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Lives of faith, courage, and inspiration.

April 01 April 01, 2026

Cellach of Armagh

Cellach of Armagh or Celsus or Celestinus (1080–1129) was Archbishop of Armagh and an important contributor to the refor...

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April 01 April 01, 2026

Hugh of Grenoble

Patron of: Grenoble, headache sufferers

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April 01 April 01, 2026

Mary of Egypt

Patron of: Chastity (warfare against the flesh, deliverance from carnal passions, demons (deliverance from

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April 01 April 01, 2026

Melito of Sardis

Melito of Sardis was a Roman Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Sardis, near Smyrna in western Anatolia. He held ...

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April 01 April 01, 2026

Tewdrig

Tewdrig ap Teithfallt (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈtɛudrɪɡ ap ˈtɛiθvaɬt; Latin: Theodoricus), known simply as Tewdrig, was a ...

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April 02 April 02, 2026

Abundius of Como

Patron of: The city and the diocese of Como

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April 02 April 02, 2026

Amphianus of Lycia

Amphian is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church and by the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is said to have died duri...

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April 02 April 02, 2026

Æbbe the Younger

Saint Æbbe of Coldingham (also Ebbe, Aebbe, Abb), also known as Æbbe the Younger, (died 2 April 870) was an Abbess of Co...

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April 02 April 02, 2026

Bronach of Glen-Seichis

Saint Brónach (sometimes anglicised to Bronagh) was a 6th-century holy woman from Ireland, the reputed founder and patro...

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April 02 April 02, 2026

Blessed

Beatification (from Latin beatus 'blessed' and facere 'to make') is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a d...

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April 03 April 03, 2026

Agape, Chionia, and Irene

Saint Agape, Saint Chionia and Saint Irene were sisters and Christian saints from Aquileia, martyred at Thessalonica in ...

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April 03 April 03, 2026

Burgundofara

Burgundofara (died 643 or 655), also Saint Fara or Fare, was the founder and first abbess of the Abbey of Faremoutiers....

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April 03 April 03, 2026

Joseph the Hymnographer

Joseph the Hymnographer was a Greek monk of the ninth century. He is regarded as one of the greatest liturgical poets an...

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April 03 April 03, 2026

Luigi Scrosoppi

Patron of: People with HIV/AIDS Sisters of Providence of Saint Cajetan of Thiene Soccer & Football players

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April 03 April 03, 2026

Piotr Edward Dankowski

Piotr Edward Dańkowski (born June 21, 1908, in Jordanów, died on April 3, 1942, in Auschwitz) is a Polish Catholic saint...

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April 04 April 04, 2026

Benedict the Moor

Patron of: African missions, African Americans, black missions

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April 04 April 04, 2026

Gaetano Catanoso

Patron of: Suore Veroniche del Santo Volto Reggio Calabria Fuengirola Calabrian priests Chaplains

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April 04 April 04, 2026

Isidore of Seville

Patron of: Students, Computer programmers, Computer users

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April 04 April 04, 2026

Tigernach of Clones

Tigernach mac Coirpri (d. 549) was an early Irish saint, patron saint of Clones (County Monaghan) in the province of Uls...

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April 04 April 04, 2026

Plato of Sakkoudion

Plato the Studite, also Plato of Sakkoudion, was a Byzantine minor official who became a monk in 759. After refusing the...

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April 05 April 05, 2026

Agape, Chionia, and Irene

Saint Agape, Saint Chionia and Saint Irene were sisters and Christian saints from Aquileia, martyred at Thessalonica in ...

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April 05 April 05, 2026

Albert of Montecorvino

Albert, born in Normandy, was taken to Motta Montecorvino in Apulia, Italy as a child. He later became Bishop there. Alb...

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April 05 April 05, 2026

Catherine of Palma

Patron of: Mallorca

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April 05 April 05, 2026

Derfel Gadarn

Derfel, known as Derfel Gadarn ([cadarn: "mighty, valiant, strong"), was a 6th-century Celtic Christian monk regarded as...

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April 05 April 05, 2026

Æthelburh of Kent

Æthelburh of Kent (born c. 601, sometimes spelled Æthelburg, Ethelburga, Æthelburga; Old English: Æþelburh, Æðelburh, Æð...

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April 06 April 06, 2026

Brychan

Brychan ap Anlach of Brycheiniog was a legendary 5th-century king of Brycheiniog (Brecknockshire, alternatively Breconsh...

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April 06 April 06, 2026

Eutychius of Constantinople

Eutychius of Constantinople, considered a saint in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Christian traditions, was th...

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April 06 April 06, 2026

Galla of Rome

Galla of Rome was a 6th-century Roman widow known for her generosity. She is considered a saint in the Catholic and East...

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April 06 April 06, 2026

Marcellinus of Carthage

Marcellinus of Carthage was a Christian martyr and saint who died in 413. He was secretary of state of the Western Roman...

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April 06 April 06, 2026

Notker the Stammerer

Notker the Stammerer (c. 840 – 6 April 912), Notker Balbulus, or simply Notker, was a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of S...

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April 07 April 07, 2026

Aibert of Crespin

Aibert (or Aybert) of Crespin, (also Aibert of Tournai) was a Benedictine monastic and hermit revered for his intense li...

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April 07 April 07, 2026

Blessed Alexander Rawlins

Alexander Rawlins (1560 - 7 April 1595) was an English Roman Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929....

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April 07 April 07, 2026

Blessed Edward Oldcorne

Edward Oldcorne alias Hall (1561 – 7 April 1606) was an English Jesuit priest. He was known to people who knew of the Gu...

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April 07 April 07, 2026

Brynach

Patron of: Spring

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April 07 April 07, 2026

Hegesippus

Hegesippus (Ancient Greek: Ἡγήσιππος; c. 107 – c. 180 AD), also known as Hegesippus the Nazarene, was a Christian writer...

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April 08 April 08, 2026

Blessed

Beatification (from Latin beatus 'blessed' and facere 'to make') is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a d...

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April 08 April 08, 2026

Constantina

Flavia Valeria Constantina (also sometimes called Constantia and Constantiana; Greek: Κωνσταντίνα; b. after 307/before 3...

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April 08 April 08, 2026

Pope Dionysius of Alexandria

Dionysius the Great (Ancient Greek: Διονύσιος Ἀλεξανδρείας) was the 14th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria from 28 Decemb...

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April 08 April 08, 2026

Julie Billiart

Patron of: educators, teachers

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April 08 April 08, 2026

Perpetuus

Perpetuus (died 30 December 490 AD) was the sixth Bishop of Tours, serving from 460 to 490....

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April 09 April 09, 2026

Acacius of Amida

Acacius or Aqaq (died 425) was bishop of Amida, Mesopotamia (modern-day Turkey) from 400 to 425, during the reign of the...

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April 09 April 09, 2026

Casilda of Toledo

Patron of: Muslim converts to Christianity, Infertile women, Toledo

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April 09 April 09, 2026

Demetrius of Thessaloniki

Patron of: Thessaloniki, Siberia, Sremska Mitrovica

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April 09 April 09, 2026

Gaucherius

Gaucherius (1060 - 1140), a Christian saint, was born at Meulan-sur-Seine, France....

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April 09 April 09, 2026

Materiana

Patron of: Minster, Cornwall Tintagel, Cornwall Trawsfynydd

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April 10 April 10, 2026

Blessed

Beatification (from Latin beatus 'blessed' and facere 'to make') is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a d...

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April 10 April 10, 2026

Fulbert of Chartres

Fulbert of Chartres was the Bishop of Chartres from 1006 to 1028 and a teacher at the Cathedral school there. Fulbert ma...

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April 10 April 10, 2026

James, Azadanus and Abdicius

James, Azadanus and Abdicius (died April 10, 380) are martyrs of the Christian Church. James was a priest and Azadanus a...

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April 10 April 10, 2026

Magdalene of Canossa

Magdalena di Canossa (1 March 1774 – 10 April 1835) was an Italian religious sister and the foundress of the two Canossi...

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April 11 April 11, 2026

Antipas of Pergamum

Patron of: against toothache [ 3 ]

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April 11 April 11, 2026

Barsanuphius

Patron of: Oria, Italy

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April 11 April 11, 2026

Elena Guerra

Saint Elena Guerra, OSS (23 June 1835 – 11 April 1914) was an Italian Catholic religious sister who founded the Oblates ...

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April 11 April 11, 2026

Gemma Galgani

Patron of: Students, Pharmacists, Paratroopers and Parachutists

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April 11 April 11, 2026

Blessed

Beatification (from Latin beatus 'blessed' and facere 'to make') is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a d...

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April 12 April 12, 2026

Alferius

Alferius (930–1050) was an Italian abbot and saint....

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April 12 April 12, 2026

Blessed Angelo Carletti di Chivasso

Patron of: Coni

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April 12 April 12, 2026

Erkembode

Of the early life of Erkembode, who lived in the late 7th and first half of the 8th centuries, nothing is known. It has ...

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April 12 April 12, 2026

Pope Julius I

Pope Julius I was the bishop of Rome from 6 February 337 to his death on 12 April 352. He was appealed to by Athanasius ...

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April 12 April 12, 2026

Sabbas the Goth

Sabbas the Goth was a Christian martyr venerated as a saint. Born in eastern Romania, Sabbas became a Christian in his y...

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April 13 April 13, 2026

Caradoc

Caradoc or Caradog (died 1124) was a reclusive Welsh priest, widely respected for his sanctity. An inquiry into his qual...

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April 13 April 13, 2026

Ida of Louvain

Ida of Louvain (died around 1300) was a Cistercian nun of Roosendael Abbey in the 13th-century Low Countries who is offi...

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April 13 April 13, 2026

Pope Martin I

Pope Martin I, also known as Martin the Confessor, was the bishop of Rome from 21 July 649 to his death 16 September 655...

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April 13 April 13, 2026

Margaret of Castello

Patron of: Disabled people [ 2 ] Blind people [ 3 ]

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April 13 April 13, 2026

Sabás Reyes Salazar

Patron of: Helper of orphans [ 1 ]

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April 14 April 14, 2026

Anthony, John, and Eustathius

Patron of: Vilnius

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April 14 April 14, 2026

Bénézet

Patron of: Avignon, bachelors, bridge-builders

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April 14 April 14, 2026

Domnina of Terni

Saint Domnina is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church. According to tradition, she was martyred at Terni (known ...

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April 14 April 14, 2026

Lidwina

Patron of: chronically ill, ice skaters, town of Schiedam

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April 14 April 14, 2026

Peter González

Patron of: sailors

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April 15 April 15, 2026

Abbo II of Metz

Abbo II of Metz was the thirty-fifth bishop of the Diocese of Metz, following Landry of Metz. He is commemorated with a ...

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April 15 April 15, 2026

Hunna

Patron of: laundresses, laundry workers, washerwomen

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April 15 April 15, 2026

Paternus of Avranches

Padarn was an early 6th century British Christian abbot-bishop who founded Saint Padarn's Church in Ceredigion, Wales. H...

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April 15 April 15, 2026

Father Damien

Patron of: People with Leprosy

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April 16 April 16, 2026

Benedict Joseph Labre

Patron of: The homeless, those suffering from mental illness [ 1 ]

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April 16 April 16, 2026

Bernadette Soubirous

Bernadette Soubirous, SCN (; French: [bɛʁnadɛt subiʁu; Occitan: Bernadeta Sobirós [beɾnaˈðetɔ suβiˈɾus; 7 January 1844 –...

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April 16 April 16, 2026

Drogo

Patron of: Baume-les-Messieurs, coffee house keepers, coffee house owners

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April 16 April 16, 2026

Engratia

Engratia is venerated as a virgin martyr and saint. Tradition states that she was martyred with eighteen companions in 3...

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April 16 April 16, 2026

Fructuosus of Braga

Fructuosus of Braga (c. 600 – 16 April 665) was the Bishop of Dumio and Archbishop of Braga, also known for being a grea...

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April 17 April 17, 2026

Donnán of Eigg

Patron of: Eigg

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April 17 April 17, 2026

Henry Heath

Henry Heath (1599–1643), religious name Paul of St. Magdalene, was an English priest of the Order of Friars Minor and a ...

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April 17 April 17, 2026

Kateri Tekakwitha

Patron of: environment, ecology, people in exile

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April 17 April 17, 2026

Robert of Molesme

Robert of Molesme (1028 – 17 April 1111) was an abbot, and a founder of the Cistercian Order. He is venerated as a Chris...

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April 17 April 17, 2026

Shemon bar Sabbae

Mar Shimun Bar Sabbae (Classical Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܒܪܨܒܥܐ, romanized: Shemʿon bar Ṣabbaʿe; died Good Friday, 345) was th...

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April 18 April 18, 2026

Apollonius the Apologist

Saint Apollonius the Apologist or Saint Apollonius of Rome was a 2nd-century Christian martyr and apologist who was mart...

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April 18 April 18, 2026

Corebus

Corebus (c. 117–138) converted to Christianity by St. Eleutherius. Shortly afterwards he was made a prefect of Messina, ...

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April 18 April 18, 2026

Cyril VI of Constantinople

Cyril VI of Constantinople, lay name Konstantinos Serpentzoglou (Κωνσταντῖνος Σερπεντζόγλου), was the Ecumenical Patriar...

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April 18 April 18, 2026

Eleutherius and Antia

Eleutherius, also written as Eleutherus, Eleuterus and Eleftherios (Ancient Greek: Ἐλευθέριος); and his mother Antia, or...

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April 18 April 18, 2026

Galdino della Sala

Patron of: Archdiocese of Milan Lombardy

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April 19 April 19, 2026

Conrad of Ascoli

Conrad of Ascoli was an Italian Friar Minor and missionary; his feast day is April 19....

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April 19 April 19, 2026

Emma of Lesum

Emma of Lesum or Emma of Stiepel (also known as Hemma and Imma) (c. 975-980 – 3 December 1038) was a countess popularly ...

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April 19 April 19, 2026

Expeditus

Patron of: emergencies, expeditious solutions, against procrastination

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April 19 April 19, 2026

George of Antioch

Saint George the Confessor, also known as Saint George of Antioch, was the Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia in the 8th centu...

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April 19 April 19, 2026

Pope Leo IX

Pope Leo IX was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 February 1049 to his death in 1054...

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April 20 April 20, 2026

Agnes of Montepulciano

Agnes of Montepulciano, OP (28 January 1268 – 20 April 1317) was a Dominican prioress in medieval Tuscany who was known ...

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April 20 April 20, 2026

Beuno

Patron of: sick children, against diseased cattle

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April 20 April 20, 2026

Theotimos

Theotimus was a writer and friend of St. John Chrysostom. He was bishop of the Scythian diocese of Tomi, near the Black ...

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April 21 April 21, 2026

Abdecalas

Abdecalas, also known as Abdelas, was a Persian priest and martyr, who together with another priest called Ananias, and ...

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April 21 April 21, 2026

Anastasius Sinaita

Anastasius Sinaita, also called Anastasius of Sinai or Anastasius the Sinaite, was a Greek writer, priest and abbot of S...

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April 21 April 21, 2026

Anselm of Canterbury

Anselm of Canterbury OSB (; 1033/4–1109), also known as Anselm of Aosta after his birthplace and Anselm of Bec after his...

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April 21 April 21, 2026

Beuno

Patron of: sick children, against diseased cattle

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April 21 April 21, 2026

Conrad of Parzham

Conrad of Parzham, O.F.M. Cap. (22 December 1818 – 21 April 1894), was a German Capuchin lay brother. He served for over...

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April 22 April 22, 2026

Acepsimas of Hnaita

Acepsimas of Hnaita (died October 10, 376) was a bishop, martyr, and saint....

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April 22 April 22, 2026

Arwald

Arwald (died 686) was the last pagan Anglo-Saxon king and the last king of the Wihtwara, a people that inhabited the Isl...

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April 22 April 22, 2026

Epipodius and Alexander

Patron of: Epipodius is the patron saint of bachelors, victims of betrayal, and victims of torture.

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April 22 April 22, 2026

Opportuna of Montreuil

Patron of: Diocese of Séez

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April 22 April 22, 2026

Pope Caius

Pope Caius (died 22 April 296), also called Gaius, was the bishop of Rome from 17 December 283 to his death in 296. Litt...

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April 23 April 23, 2026

Adalbert of Prague

Patron of: Poland, Czech Republic, Archdiocese of Esztergom

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April 23 April 23, 2026

Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus

Patron of: Valence, Drôme, France

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April 23 April 23, 2026

Saint George

Patron of: Patronage list

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April 23 April 23, 2026

Giles of Assisi

Giles of Assisi, was one of the original companions of Francis of Assisi and holds a leading place among them. St. Franc...

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April 23 April 23, 2026

Gerard of Toul

Patron of: Toul Gérardmer

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April 24 April 24, 2026

Benedict Menni

Patron of: Sisters Hospitaller of the Sacred Heart of Jesus People with mental health issues The sick Volunteers

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April 24 April 24, 2026

Dermot of Armagh

Diarmaid of Armagh (died c. 852) was Abbot and bishop of Armagh....

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April 24 April 24, 2026

Dyfnan of Anglesey

Patron of: Llanddyfnan

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April 24 April 24, 2026

Ecgberht of Ripon

Ecgberht (or Egbert, and sometimes referred to as Egbert of Rath Melsigi) (died 729) was an Anglo-Saxon monk of Northumb...

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April 24 April 24, 2026

Fidelis of Sigmaringen

Fidelis of Sigmaringen, OFM Cap. (1577 – 1622) was a German Capuchin friar who was involved in the Catholic Counter-Refo...

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April 25 April 25, 2026

Giovanni Battista Piamarta

Patron of: Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth Humble Servants of the Lord

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April 25 April 25, 2026

Major Rogation

Rogation days, also known as Rogationtide, are days of prayer and fasting in Western Christianity. They are observed wit...

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April 25 April 25, 2026

Mark the Evangelist

Saint Mark's Day, or the Feast of Saint Mark, commemorates Mark the Evangelist and takes place on April 25....

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April 25 April 25, 2026

Maughold

Patron of: Isle of Man

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April 25 April 25, 2026

Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur

Patron of: Canary Islands, Guatemala, Central America

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April 26 April 26, 2026

Aldobrandesca

Aldobrandesca (also known as Alda) (c. 1249, Siena, Italy – c. 1309) was an Italian saint and mystic. A short descriptio...

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April 26 April 26, 2026

Franca Visalta

Patron of: against nightmares and eye disorders and diseases

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April 26 April 26, 2026

Lucidius of Verona

Saint Lucidius was a 4th century bishop of Verona, Italy and is a Roman Catholic saint. He is revered for his holiness a...

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April 26 April 26, 2026

Our Lady of Good Counsel

Patron of: Republic of Albania The Missionary Sisters of Saint Peter Claver, Augustinian Province of Midwest U.S. Diocese of Parañaque, Philippines Diocese of Essen

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April 26 April 26, 2026

Pope Anacletus

Pope Anacletus (born c. AD 15 – died c. AD 92), also known as Cletus, was the bishop of Rome, following Peter and Linus....

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April 27 April 27, 2026

Anthimus of Nicomedia

Anthimus of Nicomedia, was the bishop of Nicomedia in Bithynia, where he was beheaded during a persecution of Christians...

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April 27 April 27, 2026

Assicus

Patron of: Elphin, Ireland

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April 27 April 27, 2026

Floribert of Liège

Floribert of Liège (died 746) was a bishop of Liège, who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roma...

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April 27 April 27, 2026

John of Constantinople

John of Constantinople (died 839), also known as John the Confessor, was an abbot of the Cathares Monastery, in Constant...

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April 27 April 27, 2026

Liberalis of Treviso

Patron of: Castelfranco Veneto

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April 28 April 28, 2026

Aphrodisius and companions

Patron of: his relics were carried in a procession during times of drought or plague. [ 1 ]

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April 28 April 28, 2026

Gianna Beretta Molla

Patron of: Doctors, mothers, wives

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April 28 April 28, 2026

Kirill of Turov

Cyril of Turov, alternately Kirill of Turov (Church Slavonic: Кѷриллъ Туровськiй, romanized: Kürīllǔ Turovsǐkij, Belarus...

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April 28 April 28, 2026

Louis de Montfort

Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, SMM (French pronunciation: [lwi maʁi ɡʁiɲɔ̃ də mɔ̃fɔʁ]; 31 January 1673 – 28 April 171...

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April 28 April 28, 2026

Pamphilus of Sulmona

Patron of: Sulmona, Spoltore, Scerni

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April 29 April 29, 2026

Hugh of Cluny

Patron of: Against fever

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April 29 April 29, 2026

Robert of Molesme

Robert of Molesme (1028 – 17 April 1111) was an abbot, and a founder of the Cistercian Order. He is venerated as a Chris...

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April 29 April 29, 2026

Wilfrid II

Wilfrid II (died on 29 April in either 745 or 746), name also spelled Wilfrith, also known as Wilfrid the Younger, was t...

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April 30 April 30, 2026

Adjutor

Patron of: swimmers, boaters, drowning victims

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April 30 April 30, 2026

Aimo

Aimo (commonly known as Saint Aimo, also Aymon or Hamon) was a mystic and monk. Born in the village of Landecob, Brittan...

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April 30 April 30, 2026

Amator, Peter and Louis

The Martyrs of Córdoba were forty-eight Christian martyrs executed under the rule of the Muslim administration in al-And...

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April 30 April 30, 2026

Donatus of Evorea

Saint Donatus of Euroea was a Greek saint, who is revered in both by both Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics, mostly i...

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April 30 April 30, 2026

Eutropius of Saintes

Saint Eutropius of Saintes is venerated as the first bishop of Saintes, France. According to tradition, he was a Roman o...

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