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Saints of 13 April

27 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 13 April, with short facts.

Saints (12)

  • St. Agathodorus of Pergamus Died: c.250 at Pergamus, Asia Minor.
  • St. Agathonica of Pergamus Died: c.250 at Pergamus, Asia Minor. Also called Agatonica.
  • St. Caradoc of Wales Born: 11th century Brycheiniog, Wales. Died: 13 April 1124 at Saint Isells, Wales. Also called Caradog, Caractacus, Caradocus, Caradoco.
  • St. Carpus of Pergamus Died: c.250 at Pergamus, Asia Minor. Also called Carpo.
  • St. Guinoc Died: c.838. Also called Guinoch, Guinochus, Winnoc, Guinoco.
  • St. Hermengild Died: tortured and axed to death 13 April 585. Canonized: 1585. Patronage: against drought, against flood, against thunderstorms, converts, Spanish monarchy, and Seville, Spain. Also called Ermengild, Ermengildo, Hermenegild.
  • St. Ida of Boulogne Born: 1040 in Ardennes, France. Died: 13 April 1113. Patronage: widows. Also called Ida of Lorraine.
  • St. Martius of Auvergne Born: Auvergne, France. Died: c.530. Also called Marzio.
  • St. Papylus of Pergamus Died: c.250 at Pergamus, Asia Minor. Also called Papilo.
  • St. Proculus of Terni Died: 310.
  • St. Sabas Reyes Salazar Born: 5 December 1883 in Cocula, Jalisco, Mexico. Died: shot at 9pm on 13 April 1927 in a cemetery outside Tototlan, Jalisco, Mexico. Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico. Also called Sabas Reyes.
  • St. Ursus of Ravenna Died: 396. Patronage: against faintness and against kidney disease. Also called Orso, Ours.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Martin I Born: at Todi, Tuscany, Italy. Died: 655 at Cherson, Crimea (in modern Ukraine).

Blessed (11)

  • Blessed Albertinus of Fonte Avellana Born: mid 13th-century in Montone, Italy. Died: 13 April 1294. Beatified: Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed). Also called Albertinus of Montone and Albertino.
  • Blessed Edward Catherick Born: Carlton, Country Durham, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Francis Dickenson Born: Otley, West Yorkshire, England. Died: 13 April 1590 in Rochester, Kent, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Francis Dicconson.
  • Blessed Ida of Louvain Born: at Louvain, France. Died: c.1300.
  • Blessed Isabel Calduch Rovira Born: 9 May 1882 in Alcalá de Chivert, Castellón, Spain. Died: 13 April 1937 in Cuevas de Vinromá, Castellón, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed James of Certaldo Born: at Certaldo, Italy as Jacopo Guidi. Died: 1292. Also called Jacopo Guidi.
  • Blessed John Lockwood Born: 1561 at Sowerby, Yorkshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called John Lascellas.
  • Blessed Margaret of Castello Born: 1287 at Mercatello sul Metauro, Pesaro-Urbino, Italy. Died: 13 April 1320 in Città di Castello, Perugia, Italy. Beatified: 19 October 1609 by Pope Paul V (concession of indult for Mass and Office). Canonized: 24 April 2021 by Pope Francis (equipollent canonization).
  • Blessed Miles Gerard Born: Ince, Lancashire, England. Died: 13 April 1590 in Rochester, Kent, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Rolando Rivi Born: 7 January 1931 in San Valentino di Castellarano, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Died: shot on 13 April 1945 in a wooded area near Piani di Monchio, Modena, Italy. Beatified: 5 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Scubilion Rousseau Born: 21 March 1797 in Annay la-Côte, Burgundy, France as Jean Bernard Rousseau. Died: 13 April 1867 on Reunion Island. Beatified: 2 May 1989 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Brother Scubilionis and Jean Bernard Rousseau.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Dorostorum Died: beheaded c.303 in Dorostorum, Lower Mysia.

Other (2)

  • Mochaemhog of Inis Caoin
  • Serafino Morazzone

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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