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Today, February 28, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Bl. Antonia of Florence (Italian, mother, widow twice, Franciscan tertiaries' prioress, d. 1472)
St. Ermine (Irish?, 6th century)
Pope St. Gregory II (Roman, Vatican treasurer and librarian, elected to papacy in 715, reigned until death in 731)
St. Hedwig (Hungarian, princess, queen of Poland, died giving birth before age 30 in 1399)
Pope St. Hilary (Sardinian [Italian], papal legate, elected to papacy in 461, reigned until death in 468)
St. Oswald (Danish born in England, Benedictine monk, archbishop, theologian, daily washed feet of 12 poor people, d. 992)
St. Proterus (Egyptian, patriarch of Alexandria, martyred by stabbing in 457)
St. Romanus of Condat (French, monk, hermit, priest, healer, c. 460)

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 28, 2002

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Jmj

On February 28, 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:

Bl. Antonia of Florence (Italian, mother, widow twice, Franciscan tertiaries' prioress, d. 1472)
Sts. Caerealis, Gaius, Serapion, and Pupulus, of Alexandria (Egyptian, early martyr)
Bl. Daniel Brottier of La Ferté-Saint-Cyr (French, priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit, d. 1936 [beatified 1984])
St. Ermine (Irish?, 6th century)
Pope St. Gregory II of Rome (Italian, Vatican treasurer and librarian, elected to papacy in 715, reigned until death in 731)
St. Hedwig of Anjou [Hedvig/Jadwiga] (Hungarian, princess, queen of Poland, died giving birth before age 30 in 1399 [beatified 1979, canonized 1997])
Pope St. Hilary of Sardinia (Italian, papal legate, elected to papacy in 461, reigned until death in 468)
Sts. Justus, Macarius, Theophilus, and Rufinus (potters, martyred c. 250)
St. Oswald of York (Danish born in England, Benedictine monk in France, archbishop in England, theologian, daily washed feet of 12 poor people, d. 992)
St. Proterus of Alexandria (Egyptian, patriarch (bishop), martyred by stabbing in 457)
St. Romanus of Condat (French, monk, hermit, priest, healer, c. 460)
St. Ruellinus of Treguier (French, bishop, 6th 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 27, 2004.

Some schismatic bodies (and the less than 1% of Catholics who use a special permission to follow an older liturgical calendar) remember St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows on this day. But almost all Catholics of the Latin Church commemorate St. Gabriel on February 27 instead.

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), February 27, 2004.

St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Ora pro nobis.

"His cult was confirmed to local calendars in 1969."

Bloddy Dark-Ages schismatics....

-- The Straight Skinny (saint@the.day), February 27, 2004.

"Confined," not "confirmed."

Neither one mean "forbidden," however.

-- The Straight Skinny (saint@the.day), February 27, 2004.