ST. CONRAD OF PARZHAM, CAPUCHIN, ST. APOLLONIUS, PHILOSOPHER AND ROMAN MARTYR, ST ANSELM, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH, April 21

ST. CONRAD OF PARZHAM, CAPUCHIN

For more than 40 years — from his profession of solemn vows in 1852 to his death in 1894 — Conrad of Parzham was doorkeeper at the convent of St Anne, in Altötting, Bavaria. Many people turned to the “holy porter” for a word of comfort or advice, or for a piece of bread.  April 21

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

ST ANSELM, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

Saint Anselm of Canterbury, Roman Catholic Priest, Archbishop of Canterbury and Doctor of The Church. Feastday April 21