This is the Saint of the Day list of Saints and Blesseds whose feast day is April 3 2024.
👉Saint Luigi Scrosoppi of Udine
Blessed Maria Teresa Casini
Saint Richard of Chichester
Blessed Gandulphus of Binasco
Blessed Juan Otazua y Madariaga
Saint Liutberga of Windenhausen
Blessed Francisco SolÃs Pedrajas
Blessed Laurentius Pak Chwi-deuk
Pope Saint Sixtus I
Saint Joseph the Hymnographer
Blessed Piotr Edward Dankowski
Saint Urbicius of Clermont
Blessed John of Penna
Martyrs of Greece
- Bythonius
- Elpideforus
- Dius
- Galycus
Blessed José Luciano Ezequiel Huerta-Gutiérrez
Blessed José Salvador Huerta-Gutiérrez
Blessed Thurstan Hunt
Saint Nicetas of Medicion
Saint Thiento of Wessobrunn
Blessed Robert Middleton
Blessed Iacobus Won Si-bo
Blessed Alexandrina di Letto
Blessed Alexandrina di Letto, who was born in Sulmona, Italy in 1385, became a member of the Poor Clares when she was 15 years old.
Later, in 1423, she established a Poor Clare convent in Foligno, Italy, where she served as its first abbess.
She gained recognition for her reforms that highlighted the importance of Franciscan spirituality and was supported by Pope Martin V. She died of natural causes in 1458.
Saint Vulpian of Tyre
Saint Vulpian of Tyre, also referred to as Ulfianus, Ulpian, Ulpiano, Ulpianus or Vulpianus, was born in Syria and suffered martyrdom during the persecutions of Diocletian and Maximian Galerius.
In 304 AD, he was put inside a leather bag along with a serpent and a dog and then thrown into the sea to drown at Tyre, Lebanon.
Saint John I of Naples
St John I of Naples, who was born in Campania, Italy, served as the bishop of Naples in the fifth century.
He is credited with translating the body of Saint Januarius to Naples.
He died on Holy Saturday night in 432 AD due to natural causes.
Saint Illyricus the Wonder Worker
St Illyricus the Wonder Worker, also known as Illyricus Thaumaturgos, lived as a monk and hermit on a mountain near Pyrgos, Elis, Greece.
His exemplary holiness and reputation as a miracle worker attracted numerous other monks, who sought him out as a spiritual mentor.
Saint Agatho of Thessalonica
St Agatho of Thessalonica, also known as Agathon, was found guilty of possessing the Scriptures, which was prohibited by Emperor Diocletian’s edict in 303 AD.
Despite being ordered to offer sacrifice to pagan gods, he refused to do so and as a result, he was martyred in Thessalonica, Greece in 304 AD.
Saint Eutychia of Thessalonica
Saint Eutychia of Thessalonica was a widow who lived during the persecutions of Diocletian and Governor Dulcetius.
She was exposed as a Christian when she refused to eat meat that had been sacrificed to idols. As a result, she died as a martyr in Thessalonica, Greece in 304 AD.
Saint Philippa of Thessalonica
St Philippa of Thessalonica was found guilty of possessing the Scriptures, which was prohibited by Emperor Diocletian’s edict in 303 AD.
Despite being ordered to offer sacrifice to pagan gods, she refused to do so and as a result, she was martyred in Thessalonica, Greece in 304 AD.
Saint Casia of Thessalonica
St Casia of Thessalonica was found guilty of possessing the Scriptures, which was prohibited by Emperor Diocletian’s edict in 303 AD.
Despite being ordered to offer sacrifice to pagan gods, she refused to do so and as a result, she was martyred in Thessalonica, Greece in 304 AD.
Saint Benatius of Kilcooley
St Benatius of Kilcooley was noted in early Irish martyrologies, but unfortunately, no specific information about his life and martyrdom has been preserved.
However, he was venerated as the patron saint of Kilcooley, also known as Cill-Chuile or Kill-Chuile, in County Roscommon, Ireland.
Saint Attala of Taormina
St Attala of Taormina, also known as Attalus of Taormina, was a Benedictine monk who later became the abbot of a monastery in Taormina, Sicily. He died in the year 800 AD.
Saint Donatus of Nicomedia
Saint Donatus of Nicomedia was a martyr who died in Nicomedia, Bitynia in modern Turkey.
Saint Agathamerus of Mysia
Saint Agathamerus of Mysia was a martyr who died in the 1st century Mysia in modern Turkiye.
Saint Comman
Saint Comman was the son of Domangen. He is listed in the 9th-century Irish martyrologies, but no other information has survived.
Martyrs of Tomi
The Martyrs of Tomi were a group of nine Christians who were martyred together.
Their names are Zosimus, Sinnidia, Rufus, Patricius, Papo, Evagrius, Chrestus, Benignusa, and Arestus. They died in Tomi, Scythia, which is now modern-day Constanta, Romania.
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