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Saints of 20 April

39 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 20 April, with short facts.

Saints (17)

  • St. Agnes of Montepulciano Born: 1268 at Gracchiano-Vecchio, Tuscany, Italy. Died: 20 April 1317 at the convent of Montepulciano, Italy. Beatified: 1534. Canonized: 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII.
  • St. Caedwalla of Wessex Born: c.658 in Wessex, England. Died: 20 April 689 at Rome, Italy. Patronage: converts and reformed murderers. Also called Caedwalla of Wales.
  • St. Domninus of Digne Born: North Africa. Died: c.374.
  • St. Hugh of Anzy-le-Duc Born: at Poitiers, France. Died: c.930 at the abbey of Anzy-le-Duc, Brittany, France.
  • St. Marcellinus of Embrun Born: North Africa. Died: c.374. Also called Marcellinus of Ambrun, Marcelino..., and Marcellí d'Ambrun.
  • St. Marcian of Auxerre Born: Bourges, France. Died: on an Easter Sunday c.470. Also called Marianus, Marsus, Marien.
  • St. Margaret of Amelia Died: 1666. Also called Margarita, Margherita, Marguerite.
  • St. Sara of Antioch Born: Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey). Died: burned at the stake c.305 in Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey). Also called Sarah.
  • St. Secundinus of Córdoba Died: Córdoba, Spain.
  • St. Servilian Died: beheaded c.117 at the 2nd mile marker on the Via Latina outside Rome, Italy.
  • Blessed Simon Rinalducci Born: latter 13th century at Todi, Italy. Died: 20 April 1322 at the monastery of Saint James the Great in Bologna, Italy. Beatified: 19 March 1833 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmed). Also called Simon Rinalducci of Todi and Simon of Todi.
  • St. Sobarthann
  • St. Sulpicius Died: beheaded c.117 at the 2nd mile marker on the Via Latina outside Rome, Italy.
  • St. Theodore Trichinas Born: Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey).
  • St. Theotimus of Tomi Died: 407.
  • St. Vincent of Digne Born: North Africa. Died: c.374. Patronage: Digne, France. Also called Vincentius.
  • St. Wiho of Osnabrück Also called Viho, Vihone, Vione, Wicho, Wilho.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Anicetus Born: in Syria. Died: 166.

Blessed (16)

  • Blessed Anastazy Jakub Pankiewicz Born: 9 July 1882 in Nagórzany, Podkarpackie, Poland. Died: 20 May 1942 on the road. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Warsaw, Poland.
  • Blessed Antony Page Born: 1571 in Harrow, Middlesex, London, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Anthony, Antonio.
  • Blessed Catwallon Born: Brittany, France. Also called Catuuallon.
  • Blessed Chiara Bosatta Born: 27 May 1858 in Pianello del Lario, Como, Italy as Dina Bosatta. Died: 20 April 1887 in Pianello del Lario, Como, Italy. Beatified: 21 April 1991 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy. Also called Clare, Dina.
  • Blessed Francis Page Born: c.1575 in Antwerp, Belgium. Died: 20 April 1602 at Tyburn, London, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Gerald of Salles Born: Salles, France. Died: 1120. Beatified: 1249 by Pope Innocent IV. Also called Gerald of Salas and Geraldo, Géraud, Giraud.
  • Blessed Hildegun of Schönau Born: in the Rhineland, Germany. Died: 1188 in Schönau, Germany. Canonized: no formal beatification or canonization. Also called Brother Joseph, Hildegun of Neuss, and Hildegunda, Hildegunde, Hildegund, Joseph.
  • Blessed James Bell Born: c.1520 at Warrington, Lancashire, England. Died: hanged in 20 April 1584 at Lancaster, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed John Finch Born: c.1548 at Eccleston, Lancashire, England. Died: hanged on 20 April 1584 at Lancaster, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed John of Grace-Dieu Died: 1280.
  • Blessed Maurice Mackenraghty Born: c.1500 in Kilmallock, Limerick, Ireland. Died: 20 April 1585 in Clonmel, Ireland. Beatified: 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy. Also called Muiris mac Ionrachtaigh.
  • Blessed Michel Coquelet Born: 18 August 1931 in Wignehies, Nord, France. Died: 20 April 1961 in Sop Xieng, Xieng Khouang, Laos. Beatified: 11 December 2016 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Oda of Rivreulle Born: Brabant, Belgium. Died: 1158.
  • Blessed Richard Sergeant Born: c.1558 in Gloucestershire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Richard Lee, Richard Long, Richard Lea, and Richard Longe.
  • Blessed Robert Watkinson Born: in Hemingbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Died: hanged on 20 April 1602 in Tyburn, London, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed William Thomson Born: c.1560 at Blackburn, Lancastershire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called William Thompson and William Blackburn.

Other (5)

  • Alfonso Oria
  • Anastasius of Antioch
  • Dominic Vernagalli
  • Helen of Laurino
  • Sinach of Inis Clothrainn

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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