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Saints of 23 April

25 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 23 April, with short facts.

Saints (10)

  • St. George Died: tortured and beheaded c.304 at Lydda, Palestine. Also called Jirí, Jordi, Zorzo and Victory Bringer.
  • St. Achilleus of Vienne Died: scourged.
  • St. Adalbert of Prague Born: c.957 in Libice nad Cidlinou, Bohemia (part of modern Czech Republic) as Voytech. Died: struck in the head on 23 April 997 in Pomerania near Danzig (in modern Poland). Canonized: 999. Patronage: Bohemia, Czech Republic, Poland, archdiocese of Prague, Czech Republic, and Prussia.
  • St. Felix of Vienne Died: scourged.
  • St. Fortunatus of Vienne Died: scourged.
  • St. George of San Giorio Died: c.286 in San Giorio, Italy. Also called Georg, Giorgio, Giorio, Jorio.
  • St. Gerard of Toul Born: 935 at Cologne, Germany. Died: 23 April 994 in Toul, France. Canonized: 1050 by Pope Leo IX. Patronage: Gerardmer, France. Also called Gerhard.
  • St. Ibar of Meath Born: 5th century Ulster, Ireland. Died: c.500. Patronage: Begerin, Ireland. Also called Iberius, Ibhar, Ivor.
  • St. Marolus of Milan Born: Mesopotamia. Died: 23 April 423.
  • St. Pusinna of Champagne Born: 5th-century Corbie, France. Died: 6th century in Binson, Chalons-en-Champagne, France. Patronage: Herford, Germany.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Adalbert III of Salzburg Born: 1145 in Bohemia. Died: 8 April 1200 in Salzburg, Austria. Beatified: no formal Vatican beatification.
  • Blessed Gerard of Orchimont Died: 1138.
  • Blessed Giles of Assisi Born: c.1190 in Assisi, Umbria, Papal States (in modern Italy). Died: 23 April 1262 at Perugia, Italy. Also called Aegidius.
  • Blessed Giles of Saumur Died: 1266 at Dinant, Belgium.
  • Blessed Giorgio di Suelli Born: 11th century Cagliari, Italy. Died: 23 April 1117 at Suelli, Italy. Beatified: 1609 by Pope Paul V. Patronage: against famine, Lanusei, Italy, diocese of, and Suelli, Italy. Also called George Suelli.
  • Blessed Helen del Cavalcanti Born: at Udine, Italy. Died: 23 April 1458. Beatified: 27 September 1848 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed). Patronage: against temptations and widows. Also called Helen Valentini, Helen of Udine, and Helena Valentini of Udine.
  • Blessed Maria Gabriella Sagheddu Born: 17 March 1914 at Dorgali, Sardinia, Italy. Died: 23 April 1939. Beatified: 25 January 1983 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: against bodily ills or sickness, against death of parents, against impoverishment or poverty, ecumenism, and sick people.
  • Blessed Teresa Maria of the Cross Born: 2 March 1846 at Campi Bisenzio, Florence, Italy as Teresa Adelaide Cesina Manetti. Died: 3 April 1910 at Campi Bisenzio, Florence, Italy. Beatified: 19 October 1986 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: people ridiculed for their piety.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Africa
  • Martyrs of Rome

Other (5)

  • Alexandra of Rome
  • Ethelred of the West Saxons
  • Euglogius of Edessa
  • French Mercedarian Martyrs
  • Sebastian de Riccafont

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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