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SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 21 PRAY FOR US

 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 21 PRAY FOR US ST. APOLLONIUS, PHILOSOPHER AND ROMAN MARTYR Martyr whose Apologia, or defense of the faith, is considered one of the most priceless documents of the early Church. Apollonius was a Roman senator who was denounced as a Christian by one of his slaves. The Praetorian Prefect, Sextus Tigidius Perennis, arrested him, also putting the slave to death as an informer. April 21 Saint Anselm of Canterbury, Roman Catholic Priest, Archbishop of Canterbury and Doctor of The Church. Feastday April 21 St. Beuno. Beuno's legend has him a monk in Wales who founded his own community and performed numerous miracles, among them, restoring St. Winifred's head after she was beheaded. However, he does seem to have been an effective preacher who evangelized much of North Wales and founded a monastery at Clynnog Fawr (Carnavonshire).   ST. CONRAD OF PARZHAM, CAPUCHIN For more than 40 years — from his profession of solemn vows in 1852 to his death in 1894...
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St Agnes of Montepulciano

  St Agnes of Montepulciano https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/115
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Gospel in Art: Do not work for the food that perishes

  Gospel in Art: Do not work for the food that perishes https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54829
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SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 20 PRAY FOR US

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 20 PRAY FOR US Bl. Francis Page, 1602 A.D. Jesuit martyr of England. Born in Antwerp, Belgium, Francis was a member of an English Protestant family of Harrow-on-the-Hill, in England. Reconciled to the Catholic faith, he was ordained in 1600 and sent from Douai, France, to England. He was arrested there two years later. While in prison, Francis entered the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits. He was martyred at Tyburn, England, and was beatified in 1929.   https://www.jesuit.org.sg/april-20th-francis-page-sj/ Bl. John Finch, 1584 A.D. Martyr of England. He was a yeoman farmer of Eccleston, Lancashire, who returned to the Church. He harbored priests and acted as a clerk and catechist. John was arrested and tried with Blessed James Bell. They were executed at Lancaster. Both were beatified in 1929.   Bl. Robert Watkinson, 1579-1602 A.D. English martyr. Born at Hemingborough, Yorkshire, he left England and studied at Douai, France, and then Rome in ...
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St Alphege

  St Alphege https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/114
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Gospel in Art: Two of the disciples were going to a village named Emmaus Father Patrick van der VorstApr 18th, 2026

  https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54822 Gospel in Art: Two of the disciples were going to a village named Emmaus Father Patrick van der VorstApr 18th, 2026
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SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 19 PRAY FOR US

 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 19 PRAY FOR US St. James Duckett, Blessed, 1602 A.D. Martyr of England, hanged at Tybum. James was born in Gilfortriggs, Westmoreland, England. After being drawn to Catholicism, he refused to attend Protestant services and passed two terms in prison. He then took instructions and was baptized. James went to London, where he spent more time in prison and distributed Catholic materials. Arrested for his faith, he was imprisoned for nine years before his execution at Tyburn. He was beatified in 1929.   ST. LEO IX, POPE Educated at Toul, he became its archbishop in 1027, and after he became pope, he canonized Gerard of Toul. Nominated by Emperor Henry III, Bruno was elected in 1049, and he began immediately to hold synods which called for clerical reforms such as the abolition of simony and an end to clerical unchastity. April 19 St. Alphege, 1012 A.D. Archbishop and "the First Martyr of Canterbury." He was born in 953 and became a monk in the Dee...
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