ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 20th of April
THEODOOR LOEK, MARTYR
[Theodoor] (Theodoricus), surnamed Loek, Franciscan-Guardian at Zülphen (Geldern) in the Netherlands, was tortured with contrived cruelty because of the Catholic faith. He died a martyr in 1572. Some sources state that he had six Companions. (Hub.)
This holy martyr is also remembered on June 10 and July 1.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 461)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
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