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Today, September 25, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Albert of Jerusalem (Italian, bishop of three cities, including Patriarchate of Jerusalem, murdered in 1215)
Bl. Augustine Ota (Japanese, Jesuit catechist, martyred by beheading in 1622)
St. Cadoc of Llancarvan (Welsh, priest, hermit, martyred c. 580)
St. Ceolfrid [aka Jeffrey, Godfrey] (English, Benedictine abbot, d. 716)
St. Finbarr of Cork (Irish, bishop, d. 623)
St. Herculanus (Roman, soldier, martyred in second century)
St. Herman the Cripple (German, Benedictine monk, poet, composed immortal Marian hymns ("Salve Regina" and "Alma Redemptoris Mater"), d. 1054)

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, 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 25, 2001

Answers

From St. Herman Contractus (aka Herman the Cripple):

SALVE, REGINA, mater misericordiae:
vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae.
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia, ergo, advocata nostra,
illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.
Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria. Amen.

ALMA REDEMPTORIS MATER, quae pervia caeli porta manes,
et stella maris, succurre cadenti,
surgere qui curat, populo:
tu quae genuisti, natura mirante,
tuum sanctum Genitorem virgo prius ac posterius,
Gabrielis ab ore sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere.

-- (_@_._), September 25, 2001.

[Here are some September 25 saints/blessed to be added to those listed in the opening message:]

St. Anacharius of Auxerre (French, bishop, d. 604)
St. Austindus of Auch (French, Benedictine abbot, archbishop, d. 1068)
St. Caian (Welsh, 5th century)
St. Cleophas (Israelite, disciple of Jesus [one of two at Emmaus], wife of Mary [at Calvary], possibly father of St. James the Less, possibly brother of St. Joseph, 1st century)
St. Egelred of Crayland (English, Benedictine monk, martyred by pagan Danes in 870)
St. Firminus of Amiens (Spanish, missionary and bishop in France, martyred by beheading in 4th century)
St. Fymbert (Scottish, bishop, 7th century)
St. Herculafilis (Roman, soldier, martyred in 2nd century)
St. Lupus of Lyons (French, archbishop, d. 542)
Bl. Mancius Shisiso-iemon (Japanese, Augustinian tertiary, martyred by beheading at Nagasaki in 17th century)
Bl. Mark Criado (Spanish, Trinitarian priest, martyred by Moslems in 16th century)
St. Mewrog (Welsh)
St. Paphnutius (abbot, d. 480)
Sts. Paul and Tatta (Syrian, husband and wife, tortured, early martyrs)
St. Vincent Mary Strambi [Vincenzo Maria] (Italian, druggist's son, parish priest, Passionist provincial, theology professor, bishop, advisor to pope, d. 1824 [canonized 1950])

JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), September 25, 2002.

Jmj

On September 25, 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. Albert of Jerusalem [Alberto] (Italian, bishop of three cities, including Patriarchate of Jerusalem, murdered in 1215)
St. Anacharius of Auxerre (French, bishop, d. 604)
Bl. Augustine Ota of Firando (Japanese, Jesuit catechist, martyred by beheading in 1622)
St. Austin of Auch [Ostend] (French, Benedictine abbot, archbishop, d. 1068)
St. Cadoc of Llancarvan (Welsh, priest, hermit, martyred c. 580)
St. Caian of Brecknock (Welsh, 5th century)
St. Ceolfrid of Northumbria [aka Jeffrey, Godfrey] (British, Benedictine abbot, d. 716)
St. Cleophas (Israelite, disciple of Jesus [one of two at Emmaus], wife of Mary [at Calvary], possibly father of St. James the Less, possibly brother of St. Joseph, 1st century)
St. Egelred of Crayland (English, Benedictine monk, martyred by pagan Danes in 870)
St. Finbarr of Cork (Irish, bishop, d. 623)
St. Firminus of Amiens (Spanish, missionary and bishop in France, martyred by beheading in 4th century)
St. Fymbert (Scottish, bishop, 7th century)
St. Herculanus of Rome (Italian, soldier, martyred in second century)
St. Hermann the Cripple of Altshausen [also called “Herman Contractus”] (German, Benedictine monk, poet, composed immortal Marian hymns ("Salve Regina" and "Alma Redemptoris Mater"), d. 1054)
St. Lupus of Lyons (French, archbishop, d. 542)
Bl. Mancius Shisiso-iemon (Japanese, Augustinian tertiary, martyred by beheading at Nagasaki in 17th century)
Bl. Mark Criado of Andujar [Marco] (Spanish, Trinitarian priest, martyred by Moslems in 16th century)
St. Mewrog (Welsh)
St. Paphnutius of Alexandria (Egyptian, abbot, d. 480)
Sts. Paul and Tatta of Damascus (Syrian, husband and wife, tortured, early martyrs)
St. Vincent Mary Strambi of Civitavecchia [Vincenzo Maria] (Italian, druggist's son, parish priest, Passionist provincial, theology professor, bishop, advisor to pope, d. 1824 [canonized 1950])

[Please scroll up if you wish to see the Latin text of St. Herman's famous hymns.]

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 25, 2003.