Saints of 5 April
The feast, the saints of the day, and the Roman Martyrology for 5 April.
Feasts in 2026
Sunday 5 April 2026.
- Ordinary Form: Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord. Solemnity, white. Also kept: St Vincent Ferrer.
- 1962 calendar: Easter Sunday. First class, white. Also kept: St. Vincent Ferrer, Confessor.
Feasts that depend on the date of Easter fall on a different day each year.
Saints of the day
- St Vincent Ferrer. Dominican preacher.
Roman Martyrology
St Vincent (Vannes)
At Vannes, in Brittany, St. Vincent Ferrer, confessor, of the Order of Preachers, who was mighty in word and deed, and converted many thousands of infidels to Christ.
St Irene of Thessalonica
At Thessalonica, St. Irene, virgin, who was imprisoned for having concealed the sacred books, contrary to the edict of Diocletian, was pierced with an arrow, and consumed by fire, by order of the governor Dulcetius, under whom her sisters Agape and Chionia had previously suffered.
Five holy martyrs (Lesbos)
In the island of Lesbos, the sufferings of five holy martyrs.
St Zeno, martyr
The same day, St. Zeno, martyr, who was flayed alive, besmeared with pitch, and then cast into the fire.
The holy martyrs slain on Easter day (Africa)
In Africa, the holy martyrs, who, in the persecution of the Arian king Genseric, were murdered in the church on Easter day. The lector, whilst singing Alleluia at the stand, was pierced through the throat with an arrow.
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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