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Saint Expeditus
Expeditus with his typical iconographical attributes.
Martyr
Died
c. 303 Melitene, Armenia Minor, Roman Empire (modern-day Malatya, Turkey)
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Feast
19 April
Attributes
Depicted as a Roman centurion, holding a palm leaf in his left hand, and raising a cross with the word hodie (today) on it in his right hand. His right foot is stepping on a crow, which is speaking the word "cras" (tomorrow).
Patronage
emergencies; expeditious solutions; against procrastination; merchants; revolutionaries; navigators
Expeditus (died 303), also known as Expedite, was said to have been a Roman centurion in Armenia who was martyred around April 303 in what is now Turkey, for converting to Christianity. Considered the patron saint of urgent causes, he is also known as the saint of time; he was commemorated by the Catholic Church on 19 April.
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of Our Lady of Aparecida (26% among Catholics); Saint Anthony, Saint Expeditus (5% each), Saint George (3%), Saint Jude, Saint Francis of Assisi and...
Ælfheah of Canterbury (Anglican, Catholic) Conrad of Ascoli Emma of Lesum Expeditus George of Antioch Olaus and Laurentius Petri (Lutheran) Pope Leo IX Ursmar...
Devota, Corsican woman and martyr Erasmus of Formiae, Christian martyr Expeditus, Roman centurion and martyr Felix and Adauctus, Christian martyrs Fermin...
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Eutychian 283 Evaristus c. 105 Evellius 1st century Evodius 1st century Expeditus 303 Exuperantia 4th century Exuperius (Theban Legion) 3rd century Exuperius...
8th-century Byzantine governor of Sicily and rebel another name for St. Expeditus Elpidio (disambiguation) Sant'Elpidio (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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Academic affiliations Philosophy Theology Chairman Winston Fernando Rector Expeditus Jayakody Director P. Christunayagam Students 280 Location Kandy , Central...
Joshua Emilio S. Geli Baltazar C. Abian Noel Christian G. Catre Jr. Jose Expeditus B. Bayana Joseph Joey S. Yuipco • Electorate 108,959 voters (2022) Area...
del Buen Retiro, Madrid. Saint Agatha death, bas-relief (1888). Saint Expeditus carving (1916), in San Vicente Martir de Abando Church (Bilbao). Juan...
a 30-minute hike through carabao trails and abaca plantations. Saint Expeditus Eco-Park is part of the Zepeda Leisure Estates, located at Barangay Agos...
Pilgrim's Progress Primavera Triptych: Humilitas, Charitas, Fortitudo St Expeditus Homage to Florence: Coronation of Flora, with the Duomo and Palazzo Vecchio...
Gnathotitan G. berkeyi Irdin Manha. Jaw elements. A brontothere. Lophialetes L. expeditus Jaw elements. A lophialetid. L. minutus Upper molar. A lophialetid. Metatelmatherium...
St. Jean Baptiste, 184 East 76th Street, New York City. Statue of St. Expeditus the Martyr (year?), St. Patrick Cathedral, Fort Worth, Texas Statue of...
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