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Saints of 12 April

22 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 12 April, with short facts.

Saints (17)

  • St. Acutina Also called Agutina.
  • St. Alferius of La Cava Born: 930 at Salerno, Italy. Died: Holy Thursday 1050. Beatified: 1893 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed). Also called Alferius Abbate and Alferius the Abbot.
  • St. Artemón of Caesarea
  • St. Basil of Parion Also called Basilios of Parion, Basileios of Parion, and Basil of Parium.
  • St. Constantine of Gap Died: 529. Also called Constantius.
  • St. Damian of Pavia Born: Lombardy, Italy. Died: 710.
  • St. David Uribe-Velasco Born: 29 December 1888 at Buenavista de Cuellar, Guerrero, Mexico. Died: shot in the back of the head on 12 April 1927 near San Jose Videl, Morelia, Mexico. Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico. Also called David Uribe.
  • St. Erkemboden of Thérouanne Born: Ireland. Died: 714. Also called Arkembode, Erchembod, Erchembodone, Erkembode.
  • St. Florentin of Arles Also called Florentine.
  • St. Joseph Moscati Born: 25 July 1880 at Benevento, Italy as Giuseppe Mario Carolo Alphonse Moscati. Died: around 3pm on 12 April 1927. Canonized: 25 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: bachelors, people rejected by religious orders, and physicians.
  • St. Sabas the Lector Born: 334 in an area of modern Wallachia, Romania. Died: tortured to death on 12 April 372. Patronage: lectors and torture victims. Also called Sabas the Goth and Saba, Sabbas, Sava, Savo, Savva.
  • St. Teresa of the Andes Born: 13 July 1900 at Santiago, Chile as Juanita Fernandez Solar. Died: 12 April 1920 at the Carmelite convent at Los Andes, Chile. Beatified: 3 April 1987 at Santiago, Chile by Pope John Paul II. Canonized: 21 March 1993 by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Tetricus of Auxerre Died: murdered in his sleep in 707.
  • St. Victor of Braga Died: c.300 in Braga, Portugal.
  • St. Vissia of Fermo Died: martyred c.250 in Fermo, Italy. Patronage: Fermo, Italy.
  • St. Wigbert Born: England. Died: 690 in Ireland.
  • St. Zeno of Verona Born: c.300 at Mauretania near Algiers, North Africa. Died: 12 April 371. Patronage: anglers, children learning to speak, children learning to walk, fishermen, newborn babies, diocese of Verona, Italy, and 41 cities. Also called Zen, Zenón, Zénon, Zenone.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Julius I Born: at Rome, Italy. Died: 12 April 352. Also called Jules I.

Blessed (3)

  • Blessed Andrew of Montereale Born: c.1403 in Mascioni, Campotosto, Italy. Died: 18 April 1479 at the Augustinian monastery of Montereale, Italy. Beatified: 18 February 1764 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmed). Patronage: Montereale, Italy. Also called Andrea.
  • Blessed Lorenzo of Belem
  • Blessed Peter of Montepiano Died: 1098 in Montepiano, Tuscany, Italy.

Other (1)

  • Ailell of Cologne

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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