Apr 30, 2010

⛪ April 30


πŸ“° Pope St. Pius V Ghislieri of Bosco [Pio] [baptized Michele (Michael)] (Italian, Dominican  priest, teacher of philosophy, bishop of Nepi and Sutri, cardinal bishop of Mondovi, elected to papacy in 1566, enacted reforms of Council of Trent, built hospitals for the poor, reigned until death at age 68 in 1572 [beatified 1672, canonized 1712])

πŸ“° St. Adjutor of Vernon (French, crusader knight captured by Moslems, Benedictine  hermit, d. 1131)

πŸ“° St. Aimo of Savigny (French, Benedictine  monk, mystic, d. 1173)

πŸ“° Sts. Amator of Martos, Peter, and Louis (Spanish ... missionaries [priest, monk, and layman] ... martyred by Moslems in 855)

πŸ“° St. Aphrodisius and thirty companions, of Alexandria (Egyptian, priest and flock, early martyrs)

πŸ“° Bl. Benedict de' Passionei of Urbino [Benedetto] [baptized Marco (Mark)] (Italian, lawyer, Capuchin  priest, missionary in Austria and Bohemia, died at age 64 in 1625 [beatified 1867])

πŸ“° St. Cynwl of Bangor (Welsh, hermit, bishop, 6th Century)

πŸ“° St. Desideratus of Gourdon (French, hermit, c. 569)

πŸ“° St. Donatus of Euraea (Albanian, bishop, 4th Century)

πŸ“° St. Erconwald of London (British, Benedictine  abbot, bishop, 8th Century)

πŸ“° St. Eutropius of Saintes (French, bishop, early martyr [axed])

πŸ“° St. Forannan of Waulsort (Irish, Benedictine  abbot in Belgium, bishop, d. 982)

πŸ“° Bl. Francis Dickenson of Yorkshire and Bl. Miles Gerard of Wigan (English, priests, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1590 [beatified 1929])

πŸ“° St. Geniste of Beaulieu (French, Benedictine  monk, martyred c. 1100)

πŸ“° St. Gualfardus of Augsburg (German, saddler in Italy, Camaldolese  hermit, d. 1127)

πŸ“° Bl. Hildegard of Swabia (German, empress [wife of Charlemagne], mother of nine, died at about age 29 in 783)

πŸ“° St. Hoilde (virgin, 5th Century)

πŸ“° St. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo of Bra [Giuseppe Benedetto] (Italian, parish priest, founder of religious congregations [Brothers of St. Vincent, Daughters of St. Vincent, Daughters of Compassion, Daughters of the Good Shepherd, Hermits of the Holy Rosary, and Priests of the Holy Trinity], died at age 55 in 1842 [beatified 1917, canonized 1934])

πŸ“° St. Laurence of Novara and companions (Spanish or French, catechist and children, martyred c. 397)

πŸ“° St. Louis von Bruck of Ravensburg [Ludwig] (German, boy, martyred in 1429)

πŸ“° Sts. Marian, James, Agapius, Secundinus, and hundreds of companions (Numidian [Algerian] ... lector, deacon, and others ... tortured and martyred by beheading in 259)

πŸ“° St. Mary of the Incarnation Martin of Tours [Marie de l'Incarnation] [baptized Marie, nee Guyart] (French, mother of one, widow, bookkeeper, Ursuline  superior in Canada, compiled American Indian dictionaries and catechism, mystic, writer of 12,000 extant letters, died at age 72 in 1672 [beatified 1980, canonized 2014]) [On Canadian "particular calendar"]

πŸ“° St. Maximus of Ephesus (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], merchant, martyred by stoning c. 251)

πŸ“° Bl. Pauline von Mallinckrodt of Minden [Paulina] (German, virgin, founded Sisters of Christian Charity, died at age 63 in 1881 [beatified 1985])

πŸ“° St. Pomponius of Naples (Italian, bishop, opponent of Arian heresy, d. 536)

πŸ“° St. Sophia of Fermo (Italian, virgin, martyred by beheading c. 250)

πŸ“° St. Swithbert the Younger of Werden (British, Benedictine  monk?, missionary and bishop in Germany, d. 807)

πŸ“° Bl. William Southerne of Ketton (English, priest, martyred [drawn and quartered] under James I at about age 39 in 1618 [beatified 1987])

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