Saints of 26 April
The feast, the saints of the day, and the Roman Martyrology for 26 April.
Feasts in 2026
Sunday 26 April 2026.
- Ordinary Form: 4th Sunday of Easter. Feast, white. Also kept: Our Lady of Good Counsel.
- 1962 calendar: Third Sunday after Easter. Second class, white. Also kept: Sts. Cletus and Marcellinus, Popes and Martyrs.
Feasts that depend on the date of Easter fall on a different day each year.
Saints of the day
- Our Lady of Good Counsel. Mary invoked for wisdom in decisions.
Roman Martyrology
St Cletns, pope (Rome)
At Rome, the birthday of blessed Cletns, pope who governed the Church the second after the apostle St. Peter, and was crowned with martyrdom in the persecution of Domitian.
Pope St Marcellinus
In the same city, in the time of Maximian, St. Marcellinus, pope and martyr, who was beheaded for the faith of Christ, with Claudius, Cyrinus, and Antoninus. So great was the persecution at this time that within a month seventeen thousand Christians were crowned with martyrdom.
St Basileus of Amasea
At Amasea, in Pontus, St. Basileus, bishop and martyr, whose illustrious martyrdom occurred under the emperor Licinius. His body was thrown into the sea; but being found by Elpidiphorus, through the revelation of an angel, it was honorably entombed.
St Peter of Braga
At Braga, in Portugal, St. Peter, martyr, the first bishop of that city.
St Clarence of Venice
At Venice, St. Clarence, bishop and confessor.
St Lucidius of Verona
At Verona, St. Lucidius, bishop.
St Richarius, priest
In the monastery of Centula, St. Richarius, priest and confessor.
St Exuperantia of Troyes
At Troyes, St. Exuperantia, virgin.
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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