Apr 3, 2010

β›ͺ April 3


πŸ“° Sts. Agape, Chione, and Irene of Thessalonica (Macedonian, biological sisters, virgins, martyred in 304)

πŸ“° Bl. Alexandrina di Letto of Sulmona (Italian, Poor Clare  abbess, died at about age 73 in 1458)

πŸ“° St. Attalus of Taormina (Sicilian, Benedictine  abbot, c. 800)

πŸ“° St. Burgundofara of Faremoutiers (French, Benedictine  abbess, died at about age 62 c. 657)

πŸ“° Sts. Evagrius and Benignus of Tomi (Romanian, early martyrs)

πŸ“° Bl. Gandolph Sacchi of Binasco [Gandolfo] (Italian, Franciscan  priest in Sicily, hermit, died at about age 59 in 1260 [beatified 1881])

πŸ“° Bl. John of Penna [Giovanni] (Italian, Franciscan  priest, mystic, prophet, died at about age 77 in 1271 [beatified 1806])

πŸ“° St. Louis Scrosoppi of Udine [Luigi] (Italian, priest, Franciscan   tertiary, dedicated to aiding orphans/poor/handicapped, Oratorian, died at age 79 in 1884 [beatified 1981, canonized 2001])

πŸ“° Bl. Mary Therese Casini of Frascati [Maria Teresa] (Italian, virgin, founded Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, died at age 72 in 1937 [beatified 2015])

πŸ“° St. Nicetas of Medikion (Bithynian [from part of what is now Turkey], abbot, hermit, d. 824)

πŸ“° St. Pancras of Taormina (Sicilian, bishop, martyred in 1st Century)

πŸ“° Bl. Peter Edward Dankowski of Jordanow [Piotr] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Auschwitz [Poland] at age 33 in 1942 [beatified 1999])

πŸ“° Pope St. Sixtus I of Rome (Italian, elected to papacy c. 117, reigned until death by martyrdom in 127)

πŸ“° St. Vulpian of Tyre (Syrian, tortured and martyred by drowning off Lebanon c. 304)

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