ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 30th of April
PAULA, VIRGIN OF VILLA FRANCA
Paula, a Carmelite virgin and tertiary from Villa Franca in Spain, is listed in the register of the Order with the title "Venerable". Her blessed death happened in Valencia in A.D. 1605. This holy virgin is listed among the Praetermissi by the Bollandists* (III. 722).
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875)
*A hagiography source used by the authors
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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