February 22 -- today's saints

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Today, February 22, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle.
We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Abilius of Alexandria (Egyptian, patriarch, c. 98)
Bl. Angelus Portasole (Italian, Dominican friar, bishop, d. 1334)
St. Aristion of Salamis (Israelite, one of the 72 disciples of Jesus, missionary to Cyprus, martyred in 1st century)
St. Athanasius of Nicomedia (Constantinopolitan [Turkish], abbot, c. 818)
St. Baradates (Syrian, desert hermit, c. 460)
St. Elwin (English, 6th century)
Bl. John the Saxon (French, Benedictine monk, abbot in England, martyred in 895)
St. Margaret of Cortona ["Magdalen of the 13th Century"] (Italian, repentant promiscuous woman, Franciscan tertiary, mystic, d. 1297)
Holy Martyrs of Arabia (Arabian/Jordanian, early martyrs)
St. Maximianus of Ravenna (Italian, bishop, d. 556)
St. Papias of Hierapolis (from Asia Minor [Turkish], bishop, c. 120)
St. Paschasius of Vienne (French, bishop, c. 312)
St. Raynerius of Beaulieu [Rainier] (French, Benedictine monk, c. 967)
Bl. Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski (Polish, priest, arrested by Nazi Gestapo, kept in five concentration camps [last Dachau], died of typhus at age 32 in 1945 [beatified 1999])
Sts. Thalassius and Limnaeus (Syrian, hermits, 5th century)

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 24, 2002

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-- (_@_._), February 24, 2002.

Jmj

On February 22, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle.
We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Abilius of Alexandria (Egyptian, patriarch, c. 98)
Bl. Angelus Portasole of Perugia [Angelo] (Italian, Dominican friar, bishop, d. 1334)
Holy Martyrs of Arabia (Arabian/Jordanian, early martyrs)
St. Aristion of Salamis (Israelite, one of the 72 disciples of Jesus, missionary to Cyprus, martyred in 1st century)
St. Athanasius of Nicomedia (Constantinopolitan [Turkish], abbot, c. 818)
St. Baradates (Syrian, desert hermit, c. 460)
St. Elwin of Cornwall (British, 6th century)
Bl. John the Saxon of Athelingay (French, Benedictine monk, abbot in England, martyred in 895)
St. Margaret of Cortona [Margherita] ["Magdalen of the 13th Century"] (Italian, repentant promiscuous woman, Franciscan tertiary, mystic, d. 1297)
Bl. Mary of Jesus d'Hooghvorst of Wegemont [baptized Emilie, nee d'Oultremont] (Belgian, widow, founded Institute of St. Mary Reparatrix, died at about age 60 in 1878 [beatified 1997])
St. Maximianus of Ravenna (Italian, bishop, d. 556)
St. Papias of Hierapolis (from Asia Minor [Turkish], bishop, c. 120)
St. Paschasius of Vienne (French, bishop, c. 312)
St. Raynerius of Beaulieu [Rainier] (French, Benedictine monk, c. 967)
Bl. Stephen Vincent Frelichowski of Chelmza [Stefan Wincenty] (Polish, priest, arrested by Nazi Gestapo, kept in five concentration camps [last Dachau], martyred [typhus] at age 32 in 1945 [beatified 1999])
Sts. Thalassius and Limnaeus (Syrian, hermits, 5th century)

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 22, 2004.


Some schismatic bodies (and the less than 1% of Catholics who use a special permission to follow an older liturgical calendar) may remember St. Paul the Apostle on this day.
But almost all Catholics of the Latin Church commemorate St. Paul on other days of the liturgical year instead.

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), February 22, 2004.

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