Overview

• April 27 commemorates San Pedro Armengol, a 13th-century Catalan bandit turned saint, known for freeing captives, and San Rafael Arnáiz Barón, a Spanish Trappist mystic whose life embodied silent sacrifice.
• The day also honors San Simeón de Jerusalén, martyred in 107 AD as the second bishop of Jerusalem, and Saint John Paul II, canonized in 2014 for his global impact on human rights and interfaith dialogue.
• April 28 celebrates San Luis María Grignion de Montfort, an 18th-century French priest renowned for his Marian devotion and missionary work, and Santa Gianna Beretta Molla, a 20th-century physician who sacrificed her life for her unborn child.
• San Pedro Chanel, the first martyr of Oceania, is remembered for his missionary work in Samoa and Futuna, which led to widespread Christian conversion after his death in 1841.
• The Church also honors San Afrodisio de Béziers, an early French bishop, and San Cronán de Roscrea, an Irish abbot who founded an influential monastic school in the 7th century.