SAINT OF THE DAY APRIL 24 STS. MARY OF CLEOPHAS AND SALOME, DISCIPLES OF THE LORD, ST. FIDELIS OF SIGMARINGEN, PRIEST AND MARTYR, ST. MARY ELIZABETH HESSELBLAD, FOUNDRESS OF THE BRIDGETTINES

SAINT OF THE DAY APRIL 24 STS. MARY OF CLEOPHAS AND SALOME, DISCIPLES OF THE LORD These two saints were among the women who went to the sepulchre on Easter Sunday to anoint the Body of the Lord. There they heard the proclamation of the Resurrection. Mary, the wife of Clopas, is the mother of James the Less; while Salome is the wife of Zebedee, the mother of James and John. ST. FIDELIS OF SIGMARINGEN, PRIEST AND MARTYR ST. MARY ELIZABETH HESSELBLAD, FOUNDRESS OF THE BRIDGETTINES