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Saints of 19 April

25 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 19 April, with short facts.

Saints (13)

  • St. Expeditus
  • St. Alphege of Winchester Born: 954 in Weston, Somerset, England. Died: beaten. Canonized: 1078 by Pope Saint Gregory VII. Patronage: Greenwich, England, kidnap victims, and Solihull, England. Also called Alphege the Martyr and Alphege of Canterbury.
  • St. Apollonius the Priest Died: drowned in Alexandria, Egypt.
  • St. Aristonicus of Melitene Born: 4th century Armenian. Died: at Melitene, Armenian.
  • St. Crescentius of Florence Died: c.396.
  • St. Expeditus of Melitene Patronage: against procrastination, for expeditious solutions, merchants, navigators, and prompt solutions. Also called Elpidius, Expedite.
  • St. Gaius of Melitene Born: 4th century Armenian. Died: at Melitene, Armenian.
  • St. Galata of Melitene Born: 4th century Armenian. Died: at Melitene, Armenian.
  • St. George of Antioch Died: 815.
  • St. Gerold of Saxony Born: Saxony (part of modern Germany). Died: 16 April 978. Also called Gerold of Großwalsertal, Gerold of Grosswalsertal, Gerold of Vorarlberg, and Adam of....
  • St. Martha of Persia Died: Easter, 341 in Persia.
  • St. Rufus of Melitene Born: 4th century Armenian. Died: at Melitene, Armenian.
  • St. Vincent of Collioure Died: c.304 in Collioure, Languedoc (in modern France).

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Leo IX Born: 21 June 1002 at Eguisheim, Alsace, France as Bruno of Eguisheim-Dagsburg. Died: 19 April 1054 in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy. Canonized: 1082 by Pope Saint Gregory VII. Patronage: Sessa Aurunca, Italy.

Blessed (4)

  • Blessed Bernard of Sithiu Died: 19 April 1182 in the monastery of Saint-Bertin, Thérouanne region, France. Also called Bernard of Maguellone and Bernard the Penitent.
  • Blessed James Duckett Born: at Gilfortrigs, Skelsmergh, Westmorland, England. Died: hanged on 19 April 1602 at Tyburn, London, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Patronage: book sellers and publishers.
  • Blessed Jaume Llach-Candell Born: 1 October 1878 in Torelló, Barcelona, Spain. Died: 19 April 1937 in Montcada, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Ramon Llach-Candell Born: 24 May 1875 in Torelló, Barcelona, Spain. Died: 19 April 1937 in Montcada, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Carthage Died: 250 in prison in Carthage, North Africa (modern Tunis, Tunisia).

Other (6)

  • Conrad of Ascoli
  • Emma of Saxony
  • Killian
  • Loubouer
  • Paphnutius of Jerusalem
  • Timon the Deacon

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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