January 22 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, January 22, 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. Vincent of Zaragoza (Aragonese [Spanish], deacon, tortured and martyred in 304)
St. Anastasius [when pagan, known as Magundat] (Persian, soldier, monk, martyred by strangling in 628)
St. Blaesilla (Roman, widow, disciple of St. Jerome, d. 383 at age 20)
St. Brithwold of Sarum (English, Benedictine monk, bishop for 50 years, d. 1045)
St. Dominic of Sora (Italian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1031)
Sts. Francis Gil de Federich and Matthew Alonso Leziniana (Spanish, Dominican priests, missionaries in Philippines, martyred by beheading in Vietnam in 1744 and 1745 [canonized 1988])
St. Gaudentius of Novara (Italian, bishop, c. 418)
Bl. Laura Vicuna (Chilean, virgin, died in Argentina at age 12 in 1904 [beatified 1988])
St. Valerius of Zaragoza (Spanish, bishop, d. 315)
St. Vincent Pallotti (Roman, priest, teacher, exorcist, healer, founder of Society of Catholic Apostolate [Pallottines], d. 1850 [canonized 1963])
St. Vincent of Digne (African, bishop in France, d. 380)
Sts. Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (French, two brothers and companion, preachers, martyred in 305)
Bl. Walter of Himmerode (Belgian, crusading knight, Cistercian priest, d. 1222)
Bl. William Joseph Chaminade [Guillaume] (French, 14th of 15 children, priest, university teacher, chaplain, co-founder of Daughters of Mary Immaculate and Society of Mary [Marianists], d. 1850 [beatified 2000])
Bl. William Patenson (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] by Elizabethans in 1592)

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 22, 2002

Answers

[A motto by St. Vincent Pallotti:]

Not the goods of the world, but God.
Not riches, but God.
Not honors, but God.
Not distinction, but God.
Not dignities, but God.
Not advancement, but God.
God always and in everything.


-- (_@_._), January 22, 2002.


Jmj

On January 22, 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. Vincent of Zaragoza (Aragonese [Spanish], deacon, tortured and martyred in 304)

St. Anastasius [pre-Christian name: Magundat] (Persian, soldier, monk, martyred by strangling in 628)
St. Blaesilla of Rome (Italian, widow, disciple of St. Jerome, died at age 20 in 383)
St. Brithwold of Sarum (English, Benedictine monk, bishop for 50 years, d. 1045)
Bl. Catherine Volpicelli of Naples[Caterina] (Italian, founded Ursuline Religious of Somasca, d. 1894 [beatified 2001])
St. Dominic of Sora [Domenico] (Italian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1031)
Sts. Francis Gil de Federich of Tortosa [Francisco] and Matthew Alphonse Leziniana of Navas del Rey [Mateo Alonso] (Spanish, Dominican priests, missionaries in Philippines, martyred by beheading in Vietnam in 1744 and 1745 [canonized 1988])
St. Gaudentius of Novara (Italian, bishop, c. 418)
Bl. Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann of Dunakiliti [László] (Hungarian, layman, husband and father, died in Austria in 1931 [beatified 2003])
Bl. Laura Vicuna of Santiago (Chilean, virgin, died in Argentina at age 12 [illness and abuse] in 1904 [beatified 1988])
St. Valerius of Zaragoza (Spanish, bishop, d. 315)
St. Vincent Pallotti of Rome [Vincenzo] (Italian, priest, teacher, exorcist, healer, founder of Society of Catholic Apostolate [Pallottines], d. 1850 [canonized 1963])
St. Vincent of Digne (African, bishop in France, d. 380)
Sts. Vincent, Orontius, and Victor, of Cimiez (French, two brothers and companion, preachers, martyred in 305)
Bl. Walter of Himmerode [Gautier] (Belgian, crusading knight, Cistercian priest, d. 1222)
Bl. William Joseph Chaminade of Perigeux [Guillaume Joseph] (French, 14th of 15 children, priest, university teacher, chaplain, co-founder of Daughters of Mary Immaculate and Society of Mary [Marianists], d. 1850 [beatified 2000])
Bl. William Patenson of Durham (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1592 [beatified 1929])

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 23, 2004.


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