Apr 17, 2010

β›ͺ April 17


πŸ“° Pope St. Anicetus of Emesa (Syrian, elected to papacy in 155, opposed Gnostics and Marcionists, reigned until death by martyrdom in 166)

πŸ“° Bl. Clare Gambacorta of Pisa [Chiara] [baptized Victoria] (Italian, widow at age 15, Dominican  nun, died at about age 56 in 1419 [beatified 1830])

πŸ“° St. Donnan and 51 companions, of Eigg (Irish, monks, martyred by fire and sword while celebrating Easter Vigil c. 618)

πŸ“° Bl. Eberhard of Marchtal (German, Norbertine  monk, d. 1178)

πŸ“° Sts. Elias, Paul, and Isidore, of Cordova (Spanish, priest and disciples, martyred by Moslems in 856)

πŸ“° Sts. Fortunatus and Marcian (Syrian or African, early martyrs)

πŸ“° Bl. Gervinus of Oudenburg (Belgian, hermit, Benedictine  abbot, d. 1117)

πŸ“° Bl. Henry Heath of Peterborough (English, Franciscan  priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 44 under Charles I in 1643 [beatified 1987])

πŸ“° St. Innocent of Tortona (Italian, bishop, tortured but escaped, c. 350)

πŸ“° Bl. James of Cerqueto [Giacomo] (Italian, Augustinian  friar, died at about age 80 in 1367 [beatified 1895])

πŸ“° St. Landericus of Soignies (French, Benedictine  abbot, bishop, c. 730)

πŸ“° St. Mappalicus and 17 companions, of Carthage (North African, tortured and martyred by starvation in 250)

πŸ“° St. Pantagathus of Vienne (French, courtier, bishop, d. 540)

πŸ“° Sts. Peter and Hermogenes of Antioch (deacon and servant, early martyrs)

πŸ“° St. Potentienne (Spanish, virgin, 7th Century)

πŸ“° St. Robert de Turlande of Chaise-Dieu (French, Benedictine  abbot, died at about age 66 in 1067 [canonized 1095])

πŸ“° St. Stephen Harding of Sherborne (English, Benedictine  monk, co-founder and abbot of Order of Cistercians in France, died at about age 74 in 1134 [canonized 1623])

πŸ“° St. Wando of Fontenelle (French, Benedictine  abbot, c. 756)

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