Apr 9, 2010

⛪ April 9


πŸ“° St. Acacius of Amida (Mesopotamian [Iraqi], bishop, c. 422)

πŸ“° Bl. Anthony Pavoni of Savigliano [Antonio] (Italian, Dominican  prior, inquisitor general for 14 years, friend of the poor, martyred [stabbed by seven heretics] at about age 48 in 1374 [beatified 1868]) [commemorated by some on February 3]

πŸ“° Holy Martyrs of Bethzarbe (Mesopotamian [Iraqi] ... Bishop Heliodorus, priests, nuns, and nine thousand laity ... captured by pagan Persians, massacred in 362)

πŸ“° St. Casilda of Briviesca (Spanish, daughter of Moslem ruler of Toledo, convert, hermitess, c. 1050)

πŸ“° Bl. Celestina Faron of Zabrzez [Celestyna] [baptized Katarzyna (Catherine)] (Polish, Sister Servant of the Immaculate Conception, martyred by Nazis at Auschwitz [Poland] at age 30 in 1944 [beatified 1999])

πŸ“° Sts. Demetrius, Concessus, Hilary, and companions (early martyrs)

πŸ“° St. Dotto of the Orkneys (Scottish, abbot, 6th Century)

πŸ“° St. Eupsychius of Caesarea (Cappadocian [from part of what is now Turkey], newly-wed husband, defied apostate emperor, martyred in 362)

πŸ“° St. Gaucher of Aureil (French, Augustinian  abbot, died at about age 80 in 1140)

πŸ“° St. Hedda and 84 companions, of Peterborough (British, Benedictine  abbot and his monks, martyred by pagan Danes c. 870)

πŸ“° St. Hugh of Rouen (French, Benedictine  abbot, bishop, d. 730)

πŸ“° Bl. Innocent of Berzo [Innocenzo] (Italian, Capuchin  priest, travelling preacher, died at about age 45 in 1890 [beatified 1961]) [commemorated by some on March 3, by others on September 28]

πŸ“° Bl. John of Vespignano [Giovanni] (Italian, helper of civil war refugees, d. 1331 [beatified 1800])

πŸ“° Bl. Lindalva Justo de Oliveira of Sitio Malhada da Areia (Brazilian, religious sister of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, caregiver in nursing home, martyred [stabbed] in defense of her virginity at age 39 on Good Friday in 1993 [beatified 2007])

πŸ“° St. Madrun of Minster (British, widow, 5th Century)

πŸ“° St. Marcellus of Avignon (French, bishop of Die, d. 474)

πŸ“° Bl. Margaret Rutan of Metz [Marguerite] (French, religious of Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, cared for abandoned girls, victim of French Revolution, martyred [guillotined] at age 57 in 1794 [beatified 2011])

πŸ“° St. Mary "of Cleophas" (Israelite, believed to be "the other Mary" [Matthew 27:56 and 61], mother of at least two disciples of Jesus, wife of Cleophas/Alphaeus, possibly a relative of the BVM and Jesus, 1st Century)

πŸ“° Holy Martyrs of Massyla (African, early martyrs)

πŸ“° St. Prochorus of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], one of seven original deacons, bishop, martyred in 1st Century)

πŸ“° Bl. Reginald of Montesmarti [Rinaldo] (Italian, Dominican  friar, died at about age 56 in 1348 [beatified 1877])

πŸ“° Holy Martyrs of Sirmium (Pannonian [Balkan region], seven virgins, martyred c. 303)

πŸ“° Sts. Theodore, Askega, Swethin, Elfgete, Savinus, Egdred, Ulrick, Grimkeld, Agamund, and companions, of Croyland (British ... abbot, prior, subprior, deacon, subdeacon, acolytes, and others ... martyred by invading Danes c. 870)

πŸ“° Bl. Thomas of Tolentino [Tommaso], Bl. James of Padua [Giacomo], Bl. Peter of Siena [Pietro], and Bl. Demetrius of Triflis [Demetrio] (Italian ... three Franciscans  and a layman ... missionaries en route to Ceylon [Sri Lanka] and China ... martyred [beheaded] by Moslems in India in 1321 [beatified 1894])

πŸ“° Bl. Ubaldo Adimari of Florence (Italian, Servite  priest, died at about age 69 in 1315 [beatified 1821])

πŸ“° St. Waldetrudis of Mons (Belgian, mother of four, widow, Benedictine  nun, d. 686)

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