Saints

• Hieromartyr Porphyrius (250)
• Saint Curcodomus, a deacon in Rome sent to help St Peregrinus
  Peregrine of Auxerre
  Saint Peregrine of Auxerre is venerated as the first bishop of Auxerre and the builder of its first cathedral. A strong local tradition states that he was a priest of Rome appointed by Pope Sixtus II to evangelize this area at the request of the Christians resident in that part of Gaul...
  
   (2nd c.)
• Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus
  Pelagia of Tarsus
  Pelagia of Tarsus is a saint and martyr who lived in Tarsus in the Cilicia region of Asia Minor during the reign of Roman Emperor Diocletian. She is likely based on Saint Pelagia of Antioch....
  
   in Asia Minor
  Asia Minor
  Asia Minor is a geographical location at the westernmost protrusion of Asia, also called Anatolia, and corresponds to the western two thirds of the Asian part of Turkey...
  
   (287)
• Hieromartyr Albian
  Albian
  The Albian is both an age of the geologic timescale and a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early/Lower Cretaceous epoch/series. Its approximate time range is 112.0 ± 1.0 Ma to 99.6 ± 0.9 Ma...
  
   (Olbian), Bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor, and his disciples (284-303)
• Hieromartyr Erasmus of Formiae
  Erasmus of Formiae
  Saint Erasmus of Formiae was a Christian saint and martyr who died ca. 303, also known as Saint Elmo. He is venerated as the patron saint of sailors...
  
  , bishop in Campania
  Campania
  Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...
  
  , and 20,000 martyrs with him (303)
• Martyrs Aphrodisius, Leontius, Anthony, Valerian, Macrobius, and others, monk
  Monk
  A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
  
  s at Scythopolis of Palestine
  Palestine
  Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
  
   (beg. of 4th c.)
• Martyrs Florian
  Saint Florian
  Florian lived in the time of the Roman emperors Diocletian and Maximian, and was commander of the imperial army in the Roman province of Noricum. In addition to his military duties, he was also responsible for organizing firefighting brigades....
  
   and 40 companions, at Lorsch, Austria (304)
• Hieromartyr Silvanus of Gaza, bishop
  Bishop
  A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
  
  , and with him 40 martyrs (311)
• Saint Monica of Tagaste
  Saint Monica
  Saint Monica may refer to:*Saint Monica, a Christian saint and mother of Saint Augustine*Saint Monica , a 2002 Canadian film...
  
  , the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo
  Augustine of Hippo
  Augustine of Hippo , also known as Augustine, St. Augustine, St. Austin, St. Augoustinos, Blessed Augustine, or St. Augustine the Blessed, was Bishop of Hippo Regius . He was a Latin-speaking philosopher and theologian who lived in the Roman Africa Province...
  
   (387)
• Saint Nepotianus, nephew of St Heliodorus
  Heliodorus of Altino
  Saint Heliodorus was the first bishop of Altinum in the 4th century. He was born at Dalmatia. Like Chromatius, he was a disciple of Valerianus, the bishop of Aquileia....
  
  , Bishop of Altino near Venice in Italy (395)
• Saint Venerius of Milan, second bishop of Milan, a loyal supporter of St John Chrysostom
  John Chrysostom
  John Chrysostom , Archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his eloquence in preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, and his ascetic...
  
   (409)
• Saint Hilary the Wonderworker of the desert
• Saint Conleth, first Bishop of Kildare
  Kildare
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   (ca.519)
• Saint Anthony du Rocher, a disciple of St Benedict and companion of St Maurus
  Saint Maurus
  Saint Maurus was the first disciple of St. Benedict of Nursia . He is mentioned in St. Gregory the Great's biography of the latter as the first oblate; offered to the monastery by his noble Roman parents as a young boy to be brought up in the monastic life. Four stories involving Maurus recounted...
  
   in his mission to France, founder of the monastery of Saint Julian in Tours (6th c.)
• Saint Æthelred (Ethelred, Ailred), king of Mercia and monk (716)
• Saint Sacerdos of Limoges
  Sacerdos of Limoges
  Saint Sacerdos of Limoges is a French saint. He was born near Sarlat and became a monk. He was the founder and abbot of Calviac Abbey. He was later appointed bishop of Limoges...
  
  , Bishop of Limoges (720)
• Saint Nicephorus of Medikion, abbot and founder of Medikion Monastery (813)
• Saint Athanasios of Corinth, bishop (10th-11th c.)
• Saint Gotthard of Hildesheim
  Gotthard of Hildesheim
  Saint Gotthard , also known as Gothard or Godehard the Bishop, is a Roman Catholic saint.-Life:...
  
  , became Bishop of Hildesheim in 1022 and did much to spread the Faith (1038)
• Saint Theodosia (Fedosia), princess of Vladimir
  Vladimir
  Vladimir is a city and the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River, to the east of Moscow along the M7 motorway. Population:...
  
  , (wife of Jaroslav Vsevolodovich
  Yaroslav II of Vladimir
  Yaroslav II , Christian name Theodor was the Grand Prince of Vladimir who helped to restore his country and capital after the Mongol invasion of Russia.-Prince of Pereyaslav:...
  
  ; mother of St. Alexander Nevsky
  Alexander Nevsky
  Alexander Nevsky was the Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir during some of the most trying times in the city's history. Commonly regarded as the key figure of medieval Rus, Alexander was the grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest and rose to legendary status on account of his military...
  
  ) (1244)
• Saint Nicephorus (the Solitary, the Hesychast) 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...
  
  , teacher of St. Gregory Palamas (before 1300)
• The Alfanov brothers of Novgorod:
• Saints Nicetas; Cyril; Nicephorus; Clement; and Isaac of Novgorod; founders of the Sokolnitzki Monastery in 1389
• New Hieromartyr John, priest, (1942)
• New Hieromartyr Nicholas, deacon, (1943)
• New Hieromartyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz (1945)

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relic
  Relic
  In religion, a relic is a part of the body of a saint or a venerated person, or else another type of ancient religious object, carefully preserved for purposes of veneration or as a tangible memorial...
  
  s of the Righteous Lazarus
  Lazarus of Bethany
  Lazarus of Bethany, also known as Saint Lazarus or Lazarus of the Four Days, is the subject of a prominent miracle attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of John, in which Jesus restores him to life four days after his death...
  
   and Saint Mary Magdalene
  Mary Magdalene
  Mary Magdalene was one of Jesus' most celebrated disciples, and the most important woman disciple in the movement of Jesus. Jesus cleansed her of "seven demons", conventionally interpreted as referring to complex illnesses...
  
  , Equal-to-the-Apostles
• Icon of the Mother of God "Staro Rus" Old Russian (1570)

Sources

• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
• May 4/17, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)
• May 17, 2011 / May 4, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
• May 4, 2011, OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• May 4. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 4, The Roman Martyrology.

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