Archive for April 21, 2020
St. Gerard of Toul
Born: c. 935 Cologne, Kingdom of Germany Died: 23 April 994 (aged 58–59) Toul, Kingdom of France Buried Toul Cathedral, Toul, France Feast day: 23 April Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Canonized: 21 October 1050 Rome, Papal States by Pope Leo IX Patronage: Gerardmer, France Gerard (French: Geraud; German Gerhard; c. 935 – 23 April 994) was a German prelate […]
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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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Bl. Francis of Fabriano
Born: 2 September 1251 in Fabriano, Ancona, Italy Died: 22 April 1322 of natural causes Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 1 April 1775, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Pius VI Feast: 22 April Patronage: Fabriano Francesco da Fabriano (2 September 1251 – 22 April 1322) – born Francesco Venimbeni – was an Italian Roman Catholic professed member from […]
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St. Leonides
Died: 202 Alexandria, Egypt Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Canonized: Pre-congregation Feast: 22 April Patronage Large families The Emperor Severus, in the year 202, the tenth of his reign, raised a bloody persecution which filled the entire empire with martyrs, but especially Egypt. The most illustrious of those who by their triumphs […]
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Pope St. Soter & Pope St. Caius
Cauis and Soter, Popes of the early Church, are both venerated in tradition as martyrs, though no reliable account of their martyrdom survives today. St. Soter was born in Fundi, in Italy. The date of his birth is unknown but we know that he was Pope for eight years from 166 until his death in […]
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Daily Reflection 23.04.2020
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