St. Anselm Archbishop of Canterbury and Confessor APRIL 21,A.D. 1109 IF the Norman conquerors stripped the English nation of its

When St. Mamertinus was Abbot of the monastery which St. Germanus had founded at Auxerre, there came to him a

Archbishop and “the First Martyr of Canterbury.” He was born in 953 and became a monk in the Deerhurst Monastery

Martyr whose Apologia, or defense of the faith, is considered one of the most priceless documents of the early Church.

Anicetus was a Syrian from Emesa. He became pope about 155 and actively opposed Marcionism and Gnosticism. His pontificate saw

On April 16, 1879, Bernadette — or Sister Marie-Bernard, as she was known within her order — died in the

St. Paternus.The first 5th century saint. He followed his father’s path by becoming a hermit in Wales. He founded the

St. Lydwine is the patroness of sickness Lydwine of Schiedam was born at Schiedam, Holland, one of nine children of

Martin I lay too sick to fight on a couch in front of the altar when the soldiers burst into

Julius whose feast day is April 12th. Julius was the son of a Roman named Rusticus. He was elected Pope