Optional Memorial
Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen
- Feast day
- April 24
- Patron of
- lawyers
- Origin
- German
Life
Fidelis of Sigmaringen was a Capuchin friar and lawyer who became a missionary to the Calvinists in Switzerland. He was killed by a mob while preaching, becoming the first martyr of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith.
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