This is the Saint of the Day list of Saints and Blesseds whose feast day falls on April 9 every year.
Saint Demetrius of Sermium
Blessed Antony of Pavoni
Blessed Katarzyna Faron
Blessed Ubaldo Adimari
Saint Liborius of Le Mans
Saint Waltrude of Mons
Blessed Thomas of Tolentino
Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira
Saint Madrun
Saint Gaucherius
Saint Hugh of Rouen
Saint Acacius of Amida
Saint Casilda of Toledo
Blessed Pierre Camino
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Mercedarian friar. While sailing to north Africa on a mission for the Order to ransom Christians enslaved by Muslims, he was captured by Muslims, taken to Tunis, buried to the waist, and used for archery practice before finally being mutilated, blinded and murdered. Martyr.
Born
French
Died
beheaded in 1284 in Tunis, Tunisia
Saint Eupsychius of Cappadocia
Also known as
Eupsichio
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Fourth century patrician in Cappadocia. During the persecutions of Julian the Apostate, Eupsychius was arrested, convicted, tortured and executed for being a Christian and for having destroyed the temple of the pagan god of fortune in Caesarea. Martyr.
Died
beheaded in 362 in Caesarea, Cappadocia
Saint Aedesius of Alexandria
Also known as
Edessa, Edesio
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Brother of Saint Apphian of Caesarea. Publicly reproved a judge who had forced nuns to work in brothels in order to break them of their faith during the persecutions of emperor Maximinus. For this, he was imprisoned, tortured and executed. Martyr.
Died
drowned in 306 in Alexandria, Egypt
Saint Maximus of Alexandria
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Priest in Alexandria, Egypt. When Saint Dionysius of Alexandria was exiled in 257, Maximus governed the patriarchate of Alexandria. Chosen bishop of Alexandria in 265. Studied at and supported the catechetical school in Alexandria.
Died
c.288 in Alexandria, Egypt of natural causes
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Blessed James of Padua
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Franciscan. Missionary. Martyred with Blessed Thomas of Tolentino, Blessed Peter of Siena, and Blessed Demetrius of Triflis while en route to evangelize Ceylon and China.
Born
Italian
Died
beheaded by Muslims in 1322 at Thama, Hindustan
Beatified
1894 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
Blessed Marguerite Rutan
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Religious sister in the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. Martyred in the French Revolution.
Born
23 April 1736 in Metz, Moselle, France
Died
9 April 1794 in Dax, Landes, France
Beatified
19 June 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI
Saint Hedda the Abbot
Also known as
Haeddi
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Benedictine abbot. He and 84 of his brother monks were martyred by invading pagan Danes.
Died
869 in Croyland, England
Saint Marcellus of Die
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Brother of Saint Petronius of Die. Bishop of Die, France. Much persecuted by Arians.
Born
Avignon, France
Died
474
Saint Heliodorus of Mesopotamia
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Bishop in Mesopotamia. Martyred in the persecution of Shapur II.
Died
c.355
Saint Brogan
Also known as
Brocan
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Mentioned in the Gorman Martyrology.
Saint Concessus the Martyr
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Martyr.
Saint Dotto
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Sixth century abbot of a monastery in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Saint Hilary the Martyr
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Martyr.
Martyrs of Croyland
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A group of Benedictine monks martyred by pagan Danes – Agamund, Askega, Egdred, Elfgete, Grimkeld, Sabinus, Swethin, Theodore and Ulric.
Died
Croyland Abbey, England
Martyrs of Masyla
Also known as
Massylitan Martyrs
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Group of Christians martyred in Masyla in northwest Africa.
Martyrs of Pannonia
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Seven virgin-martyrs in Sirmium, Pannonia (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia).
Martyrs of Thorney Abbey
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A group of Hermits, hermitesses, and monks who lived in or around Thorney Abbey who were martyred together during raids by pagan Danes. We know little more than the names of three – Tancred, Torthred and Tova.
Died
869 by raiders at Thorney Abbey, Cambridgeshire, England

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