February 16 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, February 16, 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. Aganus of Airola (Italian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1100)
Bl. Bernardo Scammacca (Sicilian, Dominican priest, prophet, mystic, d. 1486)
Sts. Elias, Jeremy, Isaias, Samuel, and Daniel (Egyptian, tortured and martyred by beheading in Palestine in 309)
St. Faustinus of Brescia (Italian, bishop, d. 381)
St. Gilbert of Sempringham (English, priest, founder of Order of Sempringham [only specifically English order -- now called "Gilbertines"] for men and women, d. 1189)
St. Honestus of Nimes (French, priest in Spain, martyred in 270)
St. Julian and companions (Egyptian, early martyrs)
St. Juliana of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], virgin, martyred [burned, boiled in oil, and beheaded] in Italy in 305)
St. Onesimus (Colossian [Turkish], runaway then freed slave of Sts. Philemon and Apphia [see Pauline epistle], possibly martyred by stoning in Spain c. 90)
Bl. Philippa Mareria (Italian, hermitess, Poor Clare abbess, d. 1236)
Sts. Porphyrius and Seleucius (Palestinian, martyred [(1) torn by hooks, disemboweled, and burned; (2) beheaded] in 309)
Bl. Veridiana (Italian, hermitess, Franciscan tertiary, d. 1242)

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 16, 2002

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Jmj

On February 16, 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. Aganus of Airola (Italian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1100)
Bl. Bernard Scammacca of Catania [Bernardo] (Sicilian, Dominican priest, prophet, mystic, d. 1486)
Sts. Elias, Jeremy, Isaias, Samuel, and Daniel (Egyptian, tortured and martyred by beheading in Palestine in 309)
St. Faustinus of Brescia (Italian, bishop, d. 381)
St. Gilbert of Sempringham (English, priest, founder of Order of Sempringham [only specifically English order -- now called "Gilbertines"] for men and women, d. 1189)
St. Honestus of Nimes (French, priest in Spain, martyred in 270)
Bl. Joseph Allamano of Castelnuovo d'Asti (Italian, priest, founded Consolata Society for Foreign Missions, d. 1926 [beatified 1990])
St. Julian and companions (Egyptian, early martyrs)
St. Juliana of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], virgin, martyred [burned, boiled in oil, and beheaded] in Italy in 305)
St. Onesimus of Colossae (from Asia Minor [Turkish], runaway then freed slave of Sts. Philemon and Apphia [see Pauline epistle], possibly martyred by stoning in Spain c. 90)
Bl. Philippa Mareria of Cicoli (Italian, hermitess, Poor Clare abbess, d. 1236)
Sts. Porphyrius and Seleucius, of Caesarea (Palestinian, martyred [(1) torn by hooks, disemboweled, and burned; (2) beheaded] in 309)
Bl. Veridiana of Castelfiorentino (Italian, hermitess, Franciscan tertiary, d. 1242 [canonized 1533])

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 13, 2004.


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