Bishop and Martyr · Remembered on April 19

St. Alphege

St. Alphege is remembered on April 19 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

Remembered on	April 19
Title	Bishop and Martyr
Died	c. 1012
Next on Bless’s Today screen	Monday, April 19, 2027

Life

Archbishop of Canterbury carried off by Danish raiders, who forbade his impoverished people to ransom him. After seven months, at a drunken feast, his captors pelted him with ox bones and an axe finished him — a martyr, Anselm later ruled, for justice as truly as for the faith.

In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Alphege. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

Date	In the US calendar	Color	Mass readings (US)
Monday, April 19, 2027	Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter	White	Acts 11:1-18 · Psalm 42:2-3; 43:3, 4 · John 10:14 · John 10:1-10
Wednesday, April 19, 2028	Wednesday within the Octave of Easter	White	Acts 3:1-10 · Psalm 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9 · Psalm 118:24 · Luke 24:13-35

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

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