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Saints of 17 April

27 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 17 April, with short facts.

Saints (20)

  • St. Kateri Tekakwitha Born: 1656 at Osserneon (Auriesville). Died: 17 April 1680 at Caughnawaga, Canada. Canonized: 21 October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Catherine Tekakwitha, Lily of the Mohawks, and Tegakouita, Tegakwitha. Date differs between sources; also kept on 14 July.
  • St. Acacius Agathangelos of Melitene Died: c.251. Also called Acacius of Hither, The Good Angel, The Wonder Worker, and Acacius, Achates, Achatius, Agathangelos.
  • St. Arnoald of Metz Born: c.560 in Austrasia (modern Lorraine, France). Died: c.611 in Metz, France. Also called Arnoaldus.
  • St. Donnan of Eigg Died: stabbed to death by sword on Easter Sunday in 618 on Eigg Island, Scotland. Canonized: 11 July 1898 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed). Also called Dounan, Donan, Donnanus, Domnanus.
  • St. Elias of Cordoba Born: Portuguese. Died: martyred by Moors in 856 in Cordoba, Spain.
  • St. Fortunatus of North Africa
  • St. Hermogenes of Melitene Died: Melitene, Armenia.
  • St. Innocent of Tortona Born: in Tortona, Italy. Died: c.350.
  • St. Isidore of Cordoba Died: martyred by Moors in 856 in Cordoba, Spain.
  • St. Landericus of Soignies Born: France. Died: 7th century in Soignies, France. Also called Landericus of Meaux and Landry, Landricus, Landrich, Landerico.
  • St. Marcian of North Africa
  • St. Pantagathus of Vienne Born: 475. Died: 540. Also called Pantagathe of Vienne.
  • St. Paulus of Cordoba Died: martyred by Moors in 856 in Cordoba, Spain.
  • St. Peter of Antioch Died: in Antioch.
  • St. Peter of Melitene Died: Melitene, Armenia.
  • St. Robert of Chaise-Dieu Born: 11th century at Auvergne, France. Died: 17 April 1067. Canonized: 1070 by Pope Alexander II. Also called Robert de Turlande and Robert of Casa Dei.
  • St. Robert of Molesme Born: 1027 near Troyes, Champagne (in modern France). Died: 21 March 1110. Canonized: 1222 by Pope Honorius III. Also called Robert of Cîteaux. Also kept on 26 January in some calendars.
  • St. Usthazade Died: c.341 in Persia.
  • St. Villicus of Metz Died: 568.
  • St. Wando of Fontenelle Died: c.756 at Fontenelle, France. Also called Vando of Fontenelle and Wando von Fontenelle.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Ambrose of Massa Born: Massa Marittima, Tuscany, Italy. Died: 17 April 1240 in Orvieto, Italy. Also called Ambrogio da Massa.
  • Blessed Gervinus of Aldenberg Died: 1117.
  • Blessed Henry Heath Born: c.1599-1600 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. Died: hanged on 17 April 1643 in Tyburn, London, England. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Paul of Saint Magdalene.
  • Blessed James of Cerqueto Born: 1285 at Cerqueto in Perugia, Umbria, Italy. Died: 17 April 1366 in the Church of Saint Augustine in Perugia, Italy. Beatified: 10 June 1895 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed Mariana of Jesus Born: 17 January 1565 at Madrid, Spain as Mariana Navarra de Guevara. Died: 17 April 1624. Beatified: 18 April 1783 by Pope Pius VI in Rome, Italy. Patronage: Madrid, Spain. Also called Lily of Madrid, Mariana Navarra de Guevara, Mary Ann of Jesus Navarro, and Maria Ana de Jesus Navarro de Guevara.

Other (2)

  • Chiara Gambacorta
  • Eberhard of Obermarchtal

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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