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Today, March 11, 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. Alberta of Agen (martyred by beheading c. 286)
St. Amunia of San Millan (Spanish, widow, Benedictine hermitess, 11th century)
St. Aurea of San Millan (Spanish, Benedictine hermit, daughter of St. Amunia, died at age 27 in 1069)
St. Benedict Crispus of Milan (Italian, archbishop for 45 years, d. 725)
Sts. Candidus, Piperion, and twenty companions (North African, martyred c. 259)
Bl. Christopher Macassoli (Italian, Franciscan friar, d. 1485)
St. Constantine the Prince (Scottish, martyred by Danish pagans in 874)
St. Constantine of Scotland (Cornish, missionary to Scottish Picts, martyred c. 598) St. Constantine of Carthage (North African, priest, early martyr)
St. Eulogius of Cordoba (Spanish, nobleman, priest, scourged and martyred [beheaded] by Muslims in 859)
St. Euthymius of Sardis (Lydian [Turkish], bishop, martyred [scourged to death] by iconoclasts c. 840)
St. Firmian of Fermo (Italian, Benedictine abbot, c. 1020)
St. Firminus of Amiens (French, abbot)
Sts. Gorgonius and Firmus (Middle Eastern, martyred in 3rd century)
Sts. Heraclius and Zosimus (Carthaginian [Tunisian], martyred c. 263)
Bl. John the Baptist Righi [Giovanni Battista] (Italian, Franciscan hermit, d. 1539)
Holy Martyrs of Antioch (Syrian, many martyred [set on red-hot gridirons] c. 300)
St. Oengus the Culdee (Irish, abbot, bishop, c. 830)
St. Peter of Babuco (Spanish, hermit in Italy)
St. Sophronius the Sophist (Syrian, bishop, ecclesiastical writer, opponent of Monothelite heresy, died at Jerusalem in 639)
St. Teresa Margaret Redi [baptized Anna Maria] (Italian, Discalced Carmelite nun, died at age 22 in 1770 [canonized 1934])
Sts. Trophimus and Thalus (Syrian, martyred by crucifixion c. 300)
St. Vigilius of Auxerre (French, bishop, martyred in 685)
St. Vindician of Cambrai (French, bishop, died in Belgium in 712)

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), March 11, 2002

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Jmj

On March 11, 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. Alberta of Agen (martyred by beheading c. 286)
Holy Martyrs of Antioch (Syrian, many martyred [set on red-hot gridirons] c. 300)
St. Aurea of San Millan [also known as Amunia] (Spanish, Benedictine hermitess, daughter of St. Amunia, died at age 27 in 1069)
St. Benedict Crispus of Milan (Italian, archbishop for 45 years, d. 725)
Sts. Candidus, Piperion, and twenty companions (North African, martyred c. 259)
Bl. Christopher Macassoli of Milan [Cristoforo] (Italian, Franciscan friar, d. 1485)
St. Constantine of Crail (Scottish, prince, martyred by Danish pagans in 874)
St. Constantine of Cornwall (British, missionary to Scottish Picts, martyred c. 598)
St. Constantine of Carthage (North African, priest, early martyr)
St. Eulogius of Cordoba (Spanish, nobleman, priest, scourged and martyred [beheaded] by Muslims in 859)
St. Euthymius of Sardis (Lydian [Turkish], bishop, martyred [scourged to death] by iconoclasts c. 840)
St. Firmian of Fermo (Italian, Benedictine abbot, c. 1020)
St. Firminus of Amiens (French, abbot)
Sts. Gorgonius and Firmus (Middle Eastern, martyred in 3rd century)
Sts. Heraclius and Zosimus of Carthage (North African [Tunisian], martyred c. 263)
Bl. John the Baptist Righi of Fabriano [Giovanni Battista] (Italian, Franciscan hermit, d. 1539)
St. Oengus the Culdee of Disertbeagh (Irish, abbot, bishop, c. 830)
St. Peter of Babuco (Spanish, hermit in Italy)
St. Sophronius the Sophist of Damascus (Syrian, bishop, ecclesiastical writer, opponent of Monothelite heresy, died at Jerusalem in 639)
Bl. Thomas Atkinson of East Riding (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under James I in 1616 [beatified 1987]) Sts. Trophimus and Thalus of Damascus (Syrian, martyred by crucifixion c. 300)
St. Vigilius of Auxerre (French, bishop, martyred in 685)
St. Vindician of Cambrai (French, bishop, died in Belgium in 712)

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), March 11, 2003.