Apr 7, 2010

⛪ April 7


πŸ“° St. John Baptist de la Salle of Rheims [Jean-Baptiste] ["Father of Modern Education"] (French, priest, founder of Brothers of the Christian Schools [Christian Brothers], instituted the process of dividing students into grades, established the first school for teachers, started secondary schools and trade schools, died at age 67 in 1719 [beatified 1888, canonized 1900])

πŸ“° Bl. Alexander Rawlins of Gloucestershire (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1595 [beatified in 1929])

πŸ“° St. Aphraates of Antioch (Syrian, hermit in Mesopotamia [Iraq], c. 345)

πŸ“° St. Aybert of Crespin (French, Benedictine  priest, d. 1140)

πŸ“° St. Brynach of Carn-Engyle (Irish, hermit in Wales, 5th Century)

πŸ“° St. Calliopus of Pompeiopolis (Cilician [from part of what is now Turkey], martyred by inverted crucifixion c. 303)

πŸ“° St. Celsus McAedh of Armagh (Irish, abbot, bishop, died at about age 50 in 1129)

πŸ“° Bl. Christian of Douai (French, priest)

πŸ“° Bl. Dominic of the Blessed Sacrament Iturrate Zubero of Dima [Domingo del Santisimo Sacramento] (Spanish, Trinitarian  priest, died [tuberculosis] at age 26 in 1927 [beatified 1983]) [commemorated by some on the 8th, by others on November 16]

πŸ“° Bl. Eberhard of Schaeffhausen (Swiss, prince, Benedictine  monk, died at about age 60 in 1078)

πŸ“° Bl. Edward Oldcorne of York (English, Jesuit  priest, tortured [racked] and martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 44 under James I in 1606 [beatified 1929])

πŸ“° Sts. Epiphanius, Donatus, Rufinus, and ten companions (African, bishop and flock, early martyrs)

πŸ“° St. Finan Cam of Munster (Irish, abbot, 6th Century)

πŸ“° St. George the Younger of Mitylene (Greek, bishop, battled iconoclasm, c. 816)

πŸ“° St. Gibardus of Luxeuil (French, Benedictine  abbot, martyred by Huns c. 888)

πŸ“° St. Goran (Irish or Cornish, friend of St. Patrick, 6th Century)

πŸ“° St. Hegesippus of Jerusalem ["Father of Church History"] (Palestinian, convert from Judaism, historian, c. 180)

πŸ“° St. Henry Walpole of Docking (English, Jesuit  priest, tortured and martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 37 under Elizabeth I in 1595 [beatified 1929, canonized 1970])

πŸ“° St. Hermann Joseph of Cologne (German, Norbertine  monk, mystical writer, died at about age 91 in 1241 [canonized 1958])

πŸ“° Sts. Llewellwyn and Gwrnerth of Bardsey (Welsh, monks, 6th Century)

πŸ“° Sts. Pelagius and Peleusius of Alexandria (Egyptian, priests, early martyr)

πŸ“° Bl. Ralph Ashley of Yorkshire (English, Jesuit  brother, tortured [racked] and martyred by hanging under James I in 1606 [beatified 1929])

πŸ“° St. Saturninus of Verona (Italian, bishop, c. 356)

πŸ“° Bl. Ursulina of Parma (Italian, virgin, mystic, died at about age 34 in 1410)

πŸ“° St. Villicus of Metz (French, bishop, d. 568)

πŸ“° Bl. William Cufitella of Noto [Guglielmo] (Sicilian, Franciscan   tertiary, hermit for 70 years, d. 1411 [beatified 1537])

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