Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: April 21

On April 21, the church around the world remembers 8 saints and blesseds, including Apollonius the Apologist, Beuno, Dyfnan.

Remembered on April 21

Apollonius the Apologistcanonized saint
200 to 185
Beunosaint
570 to 640 · North Wales
DyfnanCatholic saint
Giuseppe Moscaticanonized saint
1880 to 1927 · Kingdom of Italy
Wolbodosaint
1000 to 1021
Giovanni Saziariblessed
1327 to 1372
Bartolomeo CerveriThe Venerable
1420 to 1466
Conrad of Parzhamthaumaturge
1814 to 1894 · Kingdom of Bavaria

April 21 at a glance

Saints and blesseds remembered8
How the church names them2 canonized saint, 2 saint, 1 catholic saint, 1 blessed
Countries in the recordKingdom of Bavaria, Kingdom of Italy, North Wales
Earliest death in the recordyear 185
Latest death in the recordyear 1927
Earliest birth in the recordyear 200
With a Wikipedia article8 of 8

Questions people ask

Which countries are connected with the saints remembered on April 21?

The records name 3 countries: Kingdom of Bavaria, Kingdom of Italy, North Wales.

How does the church describe the people remembered on April 21?

In the Wikidata record, 2 canonized saint, 2 saint, 1 catholic saint, 1 blessed. Titles differ between the Catholic, Orthodox and other calendars.

When did the saints of April 21 die?

Where a year is recorded, they died between the years 185 and 1927.

Is every saint of April 21 listed here?

No. This page follows one freely licensed record, and many traditions keep more names than any single record holds. If you know a saint who belongs here, write to support@living-bread.org and we will check it against a source.

Pray this

Father, you are already present in April 21, before any of us arrive. We bring you Apollonius the Apologist, Beuno, Dyfnan, Kingdom of Bavaria. Make us people who love one another there. In the name of Jesus, amen.

Live this

Take one step this week.

  1. Choose one name from April 21 and read what is recorded about their life.
  2. Ask a friend which Christian, living or gone, first showed them what faith looks like.
  3. Thank God by name for one person whose faith made yours easier.

Where this fits in the walk with Christ

Christ meets people in a place, and then walks on with them. Here are doors that walk on.

A great cloud of witnesses

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,Hebrews 12:1 (KJV)

What is a saint's feast day?

A feast day is the day the church gives thanks for a particular Christian and remembers their life and witness. Christians honor the saints not as objects of worship, which belongs to God alone, but as brothers and sisters who ran the race before us and now cheer us on. Traditions differ on how the saints are honored, and the same saint is sometimes remembered on different days in the Catholic, Orthodox, and other calendars; the dates here follow the record kept on Wikidata.

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Sources: saint records and feast days from Wikidata and Wikipedia, both freely licensed. If you find an error, email support@living-bread.org and we will correct it.