SAINT OF THE DAY APRIL 06 ST. PETER OF VERONA, DOMINICAN AND MARTYR, ST GALLA, ROMAN WIDOW

SAINT OF THE DAY APRIL 06 ST. PETER OF VERONA, DOMINICAN AND MARTYR Born to Manichean parents, he entered the Dominican Order despite his family's opposition. He was a strenuous defender of the Catholic doctrine, so much so that he was appointed Inquisitor General for Lombardy. He died a martyr in 1252, killed by those same heretics he had opposed. ST GALLA, ROMAN WIDOW