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Saints of 28 April

55 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 28 April, with short facts.

Saints (35)

  • St. Louis de Montfort Born: 31 January 1673 at Montfort-La-Cane, Brittany, France. Died: 28 April 1716 at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sovre, France. Canonized: 20 July 1947 by Pope Pius XII. Patronage: preachers, Brothers of Saint Gabriel, Company of Mary, and Daughters of Divine Wisdom.
  • St. Adalbero of Augsburg Died: 909. Patronage: Diocese of Augsburg, Germany.
  • St. Agapio of Cirtha
  • St. Aphrodisius of Languedoc Died: martyred in Languedoc, France.
  • St. Arduin of Gallinaro Died: 639 at Gallinaro, Italy. Also called Ardwine.
  • St. Artemius of Sens Born: Sens, France. Died: 609.
  • St. Benedict of the Bridge Died: 1184. Also called Benet.
  • St. Caralippus of Languedoc Died: martyred in Languedoc, France.
  • St. Cronan of Roscrea Born: Munster, Ireland. Died: c.626. Patronage: Roscrea, Tipperary, Ireland. Also called Croman.
  • St. Cyril of Turov Born: c.1130. Died: 28 April 1182. Also called Kirill of Turov.
  • St. Eusebius of Languedoc Died: martyred in Languedoc, France.
  • St. Eusebius of Nicomedia
  • St. Gerard of Gallinaro Died: 639 at Gallinaro, Italy.
  • St. Gianna Beretta Molla Born: 4 October 1922 in Magenta, Milan, Italy. Died: 28 April 1962 in Monza Maternity Hospital, Monza, Italy. Canonized: 16 May 2004 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: against abortion, mothers, pregnant women, unborn children, and World Meeting of Families 2015.
  • St. Hugh of Gallinaro Died: 639 at Gallinaro, Italy.
  • Martyrs of Alexandria Died: beheaded in 304 in Alexandria, Egypt.
  • Martyrs of Languedoc Died: martyred in Languedoc, France.
  • Martyrs of Nicomedia
  • Martyrs of Prusa Died: martyred at Prusa, Bithynia (in the northwest of modern Turkey). Also called Acatius.
  • Martyrs of Vietnam Born: c.1796 in Nôn Khê, Ninh Bình, Vietnam. Died: beheaded 28 April 1840 in Ninh Bình, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called John Baptist Dinh Van Than.
  • St. Maximus of Durostorum Died: Durostorum (modern Silistra, Bulgaria).
  • St. Menander of Prusa Died: Prusa, Bithynia (in the northwest of modern Turkey).
  • St. Pamphilus of Sulmona Died: c.700. Patronage: Scerni, Italy. Also called Panfilo.
  • St. Patritius of Prusa Died: Prusa, Bithynia (in the northwest of modern Turkey). Also called Patricius, Patrick.
  • St. Peter Chanel Born: 12 July 1803 at Cuet, Ain, France as Peter Louis Mary Chanel. Died: beaten to death. Canonized: 12 June 1954 by Pope Pius XII. Patronage: Oceania. Also called Peter Louis Mary Chanel and Pierre-Louis-Marie Chanel.
  • St. Phaolô Pham Khac Khoan Born: c.1771 in Duyên Mau, Ninh Bình, Vietnam. Died: beheaded 28 April 1840 in Ninh Bình, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Paul Pham Khac Khoan.
  • St. Phêrô Nguyen Van Hien Born: c.1783 in Ðong Chuoi, Ninh Bình, Vietnam. Died: beheaded 28 April 1840 in Ninh Bình, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Peter Nguyen Van Hieu.
  • Pilgrims of Gallinaro Died: 639 at Gallinaro, Italy. Also called Bernhard.
  • St. Polyenus of Prusa Died: martyred at Prusa, Bithynia (in the northwest of modern Turkey).
  • St. Prudentius of Tarazona Born: in Armentia, Alava province, Spain. Died: late 7th century in Osma, Old Castille, Spain. Patronage: Tarazona, Spain, diocese of, Alava, Spain, and Lazkao, Spain. Also called Prudencio, Prudentzio.
  • St. Quintilian of Durostorum Died: beheaded in Durostorum (modern Silistra, Bulgaria).
  • St. Theodora of Alexandria Also called Dadas.
  • St. Ursicinus of Ravenna Died: beheaded c.67.
  • St. Valeria of Milan Died: beaten to death. Patronage: Thibodeaux, Louisiana. Also called Valerie of Milan.
  • St. Vitalis of Milan Patronage: Thibodeaux, Louisiana.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Gerard of Bourgogne Died: 1172.
  • Blessed Józef Cebula Born: 23 March 1902 in Malni, Opolskie, Poland. Died: tortured to death on 28 April 1941 at the Nazi prison camp at Mauthausen, Upper Austria, Austria. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Joseph Cebula.
  • Blessed Luchesius Born: at Poggibonsi, Umbria, Italy. Died: 1260 at Poggibonsi, Umbria, Italy. Beatified: 1273 by Pope Gregory X (cultus confirmed). Patronage: death of children, lost vocations, and Poggibonsi, Italy. Also called Lucchese.
  • Blessed María Felicia Guggiari Echeverría Born: 12 January 1925 in Villarica del Espiritu Santo, Guairá, Paraguay. Died: early morning of 28 April 1959 in Asunción, Paraguay. Beatified: 23 June 2018 by Pope Francis. Also called María Felicia of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and María Guggiari y Echeverría.
  • Blessed Marie Louise Trichet Born: 7 May 1684 on the Clain River in Poitiers, Vienne, France as Marie-Louise Trichet. Died: 28 April 1759 in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre, Vendée, France. Beatified: 16 May 1993 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy. Patronage: Daughters of Divine Wisdom.

Other (15)

  • Alexander
  • Aphrodisius of Beziers
  • Berthold
  • Buonadonna
  • Carino Peter of Balsamo
  • Firmiano
  • Germaine
  • Guido Spada
  • Luchtighern of Ennistymon
  • Mark of Galilee
  • Peter of Bearn
  • Primianus
  • Probe
  • Tellurium
  • Vitalis of Ravena

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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