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Saints of 1 April

52 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 1 April, with short facts.

Saints (26)

  • St. Agape of Thessalonica Born: 3rd century in Thessalonica, Macedonia. Died: burned alive in 304. Also called Acapis.
  • St. Anastasio
  • St. Berhard of Amiens Died: 644. Also called Beherond.
  • St. Caidoc Born: Irish. Died: c.630 in Centula (modern St-Riquier), France. Also called Cadoc, Cadou, Caidocus, Caidos and Apostle of Picardy.
  • St. Castus of Heraclea Died: Heraclea, Thrace (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Celsus of Armagh Born: c.1080 in Ireland. Died: 1 April 1129 at Ardpatrick, Munster, Ireland. Also called Cellach Mac Aodh, Cellach Mc Aedh, and Cellach of Armagh.
  • St. Chionia of Thessalonica Born: 3rd century in Thessalonica, Macedonia. Died: burned alive in 304. Also called Cionia, Quionia.
  • St. Dodolinus of Vienne Also called Dodolino, Dodoleno, Dodolenus, Dodolin.
  • St. Fricor Born: Irish. Died: c.630 in Centula (modern St-Riquier), France. Also called Adrian, Frechor, Frechorius, Frichor, Fricoraeus and Apostle of Picardy.
  • St. Gilbert de Moray Died: 1245. Patronage: Caithness, Scotland. Also called Gilbert of Caithness.
  • St. Hugh of Grenoble Born: 1053 at Chateauneuf, Dauphiné, France. Died: 1 April 1132 in Grenoble, France. Canonized: 22 April 1134 by Pope Innocent II during the Council of Pisa. Patronage: against headache and Grenoble, France. Also called Hugh of Châteauneuf.
  • St. Irenaeus of Armenia Born: Armenian.
  • St. Jacoba of Rome Also called Iaquelina, Jakelina.
  • St. Leucone of Troyes Died: c.656. Also called Leuçon.
  • St. Ludovico Pavoni Born: 11 September 1784 at Brescia, Italy. Died: Palm Sunday, 1 April 1849 at Saianco, Italy. Beatified: 14 April 2002 by Pope John Paul II. Canonized: 16 October 2016 by Pope Francis. Patronage: Sons of Mary Immaculate. Also called Ludovic Pavoni.
  • St. Mary of Egypt Born: c.344 in Egypt. Died: c.421 in the desert near the River Jordan. Patronage: against sexual temptation, penitent women, and reformed prostitutes. Also called Maria Aegyptica.
  • St. Melito of Sardis Died: c.180. Also called Melito of Asia and Meliton, Melitone, Melitus.
  • St. Prudentius of Atina Died: 28 March 313 in Atina.
  • St. Quintian of Armenia Born: Armenian.
  • St. Stephen of Alexandria Died: Alexandria, Egypt.
  • St. Tewdrig ap Teithfallt Born: 5th to 6th century. Died: the area of Mathern, Wales. Also called Tewdrig ap LLywarch, Tewdrig of Tintern, and Theodoricus, Theodoric, Teudrig, Tewdric, Tudric.
  • St. Theodora of Rome Died: c.125 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Valéry of Leucone Died: c.622. Also called Valery of Leuconay.
  • St. Venantius of Spalato Died: c.255 in Spalato, Dalmatia (modern Split, Croatia). Also called Venantius of Split and Venanzio of....
  • St. Victor of Alexandria Died: Alexandria, Egypt.
  • St. Victor of Heraclea Died: Heraclea, Thrace (in modern Turkey).

Blessed (17)

  • Blessed Abraham of Bulgaria Died: c.1229.
  • Blessed Alexander of Sicily Died: burned to death 1317 in front of the palace of King Muley Moamet in Tunis, Tunisia.
  • Blessed Anacleto González Flores Born: 13 July 1888 in Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico. Died: shot by a firing squad on 1 April 1927 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Anaclete Gonzales Flores.
  • Blessed Antonius of Noto Died: Noto Antica, Sicily, Italy. Also called Antonio.
  • Blessed Bernhardin of Noto Died: 1452 in Noto Antica, Sicily, Italy. Also called Berhardin of Neto and Bernardo, Bernardino.
  • Blessed Enrico Alfieri Born: 1315 in Asti, Italy. Died: 1405 in Ravenna, Italy. Also called Enrico d'Asti, Enrico of Asti, and Henry....
  • Blessed Gerard of Sassoferrato Born: 1280. Died: 18 November 1367. Also called Girard.
  • Blessed Giuseppe Girotti Born: 19 July 1905 in Alba, Cuneo, Italy. Died: 1 April 1945 in concentration camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany. Beatified: 26 April 2014 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Hugh of Bonnevaux Born: c.1120 at Châteauneuf d'Isère, Valence, Drôme, France. Died: 1194. Beatified: 9 December 1903 by Pope Saint Pius X. Patronage: diocese of Valence, France.
  • Blessed John Bretton Born: c.1527 in West Bretton, West Yorkshire, England. Died: hanged on 1 April 1598 in York, North Yorkshire, England. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Jorge Vargas González Born: 28 September 1899 in Ahualulco de Mercado, Jalisco, Mexico. Died: shot by a firing squad on 1 April 1927 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Luis Padilla Gómez Born: 9 December 1899 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Died: shot by a firing squad on 1 April 1927 in the prison court yard in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Marcelle Born: Chauriat, Puy-de-Dôme, France. Also called Marcella.
  • Blessed Nicolò of Noto Died: c.1220 in Noto (modern Noto Antica), Sicily, Italy. Also called Nicolò of Arco, Nicolò of Arcu, and Nicola, Nicholas.
  • Blessed Ramón Vargas González Born: 22 January 1905 in Ahualulco de Mercado, Jalisco, Mexico. Died: shot by a firing squad on 1 April 1927 in the prison court yard in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Vinebault Died: early 13th century. Also called Vinebaldo, Vinebaldus, Guenebert.
  • Blessed Zofia Czeska-Maciejowska Born: 1584 in Budziszowice, Kazimierski, Poland. Died: 1 April 1650 in Kraków, Poland. Beatified: 9 June 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Sofia Czeska-Maciejowska.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Dalmatia and Istria
  • Martyrs of Thessalonica Died: Thessalonica, Greece.

Other (7)

  • Aedhan Laech of Cill Aedhain
  • Caesarius of Speyer
  • Conval
  • Glinglin
  • Iosephus Yun Bong-mun
  • Jacqueline
  • Tesidio

This list combines the Vatican News “Saint of the day” pages with a long-form calendar of saints, blessed, and feasts (credited on our Resources page). Calendars differ, so a note marks each place the sources disagree. This is not the General Roman Calendar. Resources · Sources & method

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