Saints of 11 April

St Leo, pope (Rome)

At Rome, St. Leo, pope and confessor, who was surnamed the Great on account of his extraordinary merits. He gave the seal of his authority to the holy council of Chalcedon, which was held in his time and which condemned Eutyches through his legates. After having merited the gratitude of the Church of God and the whole flock of Christ by the many decrees which he issued and the many excellent treatises which he wrote, this good and zealous shepherd rested in peace.

St Antipas of Pergamum

At Pergamus, in Asia, St. Antipas, a faithful witness, of whom St. John speaks in the Apocalypse. Under the emperor Domitian, he was shut up in a red-hot brazen ox, and thus consummated his martyrdom.

Ss. Domnio and companions (Salona)

At Salona, in Dalmatia, the holy martyrs Ddmnion, a bishop, and eight soldiers.

St Philip of Gortyna

At Gortina, in Crete, in the time of Marcus Antoninus Yerus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus, St. Philip, a bishop most renowned for merit and doctrine, who defended the church entrusted to his care against the fury of the Gentiles, and the wiles of the heretics.--At Nicomedia, St. Eustorgius, a priest.

St Isaac of Spoleto

At Spoleto, St. Isaac, monk and confessor, whose virtues are recorded by pope St. Gregory.

St Barsanuphius of Gaza

At Gaza, in Paletsine, St. Barsanuphius, an anchoret, in the time of the emperor Justinian.

St Gemma Galgani

At Lucca, St Gemma Galgani, virgin, conformed in her sufferings to the Passion of Christ. Canonised 1940.