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May 4, 2010

⛪ May 4


📰 St. Anthony du Rocher (Italian, Benedictine  abbot in France, 6th Century)

📰 Sts. Augustine Webster of Axholme, John Houghton of Essex, Robert Lawrence of Beauvale, and Richard Reynolds of Devonshire (English, three Carthusian  priors and a Brigittine  priest, tortured and martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Henry VIII in 1535 [beatified 1886, canonized 1970]) [Houghton died at about age 47.]

📰 Bl. Catherine of Parc-aux-Dames [baptized Rachel] (French, convert from Judaism at age 12, Cistercian  nun, 13th Century)

📰 St. Conleth of Kildare (Irish, metalworker, illuminator, bishop, c. 519) [On Irish "particular calendar"]

📰 St. Curcodomus of Auxerre (Roman, deacon in France, 3rd Century)

📰 King St. Ethelred of Bardney (British, monarch who abdicated, Benedictine  abbot, d. 716)

📰 St. Florian of Rome (Italian, military officer in Austria, tortured and martyred by drowning in 304)

📰 St. Godehard of Reichersdorf (Bavarian, bishop of Hildesheim, died at about age 77 in 1038 [canonized 1131])

📰 Bl. Gregory Celli of Verucchio [Gregorio] (Italian, Augustinian  monk, then Franciscan  friar, d. 1343 [beatified 1769])

📰 St. Hilsindis of Lorraine (French, widow, Benedictine  abbess, d. 1028)

📰 St. Judas Cyriacus of Ancona (bishop, martyred in Jerusalem c. 133)

📰 St. Kunigunde of Niedermunster (German, Benedictine  nun, d. 1052)

📰 Bl. Mary Leona Paradis of L'Acadie [Marie-Léonie] [baptized Alodie-Virginie (but usually spelled Elodie)] (Canadian [Québécoise], virgin, religious sister of the Holy Cross, founded Little Sisters of the Holy Family, died at age 71 in 1912 [beatified 1984]) [On Canadian "particular calendar"]

📰 Bl. Michael Giedrojć of Giedrojce [Michal] [known in Lithuania as Mykolas Giedraitis] (Polish born in Lithuania, crippled dwarf, Augustinian  brother, prophet, miracle worker, died at about age 65 in 1485 [beatified 2018])

📰 St. Nepotian of Altino (Italian, priest, d. 395)

📰 St. Paulinus of Sinigaglia (Italian, bishop, d. 826)

📰 St. Paulinus of Cologne (German, early martyr)

📰 St. Pelagia of Tarsus (Cilician [from part of what is now Turkey], virgin, martyred [roasted in a bronze bull] c. 300)

📰 St. Porphyrius of Camerino (Italian, priest or physician, martyred by beheading in 250)

📰 St. Sacerdos of Perigord (French, Benedictine  abbot, bishop of Limoges, died at about age 50 c. 720)

📰 St. Silvanus of Gaza and 40 companions (Egyptian and Palestinian, bishop and flock, martyred by beheading c. 311)

📰 St. Venerius of Milan (Italian, bishop, d. 409)

📰 Blessed English Martyrs [also known as "Bl. George Haydock and companions"] (English [80], Scottish [1], Welsh [3], Irish [1] ... 85 men [63 priests (5 Franciscan, 2 Jesuit, 1 Dominican, 55 diocesan) and 22 laymen] ... martyred [some hanged, many drawn, hanged, and quartered] between 1584 and 1679 [beatified 1987]) [On English "particular calendar"] [Each of the following is commemorated individually or as part of a small group on another day during the year.]

[also known as "Bl. George Haydock and companions"] (English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish ... 85 men [63 priests (5 Franciscan, 2 Jesuit, 1 Dominican, 55 diocesan) and 22 laymen] ... martyred [some hanged, many drawn, hanged, and quartered] between 1584 and 1679 [beatified 1987]) [Each of the following is commemorated individually or as part of a small group on another day during the year.]
-- [Religious order priests:]
----- Bl. Arthur Bell of Temple Broughton (English, Franciscan, died at age 53 in 1643)
----- Bl. Thomas Bullaker of Chichester (English, Franciscan, died at about age 40 in 1642)
----- Bl. Roger Filcock of Sandwich (English, Jesuit, died at about age 30 in 1600)
----- Bl. Henry Heath of Peterborough (English, Franciscan, died at about age 44 in 1643)
----- Bl. Charles Meehan (Irish, Franciscan, shipwrecked on Welsh coast, died at about age 39 in 1679)
----- Bl. Robert Middleton of Yorkshire (English, Jesuit, died at about age 31 in 1601)
----- Bl. Robert Nutter of Burnley Lanes (English, Dominican, d. 1600)
----- Bl. John Woodcock of Leyland (English, Franciscan, died at age 43 in 1646)
-- [Diocesan priests:]
----- Bl. John Adams of Martinstavn (English, died at about age 43 in 1586)
----- Bl. Thomas Atkinson of East Riding (English, d. 1616)
----- Bl. Edward Bamber of The Moor (English, died at age 46 in 1646)
----- Bl. George Beesley of Goosnarck Hill (English, died at about age 28 in 1591)
----- Bl. Edward Burden of Durham (English, died at about age 48 in 1588)
----- Bl. Roger Cadwallador of Stretton Sugwas [alias Rogers] (English, died at about age 44 in 1610)
----- Bl. Alexander Crow of South Douffield (English, died at age 36)
----- Bl. William Davies of Caernavonshire (Welsh, d. 1593)
----- Bl. Robert Dibdale of Worcestershire (English, died at about age 28 in 1586)
----- Bl. George Douglas (Scottish, d. 1587)
----- Bl. Robert Drury of Egerley (English, died at about age 39 in 1607)
----- Bl. Edmund Duke of Kent (English, d. 1590)
----- Bl. John Fingley of Barnley [alias Finglow] (English, d. 1586)
----- Bl. Matthew Flathers of Weston (English, died at about age 48 in 1608)
----- Bl. Nicholas Garlick (English, died at about age 33 in 1588)
----- Bl. John Hambley of Oxford (English, died at about age 27 in 1587)
----- Bl. George Haydock of Cottam Hall (English, died at about age 27 in 1584)
----- Bl. Richard Hill of Yorkshire (English, d. 1590)
----- Bl. John Hogg of Ugthorphe (English, d. 1590)
----- Bl. Richard Holiday of Yorkshire (English, d. 1590)
----- Bl. Thomas Hunt of Norfolk [alias Benstead] (English, died at about age 26 in 1600)
----- Bl. Thurstan Hunt of Carlton Hall (English, died at about age 46 in 1601)
----- Bl. Francis Ingleby (English, d. 1586)
----- Bl. Joseph Lambton of Yorkshire (English, died at about age 24 in 1592)
----- Bl. John Lowe of London (English, died at about age 33 in 1586)
----- Bl. Robert Ludlam of Radborne (English, died at about age 37 in 1588)
----- Bl. George Nichols of Oxford (English, died at about age 39 in 1589)
----- Bl. Edward Osbaldeston of Lancashire (English, d. 1594)
----- Bl. Anthony Page of Harrow (English, died at about age 28 in 1593)
----- Bl. Thomas Palaser of Elerton [also known as Palasor and Pallicer] (English, died at about age 30 in 1600)
----- Bl. Thomas Pilcher of Battle [also known as Pilchard] (English, died at about age 30 in 1587)
----- Bl. Thomas Pormont (English, died at about age 22 [seminarian?] in 1592)
----- Bl. Nicholas Postgate of Egton (English, died at about age 79 in 1679)
----- Bl. Christopher Robinson of Woodside (English, d. 1598)
----- Bl. Stephen Rowsham of Oxfordshire (English, died at about age 35 in 1587)
----- Bl. John Sandys of Chester (English, d. 1586)
----- Bl. Montford Scott of Suffolk (English, died at about age 41 in 1591)
----- Bl. Richard Sergeant of Gloucester [alias Lee or Long] (English, d. 1586)
----- Bl. Richard Simpson of Wells (English, died at about age 35 in 1588)
----- Bl. Peter Snow of Ripon (English, d. 1598)
----- Bl. William Southerne of Ketton (English, died at about age 39 in 1618)
----- Bl. William Spenser of Gisburn (English, died at about age 34 in 1589)
----- Bl. Thomas Sprott of Skelsmergh (English, died at about age 29 in 1600)
----- Bl. John Sugar of Wambourne (English, died at about age 46 in 1604)
----- Bl. Robert Sutton of Burton (English, died at about age 43 in 1588)
----- Bl. Edmund Sykes of Leeds (English, d. 1587)
----- Bl. Hugh Taylor of Durham (English, died at about age 25 in 1585)
----- Bl. William Thomson of Blackburn (English, died at about age 26 in 1586)
----- Bl. Robert Thorpe of Yorkshire (English, d. 1591)
----- Bl. John Thules of Upholland (English, died at about age 48 in 1616)
----- Bl. Edward Thwing of Hurst (English, died at about age 35 in 1600)
----- Bl. Christopher Wharton of Middleton (English, died at age 60 in 1600)
----- Bl. Nicholas Wheeler of Leominster [alias Woodfen] (English, died at about age 36 in 1586)
----- Bl. Thomas Whitaker of Burnley (English, died at about age 35 in 1646)
----- Bl. Richard Yaxley of Boston (English, died at about age 19 [seminarian?] in 1589)
-- [Laymen:]
----- Bl. Thomas Belson of Brill (English, died at about age 24 in 1589)
----- Bl. Robert Bickerdike of Lowhale (English, d. 1586)
----- Bl. Alexander Blake (English, d. 1590)
----- Bl. Marmaduke Bowes of Angram (English, d. 1585)
----- Bl. John Bretton of Bretton (English, died at about age 69 in 1598)
----- Bl. William Carter (English, d. 1584)
----- Bl. George Errington of Herst (English, died at about age 42 in 1596)
----- Bl. Richard Flower of Anglesey (Welsh, d. 1588)
----- Bl. William Gibson of Ripon (English, d. 1596)
----- Bl. Ralph Grimston of Yorkshire (English, d. 1598)
----- Bl. Robert Grissold of Rowington (English, d. 1604)
----- Bl. Robert Hardesty (English, d. 1589)
----- Bl. Nicholas Horner of Grantley (English, d. 1590)
----- Bl. William Knight of South Douffield (English, died at about age 24 in 1596)
----- Bl. William Lampley (English, d. 1588)
----- Bl. John Norton of Yorkshire (English, d. 1600)
----- Bl. William Pike of Dorsetshire (English, d. 1591)
----- Bl. Humphrey Pritchard of Galles [alias Humphrey Richard] (Welsh, d. 1589)
----- Bl. John Talbot of Thornton-le-Street (English, d. 1600)
----- Bl. Thomas Watkinson of Yorkshire (English, d. 1591)
----- Bl. Henry Webley of Gloucester (English, died at about age 30 in 1588)
----- Bl. Roger Wrenno of Chorley [alias Roger Warren] (English, died at about age 40 in 1616)