 Libice nad Cidlinou, Duchy of Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) Died: April 23, 997 (aged 40–41) Święty Gaj or Primorsk, Prussia (now Poland or Russia) Venerated: in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Canonized: 999, Rome by Pope Sylvester II Major shrine: Gniezno, Prague Feast: 23 April Patronage: Poland, Czech Republic, Archdiocese of […]
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St. Anselm of Canterbury
Born: c. 1033 Aosta, Arles, Holy Roman Empire Died: 21 April 1109 Canterbury, England Buried Canterbury Cathedral Feast: 21 April Venerated: in Catholic Church Anglican Communion, Lutheranism Canonized: 1163 by Pope Alexander III Born to the Italian nobility. After a childhood devoted to piety and study, at age 15 Anselm wanted to enter religious life, […]
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St. Agnes of Montepulciano
Born: 28 January 1268 Montepulciano, Papal States Died: 20 April 1317 Montepulciano, Papal States Venerated: in Catholic Church (Dominican Order) Canonized: 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII Major shrine: Church of St. Agnes, Montepulicano, Siena, Italy Feast: 20 April St. Agnes was born into a noble family in Gracciano, Italy in 1268. On the day of […]
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St. Alphege of Winchester
Born: 954 in Weston, Somerset, England, Anglo-Saxon Died: beaten with stones and ox bones, then struck on the head with the blunt edge of an axe on 19 April 1012 in Greenwich, Kent (part of modern London), England, interred in Saint Paul’s Cathedral, re-interred in Canterbury by King Canute in 1023, his shrine was re-built […]
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St. Anicetus
Born: late 1st century Emesa, Phoenice Died: April 168 Rome, Roman Empire Feast day: 20 April, 17 April Papacy began: c.157 Papacy ended: c.20 April 168 Pope Anicetus was the bishop of Rome from c. 157 to his death in April 168. According to the Annuario Pontificio, the start of his papacy may have been 153. Anicetus actively opposed Gnosticism and Marcionism. He […]
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