Apr 19, 2010

β›ͺ April 19


πŸ“° Bl. Bernard the Penitent of Provence (French, pilgrim, hermit, Benedictine  monk, d. 1182)

πŸ“° Bl. Burchard of Bellevaux (French, Cistercian  abbot, d. 1164)

πŸ“° Bl. Conrad de' Miliani of Ascoli Piceno [Corrado] (Italian, Franciscan  missionary priest in Libya, cardinal, advisor to pope, died at about age 54 in 1289 [beatified 1783])

πŸ“° St. Crescentius of Florence (Italian, deacon, c. 396)

πŸ“° St. Elphege of Winchester (British, nobleman, Benedictine  abbot, archbishop, martyred [axed] by Danish pagans at about age 59 in 1012)

πŸ“° St. Emma of Bremen (German, widow, miracle worker, patron of the poor, 11th Century)

πŸ“° St. George of Antioch (Pisidian [from part of what is now Turkey], bishop, opposed Iconoclasts, d. 814)

πŸ“° St. Geroldus of Einsiedeln (German, Benedictine  monk, hermit, d. 978)

πŸ“° Sts. Hermogenes, Gaius, Expeditus, Aristonicus, Rufus, and Galata, of Melitene (Armenian, early martyrs)

πŸ“° Bl. James Duckett of Gilfortrigs (English, seller of [illegal] Catholic books, martyred [hanged] under Elizabeth I in 1602 [beatified 1929])

πŸ“° King St. Lazarus of Moyenmoutier (from an Eastern land, pilgrim to Rome and Gaul, 10th Century)

πŸ“° Pope St. Leo IX of Toul [baptized Bruno] (French, military officer, bishop, elected to papacy in 1049, reigned until death at age 46 in 1054 [canonized 1082])

πŸ“° St. Paphnutius of Jerusalem (priest, early martyr in Palestine)

πŸ“° Sts. Socrates and Dionysius (Pamphylian [from part of what is now Turkey], martyred by stabbing in 275)

πŸ“° St. Timon (Israelite, one of first seven deacons [Acts 6], martyred by crucifixion in Greece in 1st Century)

πŸ“° St. Ursmar of Lobbes (French, Benedictine  abbot, bishop, missionary in Belgium, d. 713)

πŸ“° St. Vincent of Collioure (French, martyred c. 304)

πŸ“° St. Werner of Oberwessel (Germany, house servant, glass-blower, martyred at age 14 on Holy Thursday in 1275)

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