February 19 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, February 19, 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. Auxibius of Cyprus (Cypriot, bishop, 1st century)
St. Barbatus of Benevento (Italian, bishop, d. 682)
St. Beatus of Liébana (Spanish, Benedictine monk, d. 789)
St. Belina of Troyes (French, peasant, virgin, martyred defending her chastity in 1135)
St. Boniface of Lausanne (Belgian, university lecturer, bishop in Switzerland, chaplain to nuns, d. 1265)
St. Conrad of Piacenza (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, hermit, c. 1354)
St. Gabinus (Roman, nobleman, brother of a pope, father of a saint, priest, martyred by starvation c. 295)
St. George of Lodève (Spanish, Benedictine monk in France, bishop, c. 884)
Bl. Lucy (Chinese, schoolteacher, virgin, martyred in 1862)
St. Mansuetus of Milan (Italian, bishop, fought Monothelite heresy, c. 690)
Holy Martyrs of Palestine (Palestinian, hermits, martyred by Muslims c. 509)
St. Mesrob the Teacher (Armenian, civil servant, hermit, priest, missionary in Georgia, developed written Armenian alphabet, translated New Testament, bishop, d. 439)
St. Odran (Irish, chariot driver for St. Patrick, martyred c. 452)
Sts. Publius, Julian, Marcellus, and companions (African, early martyrs)
St.Valerius of Antibes (French, bishop, c. 450)
St. Zambdas of Jerusalem (Palestinian, bishop, c. 304)

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 23, 2002

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Jmj

On February 19, 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. Auxibius of Soli (Cypriot, bishop, 1st century)
St. Barbatus of Benevento (Italian, bishop, d. 682)
St. Beatus of Liébana (Spanish, Benedictine monk, d. 789)
St. Belina of Troyes (French, peasant, virgin, martyred defending her chastity in 1135)
St. Boniface of Lausanne (Belgian, university lecturer, bishop in Switzerland, chaplain to nuns, d. 1265)
St. Conrad Confalonieri of Piacenza [Corrado] (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, hermit, c. 1354)
St. Gabinus of Rome (Italian, nobleman, brother of a pope, father of a saint, priest, martyred by starvation c. 295)
St. George of Lodève (Spanish, Benedictine monk in France, bishop, c. 884)
St. Lucy Yi Zhen-mei of Mianyang (Chinese, virgin, school teacher, catechist, martyred at age 46 in 1862 [canonized 2000])
St. Mansuetus of Milan (Italian, bishop, fought Monothelite heresy, c. 690)
St. Mesrob the Teacher of Taron (Armenian, civil servant, hermit, priest, missionary in Georgia, developed written Armenian alphabet, translated New Testament, bishop, d. 439)
St. Odran (Irish, chariot driver for St. Patrick, martyred c. 452)
Holy Martyrs of Palestine (Palestinian, hermits, martyred by Muslims c. 509)
Sts. Publius, Julian, Marcellus, and companions (African, early martyrs)
St. Valerius of Antibes (French, bishop, c. 450)
St. Zambdas of Jerusalem (Palestinian, bishop, c. 304)

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 19, 2004.


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