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Saints of 3 April

35 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 3 April, with short facts.

Saints (19)

  • St. Agathamerus of Mysia Died: 1st century Mysia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Agatho of Thessalonica Died: c.304 in Thessalonica, Greece. Also called Agathon.
  • St. Attala of Taormina Died: c.800. Also called Attalus of Taormina.
  • St. Benatius of Kilcooley
  • St. Casia of Thessalonica Died: c.304 in Thessalonica, Greece.
  • St. Comman
  • St. Donatus of Nicomedia Died: Nicomedia, Bitynia (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Eutychia of Thessalonica Died: c.304 in Thessalonica, Greece.
  • St. Illyricus the Wonder Worker Also called Illyricus Thaumaturgos.
  • St. John I of Naples Born: Campania, Italy. Died: Holy Saturday night in 432.
  • St. Joseph the Hymnographer Born: c.810 in Sicily. Died: 886. Also called Joseph of the Studium.
  • St. Liutberga of Windenhausen Born: in Solszburg in the area of Sulzgau, Bavaria (in modern Germany). Also called Liutberga of Michaëlstein, Liutberga of Rosstreppe, Liutberga of Thale, and Liutberga of Wendhausen.
  • St. Luigi Scrosoppi of Udine Born: 4 August 1804 at Udine Italy. Died: 3 April 1884 at Udine Italy. Canonized: 10 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Aloisius, Aloysius.
  • St. Nicetas of Medicion Born: Bithynia (in modern Turkey). Died: 824. Also called Nicetas of Constantinople, Nicetas the Confessor, and Niketas, Nikita.
  • St. Philippa of Thessalonica Died: c.304 in Thessalonica, Greece.
  • St. Richard of Chichester Born: c.1197 at Droitwich, Worcestershire, England as Richard de Wych. Died: 3 April 1253 at Dover, Kent, England. Canonized: 1262 by Pope Urban IV at Viterbo, Papal States (part of modern Italy). Patronage: coachmen, diocese of Chichester, England, and Sussex, England.
  • St. Thiento of Wessobrunn Died: 955 in Wessobrunn, Bavaria, Germany. Also called Tientone.
  • St. Urbicius of Clermont Died: c.312. Also called Ubricius, Urbice, Urbicus, Urbique, Urbitius.
  • St. Vulpian of Tyre Born: Syria. Died: sewed up in a leather sack. Also called Ulfianus, Ulpian, Ulpiano, Ulpianus, Vulpianus.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Sixtus I Born: Rome, Italy. Died: 125 in Rome, Italy. Patronage: Alife-Caiazzo, Italy, diocese of, Anagni-Alatri, Italy, diocese of, Alatri, Italy, and Alife, Italy. Also called Xystus I.

Blessed (13)

  • Blessed Alexandrina di Letto Born: in 1385 in Sulmona, Italy. Died: 1458.
  • Blessed Francisco Solís Pedrajas Born: 9 July 1877 in Marmolejo, Jaén, Spain. Died: shot at dawn on 3 April 1937 in the parish cemetery of Mancha Real, Jaén, Spain. Beatified: 27 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Gandulphus of Binasco Born: c.1200 at Binasco, Lombardy, Italy. Died: Holy Saturday 3 April 1260 at the San Nicolò Hospital in Polizzi Generosa, Sicily, Italy. Beatified: 10 March 1881 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed Iacobus Won Si-bo Born: 1730 in Hongju, Chungcheong-do, South Korea. Died: 3 April 1799 in Cheongju, Chungcheong-do, South Korea. Beatified: 15 August 2014 by Pope Francis. Also called Jacob.
  • Blessed John of Penna Born: c.1193 at Penna San Giovanni. Died: 3 April 1271 at Recanati, Italy. Beatified: 20 December 1806 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmed). Also called Juan de Pina, Juan da Penna San Giovanni, and Giovanni, Johannes.
  • Blessed José Luciano Ezequiel Huerta-Gutiérrez Born: 18 March 1880 in Magdalena, Jalisco, Mexico. Died: shot on 3 April 1927 in the cemetery in Mezquitán, Jalisco, Mexico. Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed José Salvador Huerta-Gutiérrez Born: 18 March 1880 in Magdalena, Jalisco, Mexico. Died: shot on 3 April 1927 in the cemetery in Mezquitán, Jalisco, Mexico. Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Juan Otazua y Madariaga Born: 8 February 1895 in Rigoitia, Vizcaya, Spain. Died: shot at dawn on 3 April 1937 in the cemetery of Mancha Real, Jaén, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Juan de Jesús y María.
  • Blessed Laurentius Pak Chwi-deuk Born: c.1769 in Myeoncheon, Chungcheong-do, South Korea. Died: hanged on 3 April 1799 in Hongju, Chungcheong-do, South Korea. Beatified: 16 August 2014 by Pope Francis at Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul, South Korea. Also called Lorenzo Pak Chwi-deuk.
  • Blessed Maria Teresa Casini Born: 27 October 1864 in Frascati, Italy. Beatified: 31 October 2015 by Pope Francis. Patronage: Oblates of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
  • Blessed Piotr Edward Dankowski Born: 21 June 1908 in Jordanów, Malopolskie, Poland. Died: Good Friday, 3 April 1942 in Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Malopolskie, Poland. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland. Also called Peter Edward Dankowski.
  • Blessed Robert Middleton Born: 1571 in York, North Yorkshire, England. Died: late March 1601 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Thurstan Hunt Born: c.1555 Carlton Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Died: late March 1601 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Thurstan Greenlow.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Greece Died: 3rd century at an unknown location in Greece.
  • Martyrs of Tomi Died: at Tomi, Scythia (modern Constanta, Romania).

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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