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SAINT FEAST DAY 20 APRIL

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day April 20 Saint Anicetus, Pope and Martyr Saint Agnes of Monte Pulciano, Virgin and Abbess Blessed Anthony Page, Priest and Martyr Saint Ceadwalla, King of Wessex Clement V., Pope Venerable Dominic of Leonessa, Religious Elizabeth Barton, Virgin Blessed Francis Page Saint Hildegund of Sconauge, Virgin Saint Hugh of Poitiers Blessed James Bell, Priest and Martyr Blessed James of Sclavonia, Confessor Blessed John Finch, Martyr Blessed John Prandota, Bishop of Cracow Saint Marcellinus, Bishop of Embrun Maria Josepha Schölling, Abbess Saint Marianus, Priest and Religious Venerable Oda of Hainault, Virgin Saint Oratus, Martyr Saint Paphnutius of Jerusalem Saint Papias, Martyr Blessed Richard Sergeant, Priest and Martyr Blessed Robert Watkinson, Priest and Martyr Saint Serf, Bishop Blessed Simon of Todi, Religious Theodoor Loek, Martyr Saint Theodore Trichinas, Confessor Saint Theotimus, Bishop Bles...

SAINT FEAST DAY 20 APRIL: ST ANICETUS, POPE AND MARTYR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 20th of April WELCOME! SAINT ANICETUS, POPE AND MARTYR The Roman Pontiff who succeeded  Pius towards the year 157, and reigned till about 168. According to Duchesne (Origins) the confusion of dates about this period is such that more exact verification is impossible.  ST POLYCARP CAME TO CONFER WITH HIM While Anicetus was Pope,  Saint Polycarp , then in extreme old age, came to confer with him (160-162) about the Paschal controversy;  Polycarp  and others in the East celebrating the feast on the fourteenth of the month of Nisan, no matter on what day of the week it fell; whereas in Rome it was always observed on Sunday, and the day of the Lord’s death on Friday.  The matter was discussed but nothing was decided. According to Eusebius: “ Polycarp  could not persuade the Pope, nor the Pope,  Polycarp . The controversy was not ended but the bonds of charity were not broken”; the Pope per...