Saint of the Day for April 19
Saint of the Day
Expeditus
Legendary catholic saint
Expeditus, also known as Expedite, was said to have been a Roman centurion in Armenia who was martyred around April 303 in what is now Turkey, for converting to Christianity. Considered the patron saint of urgent causes, he is also known as the saint of time; he was commemorated by the Catholic Church on 19 April.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- Ælfheah of CanterburyArchbishop of Canterbury and saint (c.953-1012)
- Tryphon of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople
- Werner of OberweselGerman saint
- Justinian of Ramsey Island6th-century Welsh hermit and saint
- George the ConfessorBishop of Antioch in Pisidia
- Theodorus of Perge
- Saint Loubouer
Bible Verse of the Day
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
On April 19 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.