The Saint of the 1st April is Saint Ugo of Grenoble, which name day is celebrated and other saints are celebrated on this date.

Saint Ugo of Grenoble

Hugh of Grenoble was born in 1053 in Chateauneuf Sur Lers, in the Dauphiné, and died in Grenoble on April 1, 1132 after exercising the ministry of bishop in this city for fifty-two years.

Although he was born into a noble family, he was educated by his mother to a life of almsgiving, marked by frequent prayer and fasting.

Became bishop of Grenoble at the age of only 27, he managed to maintain a fair balance between the strong attraction for the hermit life he felt and his mission as Bishop, carried out constantly with great commitment, keeping faith with the reforming spirit of the Church imposed by Pope Gregory VII.

In his episcopal work he distinguished himself for the fight against simony and nicolaism, as well as for the great effort made to keep the customs of the clergy dignified.

In 1084 he gave Bruno of Cologne the land necessary to build the first Abbey of the Carthusian Order.

Ugo da Grenoble was declared a saint by Pope Innocent II on April 22, 1134.

Other saints and celebrations on April 1st

• Santa Dora

Virgin and Martyr

• Saints Agape and Chionia

Martyrs in Thessaloniki



• San Celso (Cellach) of Armagh

Bishop

• San Gilberto of Caithness

Bishop

Recommended readings
• April 25: saint of the day, name day
• April 30: saint of the day, name day
• April 21: saint of the day, name day
• April 6: saint of the day, name day
• April 23: saint of the day, name day
• Blessed Giovanni Bretton

Martyr

• Blessed Lodovico Pavoni

Priest

• Santa Maria Egiziaca
• Blessed Hugh of Bonnevaux

Abbot

• San Valerico (Valerio) of Leuconay

Abbot

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