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Today, November 17, 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. Elizabeth of Hungary (Hungarian, princess, mother of four, widow, Franciscan tertiary, champion of the poor and sick, d. 1231)
St. Rose-Philippine Duchesne (French, Visitation sister and later missionary sister in the Society of the Sacred Heart in Missouri and other states, d. 1852 [canonized 1988])
Sts. Acisclus and Victoria (Spanish, brother and sister, martyred by arrows in 304)
St. Dionysius of Alexandria (Egyptian, archbishop, d. 265)
St. Gregory of Tours (French, historian, wrote lives of saints, bishop, d. 594)
St. Gregory Thaumaturgus [Theodoros, "The Wonder Worker"] (from Asia Minor [Turkish], student of Origen, bishop, theologian, miracle-worker, c. 270)
St. Hilda of Whitby (English, Benedictine abbess, d. 680)
St. Hugh of Lincoln (French, Carthusian abbot in England, bishop, d. 1200)
St. Hugh of Noara [Ugo] (Sicilian, Cistercian abbot, c. 1170)
Bl. Jane of Segna (Italian, shepherdess, virgin, d. 1307)
Martyrs of Paraguay (Spanish, Jesuit priests, missionaries mainly in Paraguay, martyred by indigenous peoples in Brazil in 1628 [canonized in 1988])
..... St. Alonso Rodriguez and St. Roque Gonzalez (hacked to death by tomahawk)
..... St. Juan de Castillo (stoned to death)
Bl. Salomea (Polish, married at 13 to prince of Hungary, widow, Poor Clare abbess, d. 1268)
Sts. Alphaeus and Zachaeus (Palestinian, seminarians, martyred by beheading in 303)
St. Anianus of Orléans [Aignan] (French, bishop, d. 453)
St. Eugene of Florence (Italian, deacon, d. 422)
St. Namasius of Vienne [Namat] (French, bishop, c. 559)
St. Raverranus of Séez (French, bishop, 8th century)

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 17, 2001

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Jmj

On November 17, 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. Elizabeth of Bratislava [Erzsebet] [known as “Elizabeth of Hungary”] (Hungarian, princess, mother of four, widow, Franciscan tertiary, champion of the poor and sick, d. 1231)
St. Rose-Philippine Duchesne of Grenoble (French, Visitation sister and later missionary sister in the Society of the Sacred Heart in Missouri and other states, d. 1852 [canonized 1988]) [On U.S. “particular calendar”]

Sts. Acisclus and Victoria of Cordova (Spanish, brother and sister, martyred by arrows in 304)
Sts. Alphaeus of Caesarea and Zachaeus of Gadara (Palestinian, lector and deacon, martyred by beheading in 303)
St. Anianus of Orléans [Aignan] (French, bishop, d. 453)
St. Dionysius of Alexandria (Egyptian, archbishop, d. 265)
St. Eugene of Florence (Italian, deacon, d. 422)
St. Gregory of Tours (French, historian, wrote lives of saints, bishop, d. 594)
St. Gregory Thaumaturgus of Neocaesarea [Theodoros, "The Wonder Worker"] (from Asia Minor [Turkish], student of Origen, bishop, theologian, miracle-worker, c. 270)
St. Hilda of Whitby (English, Benedictine abbess, d. 680)
St. Hugh of Lincoln [Hugues] (French, Carthusian abbot in England, bishop, d. 1200)
St. Hugh of Noara [Ugo] (Sicilian, Cistercian abbot, c. 1170)
Bl. Jane of Segna [Giovanna] (Italian, shepherdess, virgin, d. 1307)
St. Namasius of Vienne (French, bishop, c. 559)
Holy Martyrs of Paraguay (Jesuit priests, missionaries mainly in Paraguay, martyred by indigenous peoples in Brazil in 1628 [canonized in 1988])
----- St. Alphonse Rodriguez of Segovia [Alonso] and St. Rocco Gonzalez of Asuncion [Roque] (Spanish and Paraguayan, hacked to death by tomahawk)
----- St. John de Castillo of Belmonte [Juan] (Spanish, stoned to death)
St. Raverranus of Séez (French, bishop, 8th century)
Bl. Salome of Skala [Salomea] (Polish, married at 13 to prince of Hungary, widow, Poor Clare abbess, d. 1268)

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 17, 2003.