This is the Saint of the Day list of Saints and Blesseds whose feast day is on April 21 2025.
👉 Saint Anselm of Canterbury
Saint Conrad of Parzham
Saint Roman Adame Rosales
Saint Apollonius the Apologist
Saint Beuno Gasulsych
Blessed Wolbodó of Liège
Saint Maelrubius of Applecross
Saint Anastasius of Sinai
Saint Simeon of Ctesiphon
Holy Infant of Good Health
Blessed John Saziari
Saint Anastasius I of Antioch
St Anastasius I of Antioch was also known as Anastasius the Elder. He became the Patriarch of Antioch in 559 AD.
He was a learned, austere, pious and quiet man who strictly adhered to orthodox Christianity and had a knack for comforting the sick and bereaved.
He opposed the heretical ideas on the Eucharist espoused by Emperor Justinian, and in 570 AD was exiled for 23 years by Emperor Justino II.
Several of his writings have survived, including some on the theological controversies of the day. He died in 599 AD.
Saint Isacius of Nicomedia
St. Isacius of Nicomedia, also called Isaac or Isaacius, served as a palace attendant to Empress Alexandra, wife of Diocletian, and was martyred during the persecutions initiated by Diocletian.
After being imprisoned and subjected to abuse, Isacius was ultimately starved to death in 302 AD.
Saint Crotates of Nicomedia
St. Crotates of Nicomedia, also known as Codratus, served as a palace attendant to Empress Alexandra, the wife of Diocletian.
During the persecutions under Diocletian, Crotates was imprisoned, mistreated, and eventually martyred. He was executed by beheading in the year 302 AD.
Saint Apollo of Nicomedia
When the persecutions of Diocletian began, St. Apollo of Nicomedia was a palace attendant to Empress Alexandra, Diocletian’s wife.
He was subsequently imprisoned, mistreated and martyred. Apollo was starved to death in the year 302 AD.
Saint Abdelcalas
St. Abdelcalas, also called Abdelchalas, Abdecalas, or Abdelas, hailed from Persia. He was an elderly priest who suffered martyrdom alongside around a hundred other believers during the reign of King Sapor II. Their deaths occurred on Good Friday in 345 AD.
Saint Frodulphus
St. Frodulphus, also called Frou, was a follower of St. Medericus and lived as a monk at St. Martin’s Abbey in Autun, France.
He left the abbey to escape the invasion of the Saracens and settled in Barjon, France. He died in the year 750 AD.
Saint Arator of Alexandria
St. Arator of Alexandria, also called Aristo, was a priest in Alexandria, Egypt, who died as a martyr.
Saint Fortunatus of Alexandria
St. Fortunatus of Alexandria died as a martyr in the city of Alexandria, Egypt.
Saint Silvius of Alexandria
St. Silvius of Alexandria was a martyr who died in Alexandria, Egypt.
Saint Vitalis of Alexandria
St. Vitalis of Alexandria was a martyr who died in Alexandria, Egypt.
Saint Felix of Alexandria
St. Felix of Alexandria was a martyr who died in Alexandria, Egypt.
Saint Cyprian of Brescia
St. Cyprian of Brescia was a martyr.
Other Saints of the Day for April 21 2025
- Maximian of Constantinople
- John de Riano
- Bartholomew of Cerevere
- Aristo of Alexandria
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