Saints of the day april 17

Saint Anicetus Pope (s. II)

Twelfth successor of St. Peter, defended the Church of the heresy.

Celebrate today: Aniceto.

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Saint Pantagato of Vienne (s. VI)

In Burgundy, saint Pantagato or Panatagato in Vienne, Bishop.

Saint Ustazades y compañeros (s. IV)

Also commemoration of martyrs who, after the death of saint Simeon, the region didn't, and also under King Sapor II, were beheaded due to the name of Christ, among them saint Ustazades, eunuch of the Royal Palace, who was the godfather of the King himself and that, in the first burst of the persecution, suffered martyrdom in the Palace of Artaxerxesbrother of King Shapur, in the province of Adiabena.

Saint Acacius of Melitene (s. V)
Blessed Giacomo of Cerqueto (s. XIV)
Saint Inocencio of Tortona (s. IV)

In Tortona, of Liguria, saint Inocencio, Bishop (s. IV).

Blessed Henry Heath (s. XVII)
Blessed Catherine Tekawitha (s. XVII)
Blessed Chiara Gambacorti (s. XV)
Saint Donnan abbot and companions (s. VII)
Blessed Mary Ann de Jesus Navarro de Guevara (s. XVII)
Saint Roberto of Chaise-Dieu (s. XI)

In the monastery of Chaise-Dieu in Auvergne, France, Saint Robert, Abbot, who, having been removed to this place to live as solitary, many brothers, joined him and with his preaching and example of life he met a good number of them.

Saint Roberto of Molesmes (s. XII)

In the monastery of Molesme, France, Saint Robert, Abbot, who, desirous of a monastic life more simple and strict, and founder of monasteries and upper endeavored, now director of hermits and eminent Restorer of monastic discipline, founded the monastery of Cistercian, who governed as the first Abbot, and called again as Abbot to Molesmes, there rested in peace.