April 13
Saints of the Day

Saint Hermenegild, d. 585
The Prince of Spain ordered to be killed by his own father because he renounced to receive Communion from an Arian Bishop

    Son of the Spanish Visigoth Arian king Levigild, and raised in Arianism. In 579 he married the Catholic princess Indgund, who, with Saint Leander, bishop of Seville, converted him back to orthodox Christianity. Immediately disinherited by his father.

    Publicly renounced and fought against Arianism; he expected support from outside anti-Arian groups, but it never materialized, and he was defeated by his father's forces. King of Seville.

    At one point he reconciled with his father, but his step-mother, Goswintha, caused friction between them because of her staunch Arian views. Arrested, tortured, and martyred on orders of his father for refusing to denounce Catholicism and refused to receive Communion from an Arian Bishop.

Died tortured and axed to death 13 April 585

Canonized 1585

Additional Information

http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainth17.htm
St. Hermengild 

Blessed Margaret of Castello, (1287-1320)
From Florence, Italy, though born blind and disabled and lived so for 33 years, though rejected and abandoned by her parents, "Little Margaret" came to be hailed as a saint and a triumphant instrument of God's love. Two hundred miracles were attributed to Blessed Margaret's intercession.

    http://www.stthomasirondequoit.com/SaintsAlive/id814.htm
 

Saint Martin I, Pope, (d. 655)
The last Pope martyred because he condemned the patriarch of Constantinople

    http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintm28.htm
    http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/SaintOfDay/default.asp?id=1352