ST. PIUS V, POPE, ST. QUIRINUS OF ROME, MARTYRED ON THE VIA APPIA, ST. PETER THE DEACON April 30

ST. PIUS V, POPE

St. Pius V, Roman Catholic Pope from 1566-1572 and one of the foremost leaders of the Catholic Reformation. Feastday April 30

ST. QUIRINUS OF ROME, MARTYRED ON THE VIA APPIA

Quirinus was a Roman tribune who was charged with executing the Christians Alexander, Eventius, and Theodulus, arrested under Trajan. Instead, converted by the miracles worked by the saints, he converted and was baptized, along with his daughter Balbina, and became a martyr for the Faith.   April 30

ST. PETER THE DEACON

Papal secretary to Pope St. Gregory I the Great. A Benedictine monk, he was a companion of Gregory and his faithful secretary. The pontiff dictated the four books of the Dialogues to Peter. He is also revered as the patron saint of Biella, Italy. April 30