Apr 8, 2010

β›ͺ April 8


πŸ“° St. Aedesius of Alexandria (Egyptian, philosopher, tortured and martyred by drowning c. 306)

πŸ“° St. Amantius of Como (Italian, bishop, d. 440)

πŸ“° Bl. August Czartoryski of Paris [Augusto] (Polish/Spanish exile born in France, son of a prince, disciple of St. John Bosco, Salesian  priest in Italy, died at age 35 in 1893 [beatified 2004])

πŸ“° Bl. Clement of St. Elpidio of Osimo [Clemente di San Elpidio] (Italian, Augustinian  father general, d. 1291 [beatified 1761])

πŸ“° St. Concessa of Carthage (North African [Tunisian], early martyr)

πŸ“° St. Dionysius of Corinth (Greek, bishop, writer of epistles, c. 180)

πŸ“° Sts. Herodion of Patras, Asyncritus of Marathon, and Phlegon of Hyrcania (Greek, bishops mentioned by St. Paul [Romans 16], martyred in 1st Century)

πŸ“° Sts. Januarius, Maxima, and Macaria (African, early martyrs)

πŸ“° Bl. Julian of St. Augustine Martinet of Medinaceli [Julian de San Agustin] (Spanish, tailor, hermit, Franciscan  brother, died at about age 65 in 1606 [beatified 1825])

πŸ“° St. Julie Billiart of Cuvilly [baptized Marie-Rose-Julie] (French, peasant, co-foundress of Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame, died in Belgium at age 64 in 1816 [beatified 1906, canonized 1969])

πŸ“° Bl. Mary of the Assumption Pallotta of Castello di Croce [Maria Assunta] [baptized Assunta Maria Liberta] (Italian, member of Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, cook in house of sisters working with lepers in China, died of typhus at age 26 in 1905 [beatified 1954] [incorruptible])

πŸ“° St. Perpetuus of Tours (French, bishop, c. 491)

πŸ“° St. Redemptus of Ferentino (Italian, bishop, d. 586)

πŸ“° St. Walter of Andainville [Gautier] (French, professor, Benedictine  abbot, died on Good Friday at about age 68 in 1099)

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