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Saints of 16 April

21 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 16 April, with short facts.

Saints (12)

  • St. Bernadette of Lourdes Born: 7 January 1844 at Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. Died: 16 April 1879, Nevers, Nièvre, France. Canonized: 8 December 1933 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Bernardette Soubirous and Sleeping Saint of Nevers.
  • St. Benedict Joseph Labre Born: 25 March 1748 at Amettes, Boulogne, France. Died: 17 April 1783 at Rome, Italy. Canonized: 8 December 1881 by Pope Leo XIII. Also called Beggar of Perpetual Adoration and Benedetto Giuseppe Labre.
  • St. Drogo Born: 1105. Died: c.1186 at Seboug, France. Patronage: against bodily ills, against broken bones, against deafness, against dumbness, against gall stones, against hernias, against illness, against insanity, and others. Also called Dreux, Drugo, Druon.
  • St. Elias Born: Ireland. Died: 1042.
  • St. Fructuosus of Braga Born: early 7th century Spain. Died: 16 April 665.
  • St. Herveus of Tours Born: at Touraine, France. Died: 1021. Also called Herve.
  • St. Lambert of Saragossa Died: beheaded c.900. Also called Lamberto, Lambertus. Also kept on 19 June in some calendars.
  • St. Lambert of Saragossa Died: 306 near Saragossa, Spain.
  • St. Magnus of Orkney Born: c.1075 in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. Died: struck in the head. Patronage: Orkney Islands. Also called Magnus Erlendsson of Orkney, Magnus Erlendsson, Magnus the Martyr, and Mans....
  • St. Turibius of Astorga Born: c.402 in Betanzos, Visigothic kingdom of Toledo. Died: c.460 in Tui, Spain. Patronage: city of Astorga, Spain and diocese of Astorga, Spain. Also called Toribi, Toribio, Turrybiusz.
  • St. Vaise Died: c.500. Also called Vasius, Vaize.
  • St. William Gnoffi Born: at Polizzi, Italy. Died: c.1317. Also called Guglielmo Gnoffi.

Blessed (4)

  • Blessed Arcangelo Canetoli Born: 1460 in Bologna, Italy. Died: 16 April 1513 in Gubbio, Italy. Beatified: 2 October 1748 by Pope Benedict XIV.
  • Blessed Contardo d'Este Born: 1216 in Ferrara, Italy. Died: 16 April 1249 in Broni, Pavia. Beatified: by Pope Paul V (cultus confirmation). Also called Contardo the Pilgrim.
  • Blessed Joachim Piccolomini Born: 1258 at Siena, Italy. Died: 16 April 1306 at Siena, Italy. Beatified: 21 March 1609 by Pope Paul V. Patronage: against epilepsy. Also called Gioacchino Piccolomini and Joachim of Siena.
  • Blessed Mikel Suma Born: 23 March 1897 in Shkodrë, Albania. Died: 16 April 1950 at the Great Prison in Shkodrë, Albania. Beatified: 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis. Also called Gaspër.

Martyr groups (3)

  • Martyrs of Avrillé Died: 16 April 1794 at Avrillé, Maine-et-Loire, France. Beatified: 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy.
  • Martyrs of Corinth Died: thrown into the sea at Corinth, Greece c.250.
  • Martyrs of Saragossa

Other (2)

  • Hugh de Mataplana
  • Tetgaill of Lann-Ela

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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