Saints of the day april 16

Saint Engratia (s. IV)

Celebrate today: Engracia.

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Saint Benedict Joseph Labre (s. XVIII)
Saint Bernardita Soubirous
Saint Drogo (s. XII)
Saint Fructuoso of Braga (s. VII)

Braga, of Lusitania, saint Fructuoso, Bishop, who, monk and founder of monasteries, was Bishop of Dumio and, by the will of the parents of the tenth Council of Toledo, Metropolitan Bishop of Braga, headquarters, who governed wisely with their monasteries (c. 665).

Saint Toribio (s. V)

In Astorga, during the reign of the Suebi in Hispania, saint Toribio, Bishop, who, by order of the Pope Saint Leo the great, definitely faced the priscilianista sect which was disseminated by Hispania (s. V).

Blessed Joachim of Siena (s. XIV)
Saint Contardo of Brona (s. XIII)
Saint Magno of las Órcadas (s. XII)

In Scotland, saint Magno, martyr, who, being Prince of Orkney, embraced the Christian faith and, finding himself in difficulties with the King of Norway by accusations that it had been made, arose unarmed to his colleague in the Government to sign the peace, being treacherously murdered.

Saint Optato y compañeros mártires (s. IV)

In Zaragoza, in Hispania Tarraconensis, commemoration of St. Optato and his seventeen companions, martyrs who were executed, after being tormented, in the persecution under the Emperor Diocleciano composing Prudencio verses about his glorious martyrdom (s. IV). Their names are: Luperco, event, martial, urban, Julia, Quintilian, Publius, Fronto, Felix, Ceciliano, Evodius, Primitivo, Apodemio and four others carrying all name Saturnino.

Saint Leónidas compañeras mártires (s. IV)

In Corinth, of the Achaia, holy martyrs Leonidas, and seven companions: Carissa, Galina, Theodora, Nica, Nunencia, Callis and Basilisa, who, after various tortures, were thrown into the Sea (III/IV).