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Saints of 15 April

27 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 15 April, with short facts.

Saints (25)

  • St. Abbo II of Metz Died: 707.
  • St. Abbondio Died: c.564. Also called Acoitius, Agontius, Habundius.
  • St. Acuta
  • St. Anastasia of Rome Died: beheaded c.68 at Rome, Italy. Patronage: tailors and Xativa, Spain.
  • St. Basilissa of Rome Died: c.68. Patronage: tailors and Xativa, Spain. Also called Vasilissa.
  • St. Cesar de Bus Born: 3 February 1544 in Cavillon, Vaucluse, France. Died: Easter Sunday, 15 April 1607 in Avignon, Vaucluse, France. Canonized: 15 May 2022 by Pope. Patronage: catechists. Also called Caeser.
  • St. Crescens of Myra Died: burned at the stake in Myra (in modern Turkey). Also called Crescent, Crescente.
  • St. Eutyches of Rome Died: martyred in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Eutychius of Ferentino Died: in Ferentino, Italy.
  • St. Huna of Slättåkra
  • St. Hunna of Alsace Born: 7th century in the Alsace region (part of modern France). Died: 679 in Hunawir, Alsace (in modern France). Canonized: 1520 by Pope Leo X. Patronage: laundresses, laundry workers, washerwomen. Also called The Holy Washerwoman and Huna, Una.
  • St. Maro of Rome Died: beheaded c.99 in Rome, Italy. Patronage: Civitanova Marche, Italy and Monteleone, Italy. Also called Marón, Marone.
  • St. Maximus of Persia Died: beaten to death in 251.
  • St. Mundus Died: c.962. Also called Munde, Mund, Mond.
  • St. Nidger of Augsburg Died: c.829. Also called Nidgar, Nitgar.
  • St. Olympiades of Persia Died: beaten to death in 251.
  • St. Ortario of Landelles
  • St. Paternus of Avranches Born: c.482 in Poitiers, France. Died: c.568. Also called Foix, Padarn, Pair, Patier.
  • St. Paternus of Wales Born: 482. Died: 565. Also called Badarn, Padarn, Paterno, Patern.
  • St. Pausilopo of Thrace Also called Pausilippo.
  • St. Ruadhán of Lorrha Born: Leinster, Ireland. Died: 5 April 584 in the monastery of Lorrha, County Tipperary, Ireland. Also called Ruadhán mac Fergusa Birn and Twelve Apostles of Ireland.
  • St. Sylvester of Réome Died: c.625.
  • St. Theodore of Thrace
  • St. Victorinus of Rome Died: martyred in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Waltmann of Cambrai Died: 1138. Also called Waltmann of Antwerp.

Blessed (1)

  • Blessed Laurentinus Sossius Born: c.1480. Died: Good Friday, 485 in Valrovina, Italy. Beatified: 5 September 1867 by Pope Pius IX (decree of martyrdom). Also called Lorenzo Sossio and Lorenzino (Little Lawrence).

Martyr groups (1)

  • Mercedarian Martyrs of Africa Died: 1393.

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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