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Today, October 9, 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. Denis and companions (Italian, missionary bishop of Paris, martyred by beheading c. 258)
St. John Leonardi (Italian, priest, co-founder of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God, formed Confraternity of Christian Doctrine [CCD], d. 1609)
St. Dionysius the Aeropagite (Greek, convert of St. Paul, bishop, martyred c. 95)
St. Geminus (Italian, monk, c. 815)
St. Gislenus (French, hermit, abbot, c. 680)
St. Goswin (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 1165)
St. Gunther (Hungarian, Benedictine monk, hermit, d. 1045)
St. John Thwing of Bridlington (English, Augustinian Canon Regular, d. 1379)
St. Louis Bertran (Spanish, Dominican priest, missionary to Americas, d. 1581)
St. Publia (Syrian, mother of bishop of Antioch, widow, d. 4th century)
St. Richarius (French, abbot, hermit, d. 645)

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 (jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 09, 2001

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Just a thought to you...(sort of a parable if you will)...Would not an unemployed man seek employment for himself? Or, be it more wise of him to have others seek employment for him?

-- mark (ukerne1@yahoo.com), October 10, 2001.

[Here are some October 9 saints/blesseds to be added to those listed in the opening message:]

St. Aaron of Krakow (monk in France, abbot and archbishop in Poland, d. 1059)
St. Aaron (Israelite born in Egypt, brother of St. Moses, high priest, c. 15th century B.C.)
St. Abraham of Ur (Chaldean [Iraqi], patriarch, ancestor of Israelites, c. 21st century B.C.)
St. Alfanus of Salerno (Italian, Benedictine monk, archbishop, d. 1085)
St. Andronicus of Alexandria (Egyptian, silversmith, hermit, 5th century)
St. Demetrius of Alexandria (Egyptian, bishop/patriarch for 43 years, d. 231)
St. Deusdedit of Monte Cassino (Italian, Benedictine abbot, martyred by starvation and abuse in 836 )
St. Domninus of Parma (Italian, martyred by beheading in 304)
St. Ghislain (French, hermit in Belgium, abbot, 7th century)
Sts. Lambert and Valerius (Benedictine monks, missionaries, d. 680)
St. Sabinus (Spanish, monk and hermit in France, 5th century)
St. Theodoric of Emden (Dutch, Franciscan priest, counselor of nuns, martyred in 1572)

[I would like to modify the original entry for St. Denis to include the names of his fellow martyrs:]
Sts. Denis, Rusticus, and Eleutherius (Italian, missionary bishop of Paris and two deacons, martyred by beheading c. 258)

JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 09, 2002.

Jmj

On October 9, 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. John Leonardi of Diecimo [Giovanni] (Italian, priest, co- founder of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God, formed Confraternity of Christian Doctrine [CCD], d. 1609 [canonized 1938])
Sts. Denis, Rusticus, and Eleutherius, of Paris (Italian, missionary bishop and two deacons in France, martyred by beheading c. 258)

St. Aaron of Krakow (monk in France, abbot and archbishop in Poland, d. 1059)
St. Aaron (Israelite born in Egypt, brother of St. Moses, high priest, c. 15th century B.C.)
St. Abraham of Ur (Chaldean [Iraqi], patriarch, ancestor of Israelites, c. 21st century B.C.)
St. Alfano of Salerno (Italian, Benedictine monk, archbishop, d. 1085)
St. Andronicus of Alexandria (Egyptian, silversmith, hermit, 5th century)
St. Demetrius of Alexandria (Egyptian, bishop/patriarch for 43 years, d. 231)
St. Dennis the Aeropagite of Athens [also known as Dionysius] (Greek, convert of St. Paul, bishop, martyred c. 95)
St. Deusdedit of Monte Cassino (Italian, Benedictine abbot, martyred by starvation and abuse in 836)
St. Domninus of Parma (Italian, martyred by beheading in 304)
St. Geminus of Narni (Italian, monk, c. 815)
St. Ghislain of Hainault (French, hermit in Belgium, abbot, 7th century)
St. Goswin of Anchin (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 1165)
St. Gunther of Sumava (Hungarian, Benedictine monk, hermit, d. 1045)
St. John Thwing of Bridlington (English, Augustinian Canon Regular, d. 1379)
Sts. Lambert and Valerius (Benedictine monks, missionaries, d. 680)
St. Louis Bertran of Valencia [Luis] (Spanish, Dominican priest, missionary to Americas, d. 1581)
St. Publia of Antioch (Syrian, mother of bishop, widow, d. 4th century)
St. Richarius of Centula (French, abbot, hermit, d. 645)
St. Sabinus of Barcelona (Spanish, monk and hermit in France, 5th century)
St. Theodoric of Emden (Dutch, Franciscan priest, counselor of nuns, martyred in 1572)
Holy Martyrs of Turon (eight Spanish and one Argentinian, eight Brothers of the Christian Schools and one Passionist priest, children's schoolteachers and chaplain, martyred by shooting during Civil War in 1934 [canonized 1999])
----- St. Cyril Bertrand Sanz Tejedor of Lerma [Cirilo Bertran] [baptized José (Joseph)] (director of community of Brothers, died at age 46)
----- St. Marcian Joseph Lopez Lopez of El Pedregal Pobo [Marciano José] [baptized Filomeno] (deaf, died at age 33)
----- St. Victorian Pius Cano of San Millán de Lara [Victoriano Pio] [baptized Claudio Bernabé (Claude Barnabas)] (choirmaster, died at age 29)
----- St. Julian Alfred Fernández Zapico of Cifuentes [Julián Alfredo] [baptized Vilfrido (Wilfrid)] (died at age 30)
----- St. Benjamin Julian Andrés of Jaramillo de la Fuente [Benjamín Julián] [baptized Vicente Alonso (Vincent Alphonse)] (died at age 26)
----- St. Benedict of Jesus Valdivielso Sáez of Buenos Aires [Benito de Jesús] [baptized Hector] (Argentinian, died at age 23)
----- St. Anicletus Adolph Seco Gutierrez of Celada Marlantes [Aniceto Adolfo] [baptized Manuel (Emmanuel)] (died at age 20)
----- St. August Andrew Martínez Fernández of Quintana de los Prados [Augusto Andrés] [baptized Román Martín (Roman Martin)] (died at age 24)
----- St. Innocent of the Immaculate Lady Canoura Arnau of Santa Lucia del Valle de Oro [Inocencio de la Inmaculada] [baptized Manuel (Emmanuel)] (Passionist priest, died at age 47)

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), October 09, 2003.