ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS April 25 St. Macaille, 489 A.D, Bl. William Marsden, 1586 A.D. Martyr of England., St. Mella, 780 A.D. Widow and abbess

ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS April 25 St. Macaille, 489 A.D. Bishop of Croghan, Offaly, Ireland, a disciple of St. Mel. He was one of the prelates receiving the vows of St. Brigid. Bl. William Marsden, 1586 A.D. Martyr of England. A native of Lancashire, he studied at Oxford and then departed the island for Reims, France, where he was ordained in 1585 with Blessed Robert Anderson. They were sent to England but were forced to land on the Isle of Wight in a storm. They were arrested, and then condemned and hanged on April 25 on Wight. Both were beatified in 1929, and share the feast. St. Mella, 780 A.D. Widow and abbess. She was the mother of St. Cannech and Tigernach, and lived in Connaught, Ireland. She became the abbess of Doire-Melle, Leitrim.