Saints of 23 April
The feast, the saints of the day, and the Roman Martyrology for 23 April.
Feasts in 2026
Thursday 23 April 2026.
- Ordinary Form: St George. Optional memorial, red. Also kept: St Adalbert.
- 1962 calendar: Thursday of the Second Week after Easter. Fourth class, white. Also kept: St. George, Martyr.
Feasts that depend on the date of Easter fall on a different day each year.
Saints of the day
- St George. Martyr, patron of England.
- St Adalbert. Bishop and martyr.
Roman Martyrology
St George
The birthday of St. George, whose illustrious martyrdom is honored by the Church of God among the combats of other crowned martyrs.
Ss. Felix, Fortunatus and Achilleus (Valence)
At Valence, in France, the holy martyrs Felix, priest, Fortunatus and Achilleus, deacons, who were sent there to preach the word of God by blessed Irenseus, bishop of Lyons, and converted the greater portion of that city to the faith of Christ. These martyrs were cast into prison by the commander Cornelius, were a long time scourged, had their legs crushed, were bound to wheels in motion, and stifled with smoke whilst stretched on the rack, and finally died by the sword.
St Adalbert, bishop (Prussia)
In Prussia, the birthday of St. Adalbert, bishop of Prague, and martyr, who preached the Gospel to the Poles and Hungarians.
St Marolus of Milan
At Milan, St. Marolus, bishop and confessor.
St Gerard of Toul
At Toul, in France, St. Gerard, bishop of that city.
From the 1916 English edition of the Roman Martyrology, which is in the public domain. Saints canonised since then are added with a short note.
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