Saints
St. Cletus
Born: Greek Papal Ascension: 76 Died: c.89, relics in Saint Linus Church, Vatican City Feast: 26 April St. Cletus was the third bishop of Rome, and succeeded St. Linus, which circumstance alone shows his eminent virtue among the first disciples of St. Peter in the West. He sat twelve years, from 76 to 89. The […]
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St. Pedro de San José Betancur
Born: March 21, 1626 Vilaflor, Tenerife, Spanish Empire Died: April 25, 1667 Antigua Guatemala, Captaincy General of Guatemala, Spanish Empire Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Canary Islands & Guatemala) Beatified: June 22, 1980, St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: July 30, 2002, Guatemala City, Guatemala by Pope John Paul II […]
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Bl. José Trinidad Rangel y Montaño
Born: 4 June 1887 in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico Died: shot on 25 April 1927 in Rancho de San Joaquín, Jalisco, Mexico Venerated: 22 June 2004 by Pope John Paul II Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI recognition celebrated by Cardinal Saraiva Martins in Guadalajara, Mexico Feast day: 25 April Parish priest in […]
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St. Giovanni Battista Piamarta
Born: 26 November 1841 in Brescia, Italy Died: 25 April 1913 in Remedello, Brescia, Italy of natural causes, interred in the Workman’s Institute church in Remedello Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 12 October 1997, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 21 October 2012, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by […]
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St. Mark
Died: martyred 25 April 68 at Alexandria, Egypt, relics at Venice, Italy Venerated: in All Christian churches that venerate saints Major shrine St Mark’s Basilica Feast: 25 April (Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) 30 Parmouti or 8 May (Coptic Orthodox) Patronage: against impenitence, against insect bites, against scrofulous diseases, against struma, struma patients, attorneys, lawyers, barristers, […]
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St. Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad
Born: 4 June 1870 Fåglavik, Västra Götaland County, Sweden Died: 24 April 1957 (aged 86) Rome, Italy of natural causes Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 9 April 2000, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 5 June 2016, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis Feast: June 4 Patronage: Bridgettine, […]
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St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen
Born: 1577 at Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern, Germany as Mark Rey Died: murdered 24 April 1622 at Grusch, Grisons, Switzerland Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: March 24, 1729 by Pope Benedict XIII Canonized: June 29, 1746, Rome by Pope Benedict XIV Major shrine: Capuchin friary of Weltkirchen (Feldkirch), Austria Feast: April 24 Fidelis of Sigmaringen, O.F.M. Cap. (1577 – […]
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St. George
Born: Palestine Died: 23 April 303 Nicomedia, Bithynia, Roman Empire Venerated: in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy Church of the East Anglican Communion Lutheranism Umbanda Major shrine: Church of Saint George, Lod St. George Syro-Malabar Catholic Forane Church, Edappally St. George Orthodox Church Puthuppally Pally Feast: 23 April (Saint George’s Day) 6 May […]
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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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