Apr 22, 2010

β›ͺ April 22


πŸ“° St. Abdiesus (Persian [Iranian], deacon, martyred in 4th Century)

πŸ“° St. Abrosimus (Persian, priest, martyred by stoning in 342)

πŸ“° Sts. Acepsimas of Hnaita, James, Joseph of Bethcatuba, and Aithala of Bethnudra (Persian ... bishop, priests, and deacon ... martyred in 376)

πŸ“° Pope St. Agapitus I of Rome (Italian, archdeacon, elected to papacy in 535, vigorously opposed Monophysite heresy, reigned until death in Constantinople in 536)

πŸ“° Sts. Arwald and Arwald (British, sons of a prince [by whose name both are known], martyred by a pagan king in 686)

πŸ“° Sts. Azadanes, Azades, Tharba, and companions (Persian ... deacon, courtier, and others ... martyred in 342)

πŸ“° Pope St. Caius [also called Gaius] (Dalmatian [Croatian], elected to papacy in 283, reigned until martyrdom c. 296)

πŸ“° Sts. Epipodius and Alexander of Lyons (French, young celibate bachelors, tortured and martyed [one beheaded, one crucified] in 178)

πŸ“° Bl. Francis Venimbene of Fabriano [Francesco] (Italian, Franciscan  priest, disciple of St. Bonaventure, died at about age 70 c. 1322 [beatified 1775])

πŸ“° St. Leo of Sens (French, bishop, d. 541)

πŸ“° St. Leonides of Alexandria (Egyptian, father of seven [one being Origen], philosopher, martyred by beheading in 202)

πŸ“° St. Mareas and hundreds of companions (Persian ... 22 bishops, over 200 priests, also monks, nuns, and vast number of laymen, martyred by pagans in 342)

πŸ“° Bl. Maria Gabriella Sagheddu of Borgali (Sardinian [Italian], shepherdess, Trappistine  nun, died at about age 24 in 1939 [beatified 1983] [incorruptible])

πŸ“° St. Opportuna of Montreuil (French, Benedictine  abbess, d. 770)

πŸ“° St. Parmenius, Helimenas, Chrysotelus, Luke, and Mucius (Mesopotamian [Iraqi], three priests and two deacons, martyred by beheading c. 250)

πŸ“° St. Rufus of Glendalough (Irish, hermit, 3rd Century?)

πŸ“° St. Segnorin of Basto (Spanish?, Benedictine  abbess in Portugal, d. 982)

πŸ“° Pope St. Soter of Fondi (Italian, elected to papacy in 166, opposed Montanist heresy, reigned until death [probably by martyrdom] in 174)

πŸ“° St. Theodore of Sykeon (Galatian [from part of what is now Turkey], bishop of Anastasiopolis, healer, d. 613)

πŸ“° Bl. Wolfhelm of Brauweiler (German, Benedictine  abbot, d. 1091)

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