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Saints of 25 April

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

Saints (21)

  • St. Agathopodes of Antioch Died: c.150.
  • St. Anianus of Alexandria Died: c.86. Patronage: cobblers. Also called Anian, Annianus.
  • St. Callista of Syracuse Died: at Syracuse, Sicily. Also called Callistus.
  • St. Clarentius of Vienne Died: c.620. Also called Clarence, Clarenzio.
  • St. Ermin of Lobbes Born: Herly, Laon region of France. Died: 25 April 737 in Lobbes, Hainaut, Belgium. Patronage: Lobbes, Belgium.
  • St. Evodius of Syracuse Died: at Syracuse, Sicily.
  • St. Franca Visalta Born: 1170 at Piacenza, Italy. Died: 1218. Canonized: by Pope Gregory X (cultus confirmed). Also called Franca of Piacenza and Francesca da Vitalta.
  • St. Giovanni Battista Piamarta Born: 26 November 1841 in Brescia, Italy. Died: 25 April 1913 in Remedello, Brescia, Italy. Canonized: 21 October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Johnannes Baptist Piamarta and John the Baptist Piamarta.
  • St. Heribaldus of Auxerre Died: c.857. Also called Héribald.
  • St. Hermogenes of Syracuse Died: at Syracuse, Sicily.
  • St. Kebius Also called Keby.
  • St. Macaille Died: c.489.
  • St. Macedonius Died: 516.
  • St. Mark the Evangelist Died: martyred 25 April 68 at Alexandria, Egypt. Patronage: against impenitence, against insect bites, against scrofulous diseases, against struma, struma patients, attorneys, lawyers, barristers, captives, imprisoned people, and others. Also called John Mark.
  • St. Pasicrate of Mesia Died: beheaded in Mesia, Spain.
  • St. Pedro de San Jose Betancur Born: 16 May 1619 at Villaflores, Tenerife Island, Canary Islands, Spain. Died: 25 April 1667 at Guatemala City, Guatemala. Canonized: 30 July 2002 in Guatemala City, Guatemala by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Phaebadius of Agen Died: c.392 in Agen, Aquitaine (in modern France).
  • St. Philo of Antioch Died: c.150.
  • St. Robert of Syracuse Died: c.1000.
  • St. Stefano of Antioch Died: drowned in the Orontes River, Antioch, Syria. Also called Stephen.
  • St. Valenzio of Mesia Died: beheaded in Mesia, Spain.

Blessed (7)

  • Blessed Andrés Solá Molist Born: 7 October 1895 in Taradell, Barcelona, Spain. Died: shot on 25 April 1927 in Rancho de San Joaquín, Jalisco, Mexico. Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Antonio Pérez Lários Born: 28 November 1883 in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico. Died: shot on 25 April 1927 in Rancho de San Joaquín, Jalisco, Mexico. Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed José Trinidad Rangel y Montaño Born: 4 June 1887 in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico. Died: shot on 25 April 1927 in Rancho de San Joaquín, Jalisco, Mexico. Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Mario Borzaga Born: 27 August 1932 in Trent, Italy.
  • Blessed Paul Thoj Xyooj Born: 1941 in Kiukatiam, Luang Prabang, Laos. Also called Thoj Xyooj Paj Lug.
  • Blessed Robert Anderton Born: c.1560 at Lancashire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed William Marsden Born: c.1560 at Lancashire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Yeoju Died: 25 April 1801 in Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Beatified: 15 August 2014 by Pope Francis.

Other (4)

  • Boniface of Valperga
  • Leonardo Perez
  • Olive
  • Rogation Day Also called Gang Days, Cross Week, and Additional Dates.

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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