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Today, December 5, 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. Aper (French, priest, hermit, 7th century)
St. Basilissa (German, Benedictine abbess, d. 780)
St. Christina of Markyate (English, hermitess, abbess, embroiderer for pope, visionary, d. 1160)
St. Crispina (Numidian [Tunisian], married woman and mother, martyred by beheading in 304)
St. Dalmatius of Pavia (Italian, bishop, martyred in 304)
St. Galgano Guidotti (Italian, hermit, d. 1181)
St. Gerald (French, Benedictine monk in France and Spain, archbishop in Portugal, d. 1109)
St. Gerbold (French, Benedictine abbot, c. 690)
St. Gratus (African, martyred in 302)
St. John Almond (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] in 1612 [canonized 1970])
Bl. John Gradenigo (Venetian, nobleman, Benedictine hermit, d. 1025)
St. John the Wonder Worker (Phrygian [Turkish], bishop, c. 750)
St. Justinian (French, nobleman, priest, hermit on island off Wales, martyred in 6th/7th century)
St. Nicetius of Trier (French, abbot, bishop, c. 566)
St. Sabbas (Cappadocian [Turkish], hermit, religious superior, d. 532)

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), December 05, 2001

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On December 5, 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. Anastasius (early martyr)
St. Aper of LaChambre (French, priest, hermit, 7th century)
Bl. Bartholomew Fanti of Mantua [Bartolomeo] (Italian, Carmelite priest, healer, d. 1495 [beatified 1909])
St. Basilissa of Ochren (German, Benedictine abbess, d. 780)
St. Bassus of Nice (bishop in France, martyred [nailed to a board] in 250)
St. Cawrdaf of Brecknock (Welsh, chieftain, monk, 6th century)
St. Christina of Markyate (English, hermitess, abbess, embroiderer for pope, visionary, d. 1160)
St. Crispina of Thagura (Numidian [Tunisian], married woman and mother, martyred by beheading in 304)
St. Dalmatius of Pavia (Italian, bishop, martyred in 304)
St. Firminus of Verdun (French, bishop, 6th century)
St. Galgano Guidotti of Chiusdino (Italian, hermit, d. 1181)
St. Gerald of Cahors (French, Benedictine monk in France and Spain, archbishop in Portugal, d. 1109)
St. Gerbold of Bayeux (French, Benedictine abbot, bishop, c. 690)
Sts. Gratus, Julius, Felix, Potamia, and companions of Thagura (African, martyred in 302)
St. John Almond of Allerton (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under James I in 1612 [canonized 1970])
Bl. John Gradenigo of Venice [Giovanni] (Italian, nobleman, Benedictine hermit, d. 1025)
St. John the Wonder Worker of Polybotum (Phrygian [Turkish], bishop, c. 750)
St. Justinian of Ramsey (French, nobleman, priest, hermit on island off Wales, martyred in 6th/7th century)
St. Nicetius of Trier (French, abbot, bishop, c. 566)
St. Pelinus of Confinium (Italian, martyred in 361)
Bl. Philip Rinaldi of Lu Monferrato [Filippo] (Italian, Salesian priest, d. 1931 [beatified 1990])
St. Sabbas of Motalala (Cappadocian [Turkish], hermit, religious superior, d. 532)

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), December 05, 2003.