ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 21st of April
JOHN RUIZ, RELIGIOUS
John Ruiz (Johannes Ruizius), remembered on April 21, was a Franciscan at Aunon (Aunonium), a spot in the province of Madrid in Spain. He died in 1590.
According to Hub. Men.*, there have been two holy religious called John Ruiz, contemporaries who are both remembered on March 28. Apart from the one mentioned above, another John Ruiz died around 1580. The latter is also listed by the Bollandists* in the Art. Mart.* on July 28 (among the Praetermissi - II. 841).
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 3, Augsburg, 1869, p. 360)
*A hagiography source used by the authors
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
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