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Saints of 5 April

27 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 5 April, with short facts.

Saints (14)

  • St. Vincent Ferrer Born: 23 January 1350 in Valencia (part of modern Spain). Died: 5 April 1419 at Vannes, Brittany, France. Canonized: 3 June 1455 by Pope Callistus III. Also called Vincent Ferreri.
  • St. Albert of Montecorvino Born: in Normandy (modern France). Died: 1127 at Pietra Montecorvino, Apulia, Italy. Patronage: Pietra Montecorvino, Italy.
  • St. Becan of Cork Also called Becan of Cluain-Aird-Mobecog. Also kept on 26 May in some calendars.
  • St. Catherine of Palma Born: 1 May 1533 at Valldemossa, Mallorca, Spain. Died: 5 April 1574 at Saint Mary Magdalen convent, Palma, Mallorca, Spain. Canonized: 22 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI. Patronage: Valldemossa, Mallorca, Spain.
  • St. Claudius of Mesopotamia Born: Persian. Also called Claudianus of Mesopotamia.
  • St. Derfel Gadarn Born: c.566 in Wales. Died: 6 April 660 at Ynys Enlli, Bardsey, Wales. Also called Cadarn, Dervel the Mighty, Gdarn, Terbillius, and Turville.
  • St. Ethelburgh of Kent Died: c.647. Also called Ethelburgh of Lyminge.
  • St. Ferbuta of Seleucia Died: c.342 in Seleucia, Persia.
  • St. Gerald of Sauve-Majeure Born: at Corbie, France. Died: 1095. Canonized: 1197 by Pope Celestine III. Also called Gerald of Corbie and Gerard, Geraud.
  • St. Irene of Thessalonica Born: 3rd century in Thessalonica, Macedonia. Died: burned alive or shot through the throat. Patronage: girls, for peace, and 4 cities. Also called Herene.
  • St. Maria Crescentia Höss Born: 20 October 1682 at Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany. Died: Easter, 5 April 1744 at Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany. Canonized: 25 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Mary Crescentia Höss and Crescentia Höss.
  • St. Pausilippus Died: martyred c.130.
  • St. Theodore the Martyr Died: martyred c.130.
  • St. Zeno the Martyr Died: burned alive.

Blessed (10)

  • Blessed Anthony Fuster Also called Antonius Fuster and The Peace Angel.
  • Blessed Antonio Blasi
  • Blessed Blaise of Auvergne Also called Blasius of Auvergne.
  • Blessed Conrad of Saxony Born: Saxony (in modern Germany). Died: strangled to death c.1288 in the Ircania region.
  • Blessed Juliana of Mont Cornillon Born: 1192 at Retinnes, Flanders, Belgium. Died: 5 April 1258. Beatified: 1869 by Pope Blessed Pius IX (cultus confirmed). Also called Juliana of Mount Cornillon and Juliana of Liege.
  • Blessed Mariano de la Mata Aparicio Born: 31 December 1905 in La Puebla de Valdavia, Palencia, Spain. Died: 5 April 1983 in São Paulo, Brazil. Beatified: 5 November 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Peter Cerdan Died: 1422.
  • Blessed Raimondo of Monteolivo Born: Catalonia region of Spain.
  • Blessed Saturnina Rodríguez de Zavalía Born: 27 November 1823 in Córdoba, Argentina as Saturnina Rodriguez. Died: about 8:00 a.m. on 5 April 1896 in Córdoba, Argentina. Beatified: 25 November 2017 by Pope Francis. Patronage: Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus and heart patients.
  • Blessed Stephen of Hungary Born: Hungary. Died: strangled to death c.1288 in the Ircania region.

Martyr groups (3)

  • Martyrs of Lesbos
  • Martyrs of North-West Africa Died: 459 at Arbal (in modern Algeria). Also called Martyrs of Aquae Regiae, Martyrs of Arbal, and Martyrs of Regiis.
  • Martyrs of Seleucia Died: burned alive in 344 in Seleucia, Persia.

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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