SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 04

 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 04 

St. Isidore of Seville, Roman Catholic Priest and Doctor of The Church. Isidore was the first Christian writer to try to compile a summa of universal knowledge, in his most important work, the Etymologiae his learning caught fire in Spanish minds and held back the Dark Ages of barbarism from Spain. Feastday April 4

St. Guier. Hermit priest of Cornwall, England. A local church bears his name.   

St. Tigernach. St. Tigernach died 549, bishop. Said to have been the godchild of St. Brigid, and educated in Scotland, he may have been a monk at Clones as well as a bishop of Clogher, but accounts are not too clear. He also is called Tierney and Tierry 

ST. BENEDICT THE MOOR, FRANCISCAN-Born to African slaves descendants in Sicily in 1524, Benedict became known as “the holy Moor” for his dark skin and his many virtues. After the hermit community on Monte Pellegrino was disbanded, he joined the Friars Minor, starting as a cook and advancing to novice master.