ST. MARTIN I, POPE AND MARTYR, ST. HERMENEGILD, MARTYR, April 13

ST. MARTIN I, POPE AND MARTYR

Pope Saint Martin I, Roman Catholic Pope and martyr who stood up for the right of the Church to establish doctrine even in the face of imperial power. Feastday April 13

ST. HERMENEGILD, MARTYR

Prince of Visigothic Spain, and martyr. He was the son of Leovigild the Visigoth, king of Spain, and was raised as an Arian. His wife, Indegundis, converted him from that heresy, which brought about his disinheritance by Leovigild and his defeat at Seville, Spain, by his father. When Hermenegild refused to accept Arianism, he was axed to death. April 13