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title: "St. Alphege: Feast Day April 19 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-alphege/
description: "St. Alphege, Bishop and Martyr. Remembered on April 19, died c. 1012. Read their life in Bless."
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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](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/#19) |
| Title | Bishop and Martyr |
| Died | c. 1012 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Monday, April 19, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-alphege/#calendar) |

## 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](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/04/19/) | 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](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/04/19/) | 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.

[April 18 St. Apollonius the Apologist](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-apollonius-the-apologist/) [April 20 St. Agnes of Montepulciano](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-agnes-of-montepulciano/)

[All the saints of April](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/) [Born on April 19?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#04-19) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Alphege

Remembered on April 19

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-alphege/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-alphege/#calendar)

In the app

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