January 28 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, January 27, 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. Thomas Aquinas [Tomasso D'Aquino] [The Dumb Ox, The Angelic Doctor] (Italian, Dominican priest, philosopher, theologian, Doctor of the Church, d. 1274 at about age 48)
St. Amadeus of Lausanne (French, Cistercian abbot, bishop, d. 1159)
St. Antimus of Brantôme (French, Benedictine abbot, 8th century)
Bl. Antony of Amandola (Italian, Augustinian hermit, d. 1450)
Bl. Bartholomew Aiutamicristo (Italian, Camaldolese brother, constantly prayed "Christ help me" [Aiuta mi, Cristo], hermit, d. 1224)
St. Cannera of Inis Cathaig (Irish, hermitess, c. 530)
Bl. Charlemagne (French, first Holy Roman emperor, d. 814)
St. Flavian of Civita Vecchia (Italian, public official, martyred c. 304)
Bl. Giles of Lorenzana (Italian, farmhand, Franciscan brother, hermit, d. 1518)
St. Glastian of Kinglassie (Scottish, bishop, d. 830)
St. James the Anchorite (Palestinian, hermit, lived in a sepulchre, 6th century)
Bl. James the Almsgiver (Italian, priest, ran hospital, d. 1304)
Bl. Jerome Lu and Bl. Laurence Wang (Chinese, catechists, tortured and martyred by beheading in 1858 [canonized 2000])
St. John of Réomé (French, hermit, abbot, died c. 544 at age of 113)
St. John the Sage (English, 11th century)
St. Julian of Cuenca (Spanish, bishop, d. 1208)
Bl. Julian Maunoir ["Apostle to Brittany"] (French, Jesuit priest, home missioner, d. 1683 [beatified 1951])
Sts. Leonidas and companions (Egyptian, martyred in 304)
Holy Martyrs of Alexandria (Egyptian, members of flock of St. Athanasius, martyred by Arian heretics in 356)
Bl. Mary of Pisa [baptized Catarina Mancini] (Italian, noblewoman, widowed at age 16, remarried, mother of seven, six of whom died in childhood, widowed at age 24, Dominican tertiary, prioress, d. 1431)
Bl. Odo of Beauvais (French, soldier, Benedictine abbot, bishop, d. 880)
St. Palladius of Antioch (Syrian, hermit, c. 390)
St. Paulinus of Aquileia (Italian, farmer, bishop, theologian, d. 804)
St. Peter Nolasco (French, nobleman, co-founder of Order of Our Lady of Mercy [Mercedarians], d. 1258)
St. Peter Thomas (French, diplomat, Carmelite priest, archbishop, d. 1366)
St. Richard of Vaucelles (English, Cistercian abbot in France, d. 1169)
Bl. Richard the Sacristan (English, Cistercian monk, c. 1142)
Bl. Roger of Todi [Ruggiero da Todi] (Italian, Franciscan priest, spiritual director of a Poor Clare convent, d. 1237)
Sts. Thyrsus, Leucius, and Callinicus (Phrygian [Turkish], martyred in 251)

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 28, 2002

Answers

[From St. Thomas Aquinas:]

"Believing is an act of the intellect assenting to the divine truth by command of the will moved by God through grace."

"Most loving Lord, grant me a steadfast heart which no unworthy desire may drag downards; an unconquered heart which no hardship may wear out; an upright heart which no worthless purpose may ensnare. Impart to me also, O God, the understanding to know you, the diligence to seek you, a way of life to please you, and a faithfulness that may embrace you, through Jesus Christ, my Lord. Amen."

"Hence we must say that for the knowledge of any truth whatsoever man needs divine help, that the intellect may bemoved by God to its act. But he does not need a new light added to his natural light, in order to know the truth in all things, but only in some that surpasses his natural knowledge."

-- (_@_._), January 28, 2002.


CORRECTION: The first sentence of the opening message should refer to "January 28."

-- (_@_._), September 08, 2002.

Jmj

On January 28, 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. Thomas Aquinas of Roccasecca [Tommaso d'Aquino] ["The Dumb Ox," "The Angelic Doctor"] (Italian, Dominican priest, philosopher, theologian, Doctor of the Church, d. 1274 at about age 48)

Holy Martyrs of Alexandria (Egyptian, members of flock of St. Athanasius, martyred by Arian heretics in 356)
St. Amadeus of Lausanne [Amédée] (French, son of Bl. Amadeus of Clermont, Cistercian abbot, bishop, d. 1159)
St. Antimus of Brantôme (French, Benedictine abbot, 8th century)
Bl. Antony of Amandola [Antonio] (Italian, Augustinian hermit, d. 1450)
Bl. Bartholomew Aiutamicristo of Pisa [Bartolomeo] (Italian, Camaldolese brother, constantly prayed "Christ help me" [Aiuta mi, Cristo], hermit, d. 1224)
St. Cannera of Inis Cathaig (Irish, hermitess, c. 530)
Bl. Charlemagne (French, first Holy Roman emperor, d. 814)
St. Flavian of Civita Vecchia (Italian, public official, martyred c. 304)
Bl. Giles of Lorenzana [Egidio] (Italian, farmhand, Franciscan brother, hermit, d. 1518)
St. Glastian of Kinglassie (Scottish, bishop, d. 830)
St. James the Anchorite (Palestinian, hermit, lived in a sepulchre, 6th century)
Bl. James the Almsgiver of Citta delle Pieve [Giacomo] (Italian, priest, ran hospital, d. 1304)
Sts. Jerome Lu Ting-Mei of Mao-Cheu and Laurence Wang Bing of Yuyang (Chinese, catechists, tortured and martyred [beheaded] at ages 47 and 56 in 1858 [canonized 2000])
St. John of Réomé (French, hermit, abbot, died c. 544 at age of 113)
St. John the Sage of Malmesbury (English, 11th century)
St. Joseph Freinademetz of Pedraces [Giuseppe] ["Joseph of Shantung"] (Austrian, priest, missionary of the Society of the Divine Word in China, died at age 55 in 1908 [beatified 1975, canonized 2003])

[concluded below]

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), January 28, 2004.


[conclusion of previous message]

St. Julian of Cuenca (Spanish, bishop, d. 1208)
Bl. Julian Maunoir of Saint-Georges-de-Reitembault [Julien] ["Apostle to Brittany"] (French, Jesuit priest, home missioner, d. 1683 [beatified 1951])
Sts. Leonidas and companions (Egyptian, martyred in 304)
Bl. Mary Mancini of Pisa [Maria] [baptized Catarina (Catherine)] (Italian, noblewoman, widowed at age 16, remarried, mother of seven, six of whom died in childhood, widowed at age 24, Dominican tertiary, prioress, d. 1431)
Bl. Odo of Beauvais (French, soldier, Benedictine abbot, bishop, d. 880)
St. Palladius of Antioch (Syrian, hermit, c. 390)
St. Paulinus of Aquileia (Italian, farmer, bishop, theologian, d. 804)
St. Peter Nolasco of Mas-des-Saintes-Puelles [Pierre] (French, nobleman, co-founder of Order of Our Lady of Mercy [Mercedarians], d. 1258 [canonized 1628])
Bl. Peter Thomas of Breil [Pierre] (French, diplomat, Carmelite priest, archbishop, d. 1366 [beatified 1608])
St. Richard of Vaucelles (English, Cistercian abbot in France, d. 1169)
Bl. Richard the Sacristan of Dundrennan (English, Cistercian monk, c. 1142)
Bl. Roger of Todi [Ruggiero] (Italian, Franciscan priest, spiritual director of a Poor Clare convent, d. 1237)
Sts. Thyrsus, Leucius, and Callinicus, of Apollonia (Phrygian [Turkish], martyred in 251)

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 28, 2004.


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