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Today, September 10, the Catholic Church honors, in a special way, the following friends of God, saints whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Jader (Algerian, bishop, condemned for faith to slave labor in marble quarries, c. 257)
St. Nicholas of Tolentino (Italian, Augustinian priest, d. 1305)
Bl. Ogerius (Italian, Cistercian abbot, d. 1214)
St. Pulcheria (Turkish, empress of Byzantine Empire, sponsored Council of Chalcedon, d. 453)
Bl. Gundisalvus Fusai (Japanese, converted imperial courtier, martyred by burning in 1622 at Nagasaki)
Bl. Hyacinth Orfanel (Spanish, Dominican missionary, martyred by burning in 1622 at Nagasaki)
Bl. Isabel Fernandez and Bl. Ignatius Jorjes (Spanish, lay, mother and four-year-old son, martyred by beheading in 1622 at Nagasaki)
Bl. Joseph of Saint Hyacinth (Spanish, Dominican missionary, martyred by burning in 1622 at Nagasaki)
Bl. Lucy de Freitas (Spanish, laywoman, martyred by burning in 1622 at Nagasaki)

If you have anything to share about these holy people, please reply now -- biographical episodes, prayers through their intercession, the fact that one is your patron saint -- whatever moves you. If you are interested in one of these saints and want to find out more about him/her, please ask. Information is sometimes available on the Internet.

All you holy men and women, saints of God, pray for us.
God bless you.
John


-- J. F. Gecik (jgecik@amdg.ihs), September 10, 2001

Answers

-- (_@_._), September 10, 2001.

[Here are some September 10 saints/blesseds to be added to those listed in the opening message:]

Bl. Agnes Tsao-Kouy (Chinese, widow, catechist, martyred in 17th century [beatified 1900])
St. Autbert of Avranches (French, bishop, founded Mont St. Michel, d. 725)
St. Barypsabas (hermit, martyred in Dalmatia in 1st century)
St. Candida the Younger of Naples (Italian, wife and mother, miracle worker, d. 586)
St. Cosmas of Palermo (Sicilian, bishop, martyred by Moslems in 1160)
Sts. Felix, Nemesian, Lucius, Litteus, Polyanus, Victor, Jader, Dativus, [another] Felix, and companions (from Asia Minor [Turkish] ... nine bishops, other clergy, and laity ... condemned to quarries, early martyrs)
St. Finian of Strangford (Irish, abbot, miracle worker, d. 579)
St. Frithestan of Winchester (English, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 933)
Sts. Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora (Bithynian [Turkish], orphan sisters, martyred [two beaten, one beheaded] in 306)
St. Peter Martinez of Moronzo (Spanish, Benedictine abbot, archbishop, d. 1000)
St. Salvius of Albi (French, lawyer, abbot, hermit, bishop, d. 584)
St. Theodard of Maastricht (Belgian, Benedictin abbot, bishop in Holland, murdered in 670)
Bl. Thomas Sherwood (English, layman, martyred by Elizabethans in 1578)
St. Veranus of Vence (French, monk, bishop, d. 480)
Blessed Martyrs of Nagasaki of 1622 (Asian and European Catholics, clergy and laity [some of whom are named below], martyred by burning or beheading in 1622 [beatified in 19th century])
----- Bl. Agnes and Bl. Cosmas Takea (Japanese, husband and wife, beheaded)
----- Bl. Angelus Orsucci (Italian, Dominican missionary priest in Philippines and Japan, burned)
----- Bl. Anthony Kiun (Japanese, Jesuit priest, burned)
----- Bl. Anthony, Bl. Mary, and Bl. John of Korea (Korean ... catechist, wife, and 12-year-old son in Japan, beheaded)
----- Bl. Anthony, Bl. Magdalen, and Bl. Peter Sanga (Korean ... catechist, wife and 3-year-old son ... beheaded)
----- Bl. Apollinaris Franco (Spanish, lawyer, Franciscan superior, missionary priest in Japan, burned)
----- Bl. Bartholomew and Bl. Peter Shikiemon (Japanese, father and 7-year-old son, beheaded)
----- Bl. Caspar Kotenda (Japanese, nobleman)
----- Bl. Damien and Bl. Michael Yamiki (Japanese, father and 5-year-old son, beheaded)
----- Bl. Charles Spinola (Italian born in Bohemia, nobleman, Jesuit missionary priest in Japan, burned)
----- Bl. Clare and Bl. Dominic Shamada (Japanese, husband and wife, beheaded)
----- Bl. Clement and Bl. Anthony Vom (Japanese, father and son)
----- Bl. Francis de Morales (Spanish, Dominican missionary priest in Japan, burned)
----- Bl. John Kingoku (Japanese, catechist, beheaded)
----- Bl. Leo Satsuma (Japanese, Franciscan tertiary, burned)
----- Bl. Louis Kawara (Japanese, court page, burned)
----- Bl. Mary Tanaura (Japanese, beheaded)
----- Bl. Mary Tokuan and Bl. Mary Choun and husbands (Japanese)
----- Bl. Michael Shumpo (Japanese, burned)
----- Bl. Matthias and Bl. Dominic Nakano (Japanese, father and son, beheaded)
----- Bl. Paul and Bl. Mary Tanaka (Japanese, husband and wife, beheaded)
----- Bl. Paul, Bl. Thecla, and Bl. Peter Nangashi (Japanese ... husband, wife, and 7-year-old son ... beheaded)
----- Bl. Peter of Avila (Spanish, Franciscan missinoary priest in Philippines and Japan, burned)
----- Bl. Peter Sampo (Japanese, burned)
----- Bl. Richard of St. Ann (Spanish born in Belgium, tailor, Franciscan priest, missionary in Mexico/Philippines/Japan)
----- Bl. Sebastian Kimura (Japanese, grandson of St. Francis Xavier's first Japanese convert, catechist, burned)
----- Bl. Thomas and Bl. Francis Takea (Japanese, father and 12-year-old son, beheaded)
----- Bl. Thomas of the Holy Rosary (Japanese, catechist working with Dominicans, beheaded)

JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), September 14, 2002.

Jmj

On September 10, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints and blesseds whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Agnes Cao Gui-Ying (Chinese, widow, catechist, martyred at age 35 in 1856 [canonized 2000])
St. Autbert of Avranches (French, bishop, founded Mont St. Michel, d. 725)
St. Barypsabas (hermit, martyred in Dalmatia in 1st century)
St. Candida the Younger of Naples (Italian, wife and mother, miracle worker, d. 586)
St. Cosmas of Palermo [Cosimo] (Sicilian, bishop, martyred by Moslems in 1160)
Sts. Felix, Nemesian, Lucius, Litteus, Polyanus, Victor, Jader, Dativus, [another] Felix, and companions, of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [Turkish] ... nine bishops, other clergy, and laity ... condemned to quarries, early martyrs)
St. Finian of Strangford (Irish, abbot, miracle worker, d. 579)
St. Frithestan of Winchester (English, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 933)
St. Jader of Numidia (North African, bishop, condemned for faith to slave labor in marble quarries, c. 257)
Sts. Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora, of Bithynia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], orphan sisters, martyred [two beaten, one beheaded] in 306)
Blessed Martyrs of Nagasaki of 1622 (Asian and European Catholics, clergy and laity [some of whom are named below], martyred by burning or beheading in 1622 [beatified in 1867])
----- Bl. Agnes and Bl. Cosmas Takea (Japanese, husband and wife, beheaded)
----- Bl. Angelo Orsucc of Lucca (Italian, Dominican missionary priest in Philippines and Japan, burned)
----- Bl. Anthony Kiun of Makata (Japanese, Jesuit priest, burned)
----- Bl. Anthony, Bl. Mary, and Bl. John of Korea (Korean ... catechist, wife, and 12-year-old son in Japan, beheaded)
----- Bl. Anthony, Bl. Magdalen, and Bl. Peter Sanga (Korean ... catechist, wife and 3-year-old son ... beheaded)
----- Bl. Apollinaris Franco of Aguilar del Campo (Spanish, lawyer, Franciscan superior, missionary priest in Japan, burned)
----- Bl. Bartholomew and Bl. Peter Shikiemon (Japanese, father and 7-year-old son, beheaded)
----- Bl. Caspar Kotenda (Japanese, nobleman)
----- Bl. Damien and Bl. Michael Yamiki (Japanese, father and 5-year-old son, beheaded)
----- Bl. Charles Spinola of Prague (Italian born in Bohemia, nobleman, Jesuit missionary priest in Japan, burned)
----- Bl. Clare and Bl. Dominic Shamada (Japanese, husband and wife, beheaded)
----- Bl. Clement and Bl. Anthony Vom (Japanese, father and son)
----- Bl. Elizabeth Jorjes [nee Fernandez] and Bl. Ignatius Jorjes [Isabel and Ignacio] (Spanish, mother and 4-year-old son, beheaded)
----- Bl. Francis de Morales of Madrid [Francisco] (Spanish, Dominican missionary priest in Japan, burned)
----- Bl. Gonzalo Fusai (Japanese, converted imperial courtier, burned)
----- Bl. Hyacinth Orfanel of Llana [Jacinto] (Spanish, Dominican missionary, burned)
----- Bl. John Kingoku of Amanguchi (Japanese, catechist, beheaded)
----- Bl. Joseph of St. Hyacinth of Villareal [Jose de San Jacinto] (Spanish, Dominican missionary, burned)
----- Bl. Leo Satsuma (Japanese, Franciscan tertiary, burned)
----- Bl. Louis Kawara of Arima (Japanese, court page, burned)
----- Bl. Lucy de Freitas [Lucia] (Japanese, laywoman, burned)
----- Bl. Mary Tanaura (Japanese, beheaded)
----- Bl. Mary Tokuan and Bl. Mary Choun and husbands (Japanese)
----- Bl. Michael Shumpo (Japanese, burned)
----- Bl. Matthias and Bl. Dominic Nakano (Japanese, father and son, beheaded)
----- Bl. Paul and Bl. Mary Tanaka (Japanese, husband and wife, beheaded)
----- Bl. Paul, Bl. Thecla, and Bl. Peter Nangashi (Japanese ... husband, wife, and 7-year-old son ... beheaded)
----- Bl. Peter of Avila [Pedro] (Spanish, Franciscan missinoary priest in Philippines and Japan, burned)
----- Bl. Peter Sampo of Ochu (Japanese, burned)
----- Bl. Richard of St. Ann of Brussels [Ricardo de Santa Ana] (Spanish born in Belgium, tailor, Franciscan priest, missionary in Mexico/Philippines/Japan)
----- Bl. Sebastian Kimura (Japanese, grandson of St. Francis Xavier's first Japanese convert, catechist working with Jesuits, burned)
----- Bl. Thomas and Bl. Francis Takea (Japanese, father and 12-year-old son, beheaded)
----- Bl. Thomas of the Holy Rosary (Japanese, catechist working with Dominicans, beheaded)
St. Nicholas of Tolentino [Niccola] (Italian, Augustinian priest, d. 1305)
Bl. Ogerius of Locedio (Italian, Cistercian abbot, d. 1214)
St. Peter Martinez of Moronzo [Pedro] (Spanish, Benedictine abbot, archbishop, d. 1000)
St. Pulcheria of Constantinople (Turkish, empress of Byzantine Empire, sponsored Council of Chalcedon, d. 453)
St. Salvius of Albi (French, lawyer, abbot, hermit, bishop, d. 584)
St. Theodard of Maastricht (Belgian, Benedictin abbot, bishop in Holland, murdered in 670)
Bl. Thomas Sherwood of London (English, layman, tortured [racked, left naked in a dungeon] and martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 27 under Elizabeth I in 1578 [beatified 1895])
St. Veranus of Vence (French, monk, bishop, d. 480)

If you have anything to share about these holy people, please reply now -- biographical episodes, prayers through their intercession, the fact that one is your patron -- whatever moves you. If you are interested in one of these saints or blesseds and want to find out more about him/her, please ask. Information is sometimes available on the Internet.

All you holy men and women, saints of God, pray for us.
God bless you.
John

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), September 10, 2003.