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Saints of 22 April

25 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 22 April, with short facts.

Saints (17)

  • St. Abel McAedh Born: Irish.
  • St. Aceptismas of Hnaita Died: beaten to death on 10 October 376 in Persia. Also called Acepsimas.
  • St. Altfried of Münster Born: 9th century. Died: 22 April 849. Also called Altfrid, Altfrith.
  • St. Apelles of Smyrna Also called Apellius of Smyrna.
  • St. Arwald Died: 686.
  • St. Epipodius of Lyon Born: 2nd century at Lyon, France. Died: beheaded in 178. Patronage: bachelors, betrayal victims, and torture victims.
  • St. Euflamia Patronage: Cherasco, Italy.
  • St. Helimenas Died: beheaded c.250 at Babylon.
  • St. Joseph of Persia Died: 376 in Persia.
  • St. Leo of Sens Died: 541.
  • St. Leonidas of Alexandria Died: beheaded in 202 at Alexandria, Egypt. Patronage: large families. Also called Leonides.
  • St. Lucius of Laodicea
  • St. Maryáhb Died: 341 in Persia.
  • St. Opportuna of Montreuil Born: at castle of Exmes, Argentan, Normandy, France. Died: 22 April 770. Also called Opportune.
  • St. Senorina Died: 982.
  • St. Theodore of Sykeon Born: at Sykeon, Galatia. Died: c.613. Patronage: against rain, difficult marriages, and for rain. Also called Theodore of Siceone, Theodore of Sikion, and Theodore the Sykeote.
  • St. Virginio Patronage: Cherasco, Italy.

Popes (3)

  • Pope St. Agapitus I Born: in Rome, Italy. Died: 22 April 536 in Constantinople. Also called Agapetus I.
  • Pope St. Caius I Died: 22 April 296. Also called Caius the Dalmatian and Cayo, Gaius.
  • Pope St. Soter Born: at Fondi, Italy. Died: tradition says he was martyred c.175. Also called Pope of Charity, Sotero, Soterius, and Soterus.

Blessed (3)

  • Blessed Adalberto of Ostrevant Died: 22 April c.790.
  • Blessed Francis of Fabriano Born: 2 September 1251 in Fabriano, Ancona, Italy. Died: 22 April 1322. Beatified: 1 April 1775 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmation). Also called Francis Venimbeni.
  • Blessed Stephen of Nagyvárad Born: Naggyvarad, Transylvania (modern Oradea, Romania). Died: sentenced to burn at the stake. Also called Stephen of Hungary.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Alexandria
  • Martyrs of Persia

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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