ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 19th of April ST WERNER OF OBERWESEL (Many popes have either directly or indirectly condemned the blood accusation, and no pope has ever sanctioned it (Strack, op. cit., 177 and v).) Werner of Oberwesel (or Bacharach) was a Rhenish saint of the 13th century, he belonged to the group of child martyrs who were alleged to have been sacrificed by Jews. The son of a winemaker, Werner was allegedly killed in Oberwesel in 1287, being hung upside down from a column and passing out. The rumour of this ritual murder, true or false, unleashed bloody reprisals against the Jewish communities in the Rhine valley. Canonised in 1428, St Werner was first venerated in the diocese of Trier, particularly in Bacharach on the Rhine, where a chapel was consecrated to him. He was the protector of the winemakers of the Rhine, Burgundy and Auvergne. His feast was April 19. His French name is St Garnier. (Santi e Beati - http://www.santieb...