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Saints of 29 April

27 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 29 April, with short facts.

Saints (19)

  • St. Catherine of Siena Born: 25 March 1347 at Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Died: 29 April 1380 in Rome, Italy. Canonized: July 1461 by Pope Pius II. Patronage: against bodily ills, against fire, against illness, against miscarriages, against sexual temptation, against sickness, against temptations, fire prevention, and others.
  • St. Antonius Kim Song-u Born: 1795 in Gusan, Gyeonggi-do (in modern South Korea). Died: strangled on 29 April 1841 in prison at Tangkogae, Seoul (in modern South Korea). Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Antonio Kim Song-u and Gim Seong-u.
  • St. Ava of Denain Died: c.845. Also called Ava of Dinant and Avia of....
  • St. Cristino Died: Rome, Italy.
  • St. Daniel of Gerona Born: Asia Minor. Died: 9th century in Spain.
  • St. Dichu Born: 4th century Irish. Died: 5th century in Saul, Ireland. Also called Dictinus.
  • St. Endellion of Tregony Born: Cornwall, England. Died: 6th century. Also called Endelient, Endelienda.
  • St. Fiachan of Lismore Born: Munster, Ireland. Died: 7th century. Also called Fiachna, Fianchine, Fiachina, Fianchne.
  • St. Gundebert of Gumber Born: France. Died: in Ireland.
  • St. Hugh of Cluny Born: 1024 at Semur, Brionnais. Died: 28 April 1109 at Cluny Abbey, France. Canonized: 6 January 1120 by Pope Saint Callistus II. Patronage: against fever. Also called Hugh the Great, Hugh of Cluni, Hugh of Semur, and Hugues de Cluny.
  • St. Luccreth Born: Ireland. Died: 753 in Ireland. Also called Lucraid.
  • St. Paulinus of Brescia Died: c.545.
  • St. Peter Verona Born: 1205 at Verona, Italy. Died: struck on the head. Canonized: 25 March 1253 by Pope Innocent IV. Patronage: inquisitors, midwives, Castelleone di Suasa, Italy, Verona, Italy, diocese of, and Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Also called Peter Martyr, Peter of Verona, and Peter the Martyr.
  • St. Senan of Wales
  • St. Severus of Naples Died: 409.
  • St. Theoger Died: 1120 at Cluny Abbey.
  • St. Torpes of Pisa Died: beheaded c.65 at Pisa, Italy. Patronage: mariners, Pisa, Italy, and Saint-Tropez, France.
  • St. Tychicus Born: Asia Minor. Died: 1st century. Also called Tychichus, Tychikos.
  • St. Wilfrid the Younger Died: 744. Also called Wilfrith.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Acardo of Avranches Born: early 12th century in either Normandy, France or Norman-occupied England. Died: 1172. Also called Acardo of San Vittore and Achard....
  • Blessed Hanna Helena Chrzanowska Born: 7 October 1902 in Warsaw, Poland. Died: 29 April 1973 in Kraków, Poland. Beatified: 28 April 2018 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Itala Mela Born: 28 August 1904 in La Spezia, Italy. Died: 29 April 1957 in La Spezia, Italy. Beatified: 10 June 2017 by Pope Francis. Also called Sister Maria of the Trinity.
  • Blessed Juan Vargas Born: early 16th century Spain. Died: mid-16th century Peru.
  • Blessed Robert Gruthuysen Born: Bruges, Belgium. Died: 1157. Also called Robert of Bruges.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Corfu Died: boiled in oil and pitch in the 2nd century on the Island of Corcyra (modern Corfu, Greece). Also called Martyrs of Corcyra, Seven Holy Thieves, Seven Holy Robbers, and Seven Robber Saints.

Other (2)

  • Abbots of Cluny
  • Madonna del sangue

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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