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Today, November 1, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the Solemnity of All Saints, a holy day of obligation on which we honor all saints, known and unknown by name.
We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Benignus of Dijon (Greek, missionary to France, martyred in 3rd century by being clubbed with an iron bar)
St. Caesarius and Julian (African, deacon and priest, martyred by being drowned in a sack off Italy)
Sts. Cyrenia and Juliana (martyred by burning in 306 in Asia Minor [Turkey])
St. Germanus of Montfort (French, Benedictine prior, hermit, d. 1000)
St. Jerome Hermosilla (Spanish, Dominican missionary priest in Philippines and Vietnam, bishop, tortured and martyred by beheading in 1861 [canonized 1988])
Sts. James and John of Persia (martyred c. 344)
Bl. Nuņo of St. Mary [Nuņo Alvares Pereira] (Portuguese, nobleman, heroic soldier, widower, Carmelite brother, beggar, d. 1431)
Bl. Peter Paul Navarra, Peter Onizuka Sandaju, Denis Fugishima, and Clement Kuijemon. (Italian, Jesuit missionary priest in India and Japan, ... and Japanese, lay catechists ... martyred by burning in Japan in 1622)
St. Amabilis of Auvergne (French, priest, d. 475)
St. Austremonius of Clermont [Stremoine] (French, early bishop)
St. Cadfan of Wales (French or Welsh, abbot, 6th century)
Sts. Caesarius, Decius, and five companions (martyred in Syria)
St. Caesarius of Clermont (French, bishop, c. 627)
St. Ceitho of Wales (Welsh, 6th century)
St. Clydwyn of Wales (Welsh, 5th century)
Bl. Conradin of Brescia (Italian, nobleman, lawyer, Dominican prior, d. 1429)
St. Dingad of Wales (Welsh, monk, 5th century)
St. Floribert of Ghent (Belgian, Benedictine abbot, c. 660)
St. Genesius of Fontenelle (French, abbot, c. 679)
St. Marcellus of Paris [Marceau] (French, bishop, c. 430)
St. Mary the Slave (Roman, tortured slave girl, virgin, c. 300)
St. Maturinus of Sens [Mathurin] (French, priest, d. 388)
St. Pabiali of Wales (Welsh, c. 6th century)
St. Salaun of Brittany (French, pauper, mystic, d. 1358)
St. Severinus of Tivoli (Italian, Benedictine hermit, c. 699)
St. Vigor of Bayeux [Vigeur] (French, hermit, bishop, c. 537)

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), November 01, 2001

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Jmj

On November 1, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the Solemnity of All Saints, (usually) a holy day of obligation on which we honor all saints, known and unknown by name.
We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints and blesseds whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Amabilis of Auvergne (French, priest, d. 475)
St. Austremonius of Clermont [Stremoine] (French, early bishop)
St. Benignus of Dijon (Greek, missionary to France, martyred in 3rd century by being clubbed with an iron bar)
St. Cadfan of Bardsey (French or Welsh, abbot, 6th century)
Sts. Caesarius, Decius, and five companions, of Damascus (martyred in Syria)
St. Caesarius and Julian (African, deacon and priest, martyred by being drowned in a sack off Italy)
St. Caesarius of Clermont (French, bishop, c. 627)
St. Ceitho (Welsh, 6th century)
St. Clydwyn (Welsh, 5th century)
Bl. Corradino of Brescia (Italian, nobleman, lawyer, Dominican prior, d. 1429)
Sts. Cyrenia and Juliana, of Tarsus (martyred by burning in 306 in Asia Minor [Turkey])
St. Deborah (Israelite, Old Testament judge, 12th century B.C.?)
St. Dingad (Welsh, monk, 5th century)
St. Floribert of Ghent (Belgian, Benedictine abbot, c. 660)
St. Genesius of Fontenelle (French, abbot, c. 679)
St. Germanus of Montfort [Germaine] (French, Benedictine prior, hermit, d. 1000)
St. Jerome Hermosilla of La Calzada [Geronimo] (Spanish, Dominican missionary priest in Philippines and Vietnam, bishop, tortured and martyred by beheading in 1861 [canonized 1988])
Sts. James and John of Persia (martyred c. 344)
St. Marcellus of Paris [Marceau] (French, bishop, c. 430)
St. Mary the Slave of Rome (Italian, tortured slave girl, virgin, c. 300)
St. Maturinus of Sens [Mathurin] (French, priest, d. 388)
Bl. Nuno of St. Mary Alvares Pereira of Bomiardim (Portuguese, nobleman, heroic soldier, widower, Carmelite brother, beggar, d. 1431)
St. Pabiali (Welsh, c. 6th century)
Bl. Peter Paul Navarro of Laino [Pietro Paolo], Bl. Peter Sandaju Onizuka of Hachirao, Bl. Denis Fugishima of Aitsu, and Bl. Clement Kuijemon of Arima (Italian, Jesuit missionary priest in India and Japan, ... and Japanese, lay catechists ... martyred by burning in Japan in 1622)
St. Salaun of Lesneven (French, pauper, mystic, d. 1358)
St. Severinus of Tivoli (Italian, Benedictine hermit, c. 699)
St. Vigor of Bayeux [Vigeur] (French, hermit, bishop, c. 537)

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), November 01, 2003.