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Today, February 8, 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. Jerome Emiliani [Girolamo] (Italian, soldier, priest, founded Company of Servants of the Poor [Somascans], believed to have written first Q&A catechism, d. 1537)
St. Cointha of Alexandria (Egyptian, virgin, scourged and martyred [dragged by horse] in 249)
St. Cuthman of Steyning (English, shepherd, hermit, miracle worker, 9th century)
Sts. Dionysus, Aemilian, and Sebastian (Armenian, monks, martyred)
St. Elfleda (English, princess, Benedictine abbess, d. 714)
St. Honoratus of Milan (Italian, bishop, d. 570)
Bl. Isaias Boner of Krakow (Polish, Augustinian priest, theologian, professor of Scripture, d. 1471)
St. Jacoba de Settesoli (Roman, noblewoman, mother of two, widow, friend of Sts. Francis and Clare of Assisi, Franciscan tertiary, c. 1273)
St. John Charles Cornay (French, missionary priest, tortured and caged for three months, martyred [cut to pieces] in Vietnam [canonized 1988])
St. John of Matha (French, nobleman, hermit, theologian, priest, founder and first superior general of Hospitaler Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of Captives [Trinitarians], ransomed Christian prisoners of Muslims, died in Rome in 1223)
St. Josephine Bakhita [also known as Madre Moretta] (Sudanese, kidnapped by slave-traders at age 9, purchased by Italian, nanny, adult convert, religious sister for 50 years [Canossian Daughters of Charity], d. 1947 [canonized 2000])
St. Juventius of Pavia (Italian?, bishop, 1st century)
St. Kigwe (English, virgin, 5th century?)
Holy Martyrs of Persia (6th century)
Holy Martyrs of Constantinople (monks, martyred by schismatics in 485)
St. Meingold of Huy (Belgian, nobleman, d. 892)
Bl. Mlada of Prague (Czech, Benedictine abbess, d. 994)
St. Nicetius of Besançon (French, bishop, d. 611)
St. Oncho of Clonmore (Irish, poet, c. 600)
Sts. Paul, Lucius, and Cyriacus (Roman, early martyrs)
St. Paul of Verdun (German?, Benedictine monk, hermit, bishop in France, c. 649)
St. Peter Igneus (Florentine [Italian], Benedictine monk, cardinal archbishop, papal legate, c. 1089)
St. Stephen Cuénot (French, missionary bishop, martyred [dysentery or poison in prison] in Vietnam in 1861 [canonized 1988])
St. Stephen of Grandmont [Etienne] (French, permanent deacon, Benedictine abbot, d. 1124)

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 08, 2002

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Jmj

On February 8, 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. Jerome Emiliani of Venice [Girolamo] (Italian, soldier, priest, founded Company of Servants of the Poor [Somascans], believed to have written first Q&A catechism, d. 1537)

Holy Martyrs of Constantinople (monks, martyred by schismatics in 485)
St. Cointha of Alexandria (Egyptian, virgin, scourged and martyred [dragged by horse] in 249)
St. Cuthman of Steyning (British, shepherd, hermit, miracle worker, 9th century)
Sts. Dionysus, Aemilian, and Sebastian (Armenian, monks, martyred)
St. Elfleda of Whitby (British, princess, Benedictine abbess, d. 714)
St. Honoratus of Milan (Italian, bishop, d. 570)
Bl. Isaias Boner of Krakow (Polish, Augustinian priest, theologian, professor of Scripture, d. 1471)
St. Jacqueline de Settesoli of Rome [Giacobba] (Italian, noblewoman, mother of two, widow, friend of Sts. Francis and Clare of Assisi, Franciscan tertiary, c. 1273)
St. John of Matha [Jean] (French, nobleman, hermit, theologian, priest, founder and first superior general of Hospitaler Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of Captives [Trinitarians], ransomed Christian prisoners of Muslims, died in Rome in 1223)
St. Josephine of Oglassa [name before baptism: Bakhita (“lucky”)] [also known as Madre Moretta] (Sudanese, kidnapped by slave-traders at age 9, purchased by Italian, nanny, adult convert, religious sister for 50 years [Canossian Daughters of Charity], died at about age 78 in 1947 [beatified 1992, canonized 2000])
Bl. Josephine Gabriel Bonino of Savigliano [Giuseppina Gabriella] (Italian, virgin, founded Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family, d. 1906 [beatified 1995])
St. Juventius of Pavia (Italian?, bishop, 1st century)
St. Kigwe (British, virgin, 5th century?)
St. Meingold of Huy (Belgian, nobleman, d. 892)
Bl. Mlada of Prague (Czech, Benedictine abbess, d. 994)
St. Nicetius of Besançon (French, bishop, d. 611)
St. Oncho of Clonmore (Irish, poet, c. 600)
Sts. Paul, Lucius, and Cyriacus, of Rome (Italian, early martyrs)
St. Paul of Verdun (German?, Benedictine monk, hermit, bishop in France, c. 649)
Holy Martyrs of Persia (6th century)
St. Peter “Igneus” Aldobrandini of Florence [Pietro] (Italian, Benedictine monk, cardinal archbishop, papal legate, c. 1089)
St. Stephen of Grandmont [Etienne] [also known as Stephen of Muret] (French, permanent deacon, Benedictine abbot, d. 1124)
St. Stephen Theodore Cuénot of Beaulieu [Etienne-Théodore] (French, missionary bishop, martyred [dysentery or poison in prison] in Vietnam at about age 59 in 1861 [beatified 1909, canonized 1988])

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 08, 2004.