Saints

• Prophet Jeremiah
  Jeremiah
  Jeremiah Hebrew：יִרְמְיָה , Modern Hebrew:Yirməyāhū, IPA: jirməˈjaːhu, Tiberian:Yirmĭyahu, Greek:Ἰερεμίας), meaning "Yahweh exalts", or called the "Weeping prophet" was one of the main prophets of the Hebrew Bible...
  
   (6th-7th c. b.c.)
• Martyr Andeolus of Smyrna
  Andeolus
  Andeolus or Andéol was born in Smyrna in the 2nd century. A subdeacon, he was sent by Polycarp, along with Benignus, to evangelize southern Gaul. He went to the Vivarais...
  
  , a subdeacon from Smyrna sent to France by St Polycarp
  Polycarp
  Saint Polycarp was a 2nd century Christian bishop of Smyrna. According to the Martyrdom of Polycarp, he died a martyr, bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to touch him...
  
  , martyred near Viviers on the Rhône
  Rhône
  Rhone can refer to:* Rhone, one of the major rivers of Europe, running through Switzerland and France* Rhône Glacier, the source of the Rhone River and one of the primary contributors to Lake Geneva in the far eastern end of the canton of Valais in Switzerland...
  
   (208)
• Martyrs Orentius and Patientia
  Orentius and Patientia
  Orentius and Patientia are traditionally held as the parents of Lawrence of Rome. They suffered martyrdom.-References:...
  
  , husband and wife who lived at Loret near Huesca
  Huesca
  Huesca is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the comarca of Hoya de Huesca....
  
   in Spain, parents of St. Laurence the Martyr (240)
• Saint Philosophos at Alexandria (252)
• Martyrs Acius
  Acius
  Saint Acius was a 4th century saint. He was a Catholic deacon, most likely studying for priesthood. He was taken prisoner during Diocletian's Christian persecution near Amiens, France, and is highly revered in that city. His feast day is celebrated on May 1....
  
   (Ache) and Aceolus (Acheul), the former a deacon, the latter a subdeacon, martyred near Amiens
  Amiens
  Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy...
  
   in France under Diocletian (303)
• Saint Grata of Bergamo, a holy woman from Bergamo in Italy, zealous in securing Christian burial for the bodies of the martyrs (ca.307)
• Martyr Batas of Nisibis
  Nisibis
  Nusaybin Nisêbîn) is a city in Mardin Province, Turkey, populated mainly by Kurds. Earlier Arameans, Arabs, and Armenians lived in the city. The population of the city is 83,832 as of 2009.-Ancient Period:...
  
   (Bata the Persian) (ca. 364)
• Saint Isidora
  Saint Isidora
  Saint Isidora or Isidore was a Christian nun and saint of the 4th century AD. She is considered among the earliest fools for Christ. The Feast day of Isidora is celebrated by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church on May 1.Isidora lived in the Egyptian convent of Tabennisi...
  
   the Fool-for-Christ, of Tabennisi, Egypt (ca. 365)
• Saint Agapetos
  Saint Amator
  Saint Amator Amadour or Amatre was bishop of Auxerre from AD 388 until his death on May 1, 418. He is also confused with a hermit of legend whose feast day is August 20. A tradition in Autun also designates him as its first bishop, with an occupancy date of AD 250 that is intended to tie him to...
  
   (Amator), bishop of Auxerre (418)
• Saint Orentius of Auch
  Orientius
  - Biography and work :He wrote the elegiac poem Commonitorium of 1036 verses describing the way to heaven, with warnings against its hindrances...
  
   (or Orientius), a hermit in the Lavendan valley near Tarbes
  Tarbes
  Tarbes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.It is part of the historical region of Gascony. It is the second largest metropolitan area of Midi-Pyrénées, with 110,000 inhabitants....
  
   in France, Bishop of Auch
  Auch
  Auch is a commune in southwestern France. Located in the region of Midi-Pyrénées, it is the capital of the Gers department. Auch is the historical capital of Gascony.-The Ausci:...
  
   (Augusta Ausciorum) for over 40 years (ca.439)
• Saint Corentin
  Corentin of Quimper
  Saint Corentin is a Breton saint. He is venerated as a saint and as the first bishop of Quimper. His feast day is December 12. He was a hermit at Plomodiern and regarded as one of the seven founder saints of Brittany...
  
  , Bishop of Quimper (460)
• Saint Brioc
  Brioc
  Saint Brioc was an early 6th century Welshman who became the first Abbot of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany. He is one of the seven founder saints of Brittany.Very little is known about his early life, as his 9th century 'life' is not altogether reliable...
  
  , Abbot of St. Brieuc (ca. 502)
• Martyr Sigismund
  Sigismund of Burgundy
  Sigismund was king of the Burgundians from 516 to his death. He was the son of king Gundobad, whom he succeeded in 516. Sigismund and his brother Godomar were defeated in battle by Clovis' sons and Godomar fled. Sigismund was taken by Chlodomer, King of Orléans, where he was kept as a prisoner. He...
  
  , king of Burgundy (524)
• Saint Marcul
  Saint Marcouf
  Saint Marcouf , Abbot of Nantus in the Cotentin, is a saint born in the Saxon colony of Bayeux in Normandy around 500 AD and who is best known for the healing of scrofula....
  
  , Hieromonk of Corbeny
  Corbeny
  Corbeny is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.-Geography:The river Ailette flows southward through the northwestern part of the commune....
  
  , founder of a monastery of hermits on the Egyptian model in Nanteuil
  Nanteuil
  Nanteuil is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.-References:*...
  
   in France (ca.558)
• Saint Ceallach (Kellach), a disciple of St Kieran of Clonmacnoise
  Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
  Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise was one of the early Irish monastic saints and Irish bishop. He is sometimes called Ciarán the Younger to distinguish him from Saint Ciarán of Saighir. He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland....
  
  , became Bishop of Killala
  Bishop of Killala
  The Bishop of Killala is an episcopal title which takes its name after the town of Killala in County Mayo, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.-History:...
  
   in Ireland, ended his life as a hermit and may have been martyred (6th c.)
• Saint Asaph
  Saint Asaph
  Saint Asaph was, in the second half of the 6th century, the first or second Bishop of St Asaph, i.e. bishop of the diocese of Saint Asaph, the Welsh See now of that name.-Biography:...
  
  , Bishop in North Wales (ca.600)
• Saint Aredius of Gap
  Aredius of Gap
  Aredius of Gap was bishop of Gap.He is a Catholic and Orthodox saint, with feast day May 1.-External links:...
  
   (Arigius, Arey), Bishop of Gap in France for twenty years (604)
• Saint Bertha of Val d'Or
  Bertha of Val d'Or
  Saint Bertha, Abbess of Val d'Or, near Avenay, Reims, d. c. 690.Bertha was the wife of St. Gumbert, Lord of Champenois, a nobleman of royal blood...
  
  , martyr, founder and abbess of Avenay
  Avenay
  Avenay is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.-Population:...
  
   in the diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne (680)
• Martyr Evermarus of Tongres, pilgrim murdered by robbers at Rousson, near Tongres, Belgium (ca.700)
• New Monk-martyr Romanus of Raqqa (780)
• St. Michael, ascetic of Chalcedon (8th-9th c.)
• Saint Théodard
  Theodard
  Saint Theodard was an archbishop of Narbonne. He may have been born to the nobility and served as a subdeacon at a church council at Toulouse....
  
  , Archbishop of Narbonne (893)
• Saint Benedict of Szkalka, a hermit on Mount Zobor in Hungary, disciple of St. Andrew Zorard, renowned for his asceticism, murdered by robbers (1012)
• Saint Symeon of Syracuse
  Symeon of Trier
  Saint Symeon of Trier , also Simeon, , was a monk and recluse . He is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church with his feast day on May 1.-Life:...
  
   (or of Mount Sinai or Trier) (1035)
• Saint Tamar of Georgia
  Tamar of Georgia
  Tamar , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was Queen Regnant of Georgia from 1184 to 1213. Tamar presided over the "Golden age" of the medieval Georgian monarchy...
  
  , queen (1213)
• Saint Paphnutius of Borovsk, abbot (1477)
• Hieromartyr Macarius of Kiev, metropolitan
  Metropolitan bishop
  In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...
  
   (1497)
• St. Zosimas, bishop of Kumurdo (15th c.)
• Saint Gerasimus of Boldinsk, abbot (1554)
• Saint Panaretus of Cyprus, archbishop (1791)
• New Martyrs Euthymius, Ignatius (1814), and Acacius (1815) of Mount Athos
  Mount Athos
  Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...
  
  
• Martyr Sabbas (1821)
• Saint Nicephorus of Chios, monk (1821)
• New Martyr Mary of Crete (Mary of Mirambelos) (1826)
• Schemamonk Luke of Glinsk Hermitage
  Hermitage Museum
  The State Hermitage is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. One of the largest and oldest museums of the world, it was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and has been opened to the public since 1852. Its collections, of which only a small part is on permanent display,...
  
   (1898)
• Virgin-martyr Nina (1938)

Other commemorations

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos
  Theotokos
  Theotokos is the Greek title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. Its literal English translations include God-bearer and the one who gives birth to God. Less literal translations include Mother of God...
  
   "Unexpected Joy" from Andronikov
• "Myrrh-Bearing" Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarevokokshaisk
  Yoshkar-Ola
  Yoshkar-Ola is the capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia. Population: Yoshkar-Ola means red city in Mari. The current name is the third to have been given to the city. The city was known as Tsaryovokokshaysk before 1919 and as Krasnokokshaysk between 1919 and 1927...
  
   (in the province of Kazan) (1647)
• Translation of the relics of Saint Walburga
  Saint Walpurga
  Saint Walpurga or Walburga , also spelled Valderburg or Guibor, was an English missionary to the Frankish Empire. She was canonized on 1 May ca. 870 by Pope Adrian II...
  
  , Abbess of Heidenheim

Sources

• May 14, 2011 / May 1, 2011 (Church Calendar). HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
• May 1/14. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)
• May 1. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• AN ENGLISH ORTHODOX CALENDAR.
• May 1. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 1. The Roman Martyrology.

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