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Today, February 7, 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. Adaucus (Italian, courtier, martyred in 304)
St. Amulwinus of Lobbes (Belgian, Benedictine abbot, bishop, c. 750)
St. Anatolius of Cahors (French, bishop)
Bl. Antony of Stroncone (Italian, Franciscan brother, d. 1461)
St. Augulus (French, bishop, martyred c. 303)
St. Chrysolius (Armenian, missionary in France, bishop, martyred in Belgium in 4th century)
St. Fidelis of Merida (Spanish, bishop, c 570)
St. Giles Mary of Saint Joseph [baptized Francesco Pontillo] (Italian, rope maker, Franciscan brother, porter, cared for outcasts, d. 1812 [canonized 1996])
Bl. James Sales and Bl. William [Guillaume] Saulte-mouche (French ... Jesuit priest and brother ... preached against Huguenot heresies, martyred by [one shot, one stabbed] in 1593)
St. Juliana of Bologna (Italian, mother of four, widow, d. 435)
St. Laurence Majoranus of Siponto (Italian, bishop for more than fifty years, c. 546)
St. Luke Thaumaturgus [i.e., the Wonder-worker] (Greek, hermit, mystic, miracle-worker, c. 946)
St. Meldon of Peronne (Irish, hermit in France, 6th century)
St. Moses (Arabian, hermit, bishop in Egypt, c. 372)
Bl. Nivard of Vaucelles (French, Cistercian novice-master, brother of St. Bernard, c. 1000)
Bl. Pope Pius IX [baptized Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti] (Italian, elected to papacy in 1846, last pope to hold temporal power [Papal States], presided over Vatican I [ecumenical council], reigned until death in 1878 [beatified 2000])
St. Richard (Saxon [British], possibly a king, father of three saints, died in Italy in 722)
Bl. Rizzerio (Italian, Franciscan priest and provincial, d. 1236)
St. Ronan of Kilmaronen (Scottish, bishop)
St. Theodore Stratelates [i.e., the General] (Roman, military officer, tortured and martyred by burning in 319)
Bl. Thomas Sherwood (English, draper's assitant, about to become seminarian when arrested, tortured [racked] and martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] by Elizabethans in 1578)
St. Tressan of Mareuil (Irish, swineherd, parish priest in France, d. 550)

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), February 07, 2002

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Jmj

On February 7, 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. Adaucus of Antandro (Italian, courtier in Phrygia [Turkey], martyred in 304)
St. Amulwinus of Lobbes (Belgian, Benedictine abbot, bishop, c. 750)
St. Anatolius of Cahors (French, bishop)
Bl. Anselm Polanco Fontecha of Buenavista de Valdavia [Anselmo] and Bl. Philip Ripoll Morata of Teruel [Felipe] (Spanish ... Augustinian friar/bishop and diocesan priest ... martyred [at ages 57 and 60] during Civil War in 1939 [beatified 1995])
Bl. Anthony of Stroncone [Antonio] (Italian, Franciscan brother, d. 1461)
St. Augulus (French, bishop, martyred c. 303)
St. Chrysolius (Armenian, missionary in France, bishop, martyred in Belgium in 4th century)
St. Fidelis of Mérida (Spanish, bishop, c 570)
St. Giles Mary of Saint Joseph Pontillo of Taranto [Egidio Maria di San Giuseppe] [baptized Francesco (Francis)] (Italian, rope maker, Franciscan brother, porter, cared for outcasts, d. 1812 [canonized 1996])
Bl. James Salès of Lezoux [Jacques] and Bl. William Saultemouche of Saint-Germain-l'Herm [Guillaume] (French ... Jesuit priest and brother ... preached against Huguenot heresies, martyred [one shot at age 36, one stabbed at about age 35] in 1593)
St. Juliana of Bologna (Italian, mother of four, widow, d. 435)
St. Laurence Majoranus of Siponto (Italian, bishop for more than fifty years, c. 546)
St. Luke Thaumaturgus of Thessaly [i.e., the Wonder-worker] (Greek, hermit, mystic, miracle-worker, c. 946)
Bl. Mary of Providence Smet of Lille [Marie de la Providence] [baptized Eugénie] (French, founded Society of Helpers of the Holy Souls [in Purgatory], died at age 46 in 1871 [beatified 1957])
St. Meldon of Peronne (Irish, hermit in France, 6th century)
St. Moses (Arabian, hermit, bishop in Egypt, c. 372)
Bl. Nivard of Vaucelles (French, Cistercian novice-master, brother of St. Bernard, c. 1000)
Bl. Pope Pius IX Mastai Ferretti of Senigallia [Pio] [baptized Giovanni Maria (John Mary] (Italian, elected to papacy in 1846, last pope to hold temporal power [Papal States], presided over Vatican I [ecumenical council], reigned until death in 1878 [beatified 2000])
St. Richard (Saxon [British], possibly a king, father of three saints, died in Italy in 722)
Bl. Rizzerio of Muccia (Italian, Franciscan priest and provincial, d. 1236)
St. Ronan of Kilmaronen (Scottish, bishop)
St. Theodore Stratelates of Rome [“statelates” is Greek for general] (Italian, military officer in Asia Minor [Turkey], tortured and martyred by burning in 319)
Bl. Thomas Sherwood of London (English, draper's assitant, about to become seminarian when arrested, tortured [racked] and martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] at about age 27 under Elizabeth I in 1578 [beatified 1886])
St. Tressan of Mareuil (Irish, swineherd, parish priest in France, d. 550)

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), February 06, 2004.

Late in 2003 and early in 2004, Pope John Paul II beatified sixteen servants of God. The following one was assigned this calendar day for yearly commemoration.

Bl. Rosalie Rendu of Confort [baptized Jeanne-Marie (Joan Mary)] (French, virgin, religious sister and superior of the Society of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, served the poorest people of Paris, died at age 69 in 1856 [beatified 2003])

-- (jfgecik@spamfreeHotmail.com), May 07, 2004.