SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 01
SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 01 ST. VENANTIUS, BISHOP OF SALONA AND MARTYR- Bishop of the city of Salona, in present-day Croatia, St. Venantius, who lived between the 3rd and 4th centuries, is venerated together with Saints Anastasius, Maurus, Paulinianus, Telius, Aterius, Septimius, Antiochianus and Gaianus, his companions in martyrdom, like him from Dalmatia and Istria. April 1 Bl. Anacleto González Flores. Roman Catholic layman . He was taken to the Colorado jail, where his torture included being hung by his thumbs until his fingers were dislocated and having the bottom of his feet slashed. He refused, however, to supply his captors with any information. José Anacleto González Flores was condemned to death and was shot together with the Vargas González brothers and Luis Padilla Gómez on that same day, 1 April 1927. St. Theodora, Roman Catholic Martyr . According to the Acta of Pope St. Alexander (r 105-115), she was the sister of St. Hermes and was martyred s...