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Today, January 12, 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. Anthony Mary Pucci [Antonio Maria, "Il Curatino" ... baptized Eustacchio] (Italian, peasant, Servite parish priest, d. 1892 [canonized 1962])
St. Arcadius (Mauritanian, tortured and martyred [limbs chopped off] c. 302)
St. Benedict Biscop (English, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, bishop, c. 690)
St. Bernard of Corleone [Bernardo ... baptized Filippo Latini] (Sicilian, shoemaker, swordsman and duelist, Capuchin brother, d. 1667 [canonized June 10, 2001])
St. Caesaria of Arles (French, sister of St. Caesarius, abbess, c. 530)
Holy Martyrs of Ephesus (from Asia Minor [Turkish], forty-two monks, opposed iconoclasts, martyred c. 762)
Holy Marytrs of Iona (Irish, thirty-eight monks, martyred in 750)
St. John of Ravenna (Italian, bishop, d. 494)
Bl. John Gaspard Cratz, Bl. Emmanuel d'Abreu, Bl. Bartholomew Alvarez, and Bl. Vincent da Cunha (German and three Portuguese, Jesuit missionaries, martyred by beheading in Vietnam in 1737)
St. Martin of Leon (Spanish, Augustinian priest, d. 1203)
St.Probus of Verona (Italian, bishop, d. 591)
St. Satyrus (Arab, martyred in 267)
St. Tatiana (Roman, martyred [thrown to beasts in amphitheater] c. 230)
Sts. Tigirius and Eutropius (Constantinopolitan [Turkish], priest and lector, tortured, c. 404)
St. Victorian of Asan (Italian, abbot, died in Spain c. 560)
Sts. Zoticus, Rogatus, Modestus, Castulus, and companions (African, at least forty soldiers, martyred)

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), January 12, 2002

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On January 12, 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. Aelred of Rievaulx (English, nobleman, Cistercian abbot, spiritual writer, d. 1167)
St. Anthony Mary Pucci of Poggione de Vernio [Antonio Maria] [baptized Eustacchio (Eustace)] ["Il Curatino"] (Italian, peasant, Servite parish priest, d. 1892 [canonized 1962])
St. Arcadius of Caesarea (Mauritanian, tortured and martyred [limbs chopped off] c. 302)
St. Benedict Biscop of Northumbria (British, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, bishop, c. 690)
St. Bernard Latini of Corleone [Bernardo] [baptized Filippo (Philip)] (Sicilian, shoemaker, swordsman and duelist, Capuchin brother, d. 1667 [canonized June 10, 2001])
St. Caesaria of Arles (French, sister of St. Caesarius, abbess, c. 530)
Holy Martyrs of Ephesus (from Asia Minor [Turkish], forty-two monks, opposed iconoclasts, martyred c. 762)
Holy Marytrs of Iona (Irish, thirty-eight monks, martyred in 750)
St. John of Ravenna (Italian, bishop, d. 494)
Bl. John Caspar Kratz of Duren [Johann Kaspar], Bl. Emmanuel d'Abreu of Arouca, Bl. Bartholomew Alvarez of Braganza [Bartholomé], and Bl. Vincent da Cunha [Vincente] (one German and three Portuguese, Jesuit missionaries, martyred by beheading in Vietnam in 1737)
St. Martin of León (Spanish, Augustinian priest, d. 1203)
Bl. Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung of Sampran (Thai, priest, martyred in 1944 [beatified 2000])
St. Probus of Verona (Italian, bishop, d. 591)
St. Satyrus (Arab, martyred in 267)
St. Tatiana (Roman, martyred [thrown to beasts in amphitheater] c. 230)
Sts. Tigirius and Eutropius of Constantinople (from Asia Minor [Turkish], priest and lector, tortured, c. 404)
St. Victorian of Asan (Italian, abbot, died in Spain c. 560)
Sts. Zoticus, Rogatus, Modestus, Castulus, and companions (African, at least forty soldiers, martyred)

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), January 12, 2004.