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...