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SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 04

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 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 04  St. Isidore of Seville, Roman Catholic Priest and Doctor of The Church. Isidore was the first Christian writer to try to compile a summa of universal knowledge, in his most important work, the Etymologiae his learning caught fire in Spanish minds and held back the Dark Ages of barbarism from Spain. Feastday April 4 St. Guier. Hermit priest of Cornwall, England. A local church bears his name.    St. Tigernach. St. Tigernach died 549, bishop. Said to have been the godchild of St. Brigid, and educated in Scotland, he may have been a monk at Clones as well as a bishop of Clogher, but accounts are not too clear. He also is called Tierney and Tierry  ST. BENEDICT THE MOOR, FRANCISCAN-Born to African slaves descendants in Sicily in 1524, Benedict became known as “the holy Moor” for his dark skin and his many virtues. After the hermit community on Monte Pellegrino was disbanded, he joined the Friars Minor, starting as a cook and advancin...

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The Nicene Creed: an expression of Christian identity - Vatican News

  The Nicene Creed: an expression of Christian identity - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2025-04/the-nicene-creed-an-expression-of-christian-identity.html

Benin: Catholic missionaries must communicate what they do, so more can be done - Vatican News

  Benin: Catholic missionaries must communicate what they do, so more can be done - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2025-04/sisters-project-121-benin-ivancica-fulir-children-missionaries.html

St Luigi Scrosoppi

  St Luigi Scrosoppi https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/99

Gospel in Art: There is one who accuses you: Moses

  Gospel in Art: There is one who accuses you: Moses https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52075

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 03

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  SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 03  St. Agape, Roman Catholic Martyr, Agape and her sisters Chionia and Irene, Christians of Thessalonica, Macedonia, were convicted of possessing texts of the Scriptures despite a decree issued in 303 by Emperor Diocletian naming such possessions a crime punishable by death. When they further refused to sacrifice to pagan gods, the governor, Dulcitius, had Agape and Chionia burned alive. When Irene still refused to recant, Dulcitius ordered her sent to a house of prostitution. There she was unmolested after being exposed naked and chained, she was put to death either by burning or by an arrow through her throat. Feastday April 3 St. Richard of Wyche, 1253 A.D. Richard of Wyche, also known as Richard of Chichester, was born at Wyche (Droitwich), Worcestershire, England. He was orphaned when he was quite young. He retrieved the fortunes of the mismanaged estate he inherited when he took it over, and then turned it over to his brother Robert. Richar...