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Saints of 8 April

24 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 8 April, with short facts.

Saints (11)

  • St. Dionysius of Alexandria Born: c.190 in Alexandria, Egypt. Died: 265. Also called Dionysius the Great.
  • St. Agabus the Prophet Born: in Antioch. Died: in 1st century Antioch. Also called Agabos.
  • St. Amantius of Como Born: Canterbury, England. Died: 8 April 448 in Como, Italy. Also called Amanzio di Como.
  • St. Asyncritus of Marathon
  • St. Beata of Ribnitz Born: 14th century Mecklenburg, Germany. Died: 8 April 1399 in Ribnitz, Germany. Also called Beate, Beatrix.
  • St. Concessa
  • St. Dionysius of Corinth Also called Denis.
  • St. Herodion of Patras Also called Herodian of Patras and Rhodion of Patras.
  • St. Julia Billiart Born: 12 July 1751 at Cuvilly. Died: 8 April 1816 at the Institute's motherhouse at Namur, Belgium. Canonized: 22 June 1969 by Pope Paul VI. Patronage: against poverty, against bodily ills or sickness, and sick people. Also called Julia of Billiart, Julie Billart, and Mary Rose Julia Billiart.
  • St. Phlegon of Hyrcania Also called Flegon.
  • St. Redemptus of Ferentini Died: 586.

Blessed (6)

  • Blessed Augustus Czartoryski Born: 2 August 1858 in Paris, France. Died: evening of 8 April, 1893 in Alassio, Savona, Italy. Beatified: 25 April 2004 in Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy. Also called Duke of Vista Alegre.
  • Blessed Clement of Osimo Born: 1235 in Osimo or San Elpidio (sources vary), Italy. Died: 8 April 1291 in Orvieto, Tuscany, Italy. Beatified: 1761 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed Domingo Iturrate Zubero Born: 11 May 1901 in Dima, Vizcaya. Died: 8 April 1927 in Belmonte, Spain. Beatified: 30 October 1983 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Dominikus Zubero, Domenico Iturrate of the Most Blessed Sacrament, and Domingo of the Blessed Sacrament.
  • Blessed Gonzalo Mercador Died: beheaded c.1450.
  • Blessed Julian of Saint Augustine Born: c.1550 at Medinaceli. Died: 8 April 1606 at Saint Didacus Friary, Alcalá de Henares, Spain. Beatified: 1825 by Pope Leo XII (cultus confirmation). Also called Julian Martinet.
  • Blessed Libania of Busano Born: Barbania, Italy. Died: 8 April 1064 in church at the monastery of Saint Thomas in Busano, Turin, Italy.

Martyr groups (3)

  • Martyrs of Africa
  • Martyrs of Antioch Died: Antioch, Syria.
  • Martyrs of Seoul Died: 8 April 1801 at the Small West Gate, Seoul, South Korea. Beatified: 15 August 2014 by Pope Francis.

Other (4)

  • Cennfaoladh of Bangor
  • Hamazasp
  • Isaac
  • Martin of Pegli

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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