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Today, March 20, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Sts. Alexandra, Caldia, Euphrasia, Matrona, Juliana, Euphemia, Theodosia, Derphuta, and a companion (martyred by burning c. 300)
Bl. Ambrose Sansedoni of Siena (Italian, Dominican friar, student with St. Thomas Aquinas, missionary mystic, d. 1287)
St. Archippus of Colossae (from Asia Minor [Turkish], bishop, disciple of St. Paul [Philemon 2 and Colossians 4], 1st century)
St. Benignus of Flay (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 725)
St. Clement of the Paris Schools (Irish, teacher in France, d. 826)
St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (English, orphan shepherd, Benedictine prior, bishop, healer, prophet, d. 687 [incorruptible])
Bl. Eberhard (Belgian, Cistercian monk, c. 1150)
Bl. Evangelist and Bl. Peregrinus (Italian, Augustinian friars, c. 1250)
St. Herbert of Derwentwater (English, Benedictine hermit, d. 687)
Bl. Hippolytus Galantini (Italian, silk weaver, catechist, founder of Italian Doctrinarians, d. 1619)
Bl. John Baptist Spagnuolo [Giovanni Battista] (Italian, Carmelite prior general, Latin poet, d. 1516)
Bl. John Buralli of Parma [Giovanni] (Italian, Franciscan minister general, teacher, papal legate, hermit, d. 1289)
Bl. Mark of Montegallo [Marco] (Italian, nobleman, married physician, Franciscan priest, d. 1497)
St. Martin of Braga (Pannonian [Hungarian], abbot, archbishop in Portugal, d. 580)
Holy Martyrs of Mar Sabas [John Sergius, Anastasius, and nineteen companions] (Palestinian?, monks of hermitage near Jerusalem, martyred by Muslims in 796)
St. Nicetas of Apollonias (Bithynian [Turkish], bishop, c. 735)
Sts. Paul, Cyril, Eugene, and four companions (Syrian, early martyrs)
St. Photina, Joseph, Victor, Sebastian, Anatolius, Photius, Photis, Parasceve, and Cyriaca (Roman?, martyred [beheaded] by Nero in 1st century)
Bl. Remigius of Strasburg (German, Benedictine abbot, bishop, d. 783)
St. Tetricus of Langres (French, bishop, d. 572)
St. Urbitius of Metz (French, bishop, c. 420)
St. William of Penacorada [Guillermo] (Spanish, Benedictine monk, hermit, c. 1042)
St. Wulfram of Fontenelle (French, Benedictine priest, missionary in Scandinavia, archbishop, c. 720)

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 20, 2002

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Jmj

On March 20, 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:

Sts. Alexandra, Caldia, Euphrasia, Matrona, Juliana, Euphemia, Theodosia, Derphuta, and a companion of Amisus (martyred by burning c. 300)
Bl. Ambrose Sansedoni of Siena [Ambrogio] (Italian, Dominican friar, student with St. Thomas Aquinas, missionary mystic, d. 1287)
St. Archippus of Colossae (from Asia Minor [Turkish], bishop, disciple of St. Paul [Philemon 2 and Colossians 4], 1st century)
St. Benignus of Flay (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 725)
St. Clement of the Paris Schools (Irish, teacher in France, d. 826)
St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (English, orphan shepherd, Benedictine prior, bishop, healer, prophet, d. 687 [incorruptible])
Bl. Eberhard of Mons (Belgian, Cistercian monk, c. 1150)
Bl. Evangelista and Bl. Peregrine of Verona [Pellegrino] (Italian, Augustinian friars, c. 1250)
Bl. Francis of Jesus-Mary-and-Joseph Palau y Quer of Lerida [Francisco de Jesus Maria y Jose] (Spanish, Dominican priest, founded Institute of the Sisters of Missionary Carmelites, founded Sisters of the Tertiary Missionary Carmelites. d. 1872 [beatified 1988])
St. Herbert of Derwentwater (English, Benedictine hermit, d. 687)
Bl. Hippolytus Galantini of Florence [Ippolito] (Italian, silk weaver, catechist, founder of Italian Doctrinarians, d. 1619)
Bl. John Baptist Spagnuolo of Mantua [Giovanni Battista] (Italian, Carmelite prior general, Latin poet, d. 1516)
Bl. John Buralli of Parma [Giovanni] (Italian, Franciscan minister general, teacher, papal legate, hermit, d. 1289)
Bl. Joseph Bilczewski of Wilamowice [Józef] (Polish, archbishop in Ukraine, d. 1923 [beatified 2001]) Holy Martyrs of Mar Sabas [John Sergius, Anastasius, and nineteen companions] (Palestinian?, monks of hermitage near Jerusalem, martyred by Muslims in 796)
Bl. Mark of Montegallo [Marco] (Italian, nobleman, married physician, Franciscan priest, d. 1497)
St. Martin of Braga (Pannonian [Hungarian], abbot, archbishop in Portugal, d. 580)
St. Mary Josepha of the Heart of Jesus Sancho de Guerra of Vitoria [Maria Josefa del Corazon de Jesus] (Spanish, founded Institute of the Servants of Jesus, d. 1912 [canonized 2000])
St. Nicetas of Apollonias (Bithynian [Turkish], bishop, c. 735)
Sts. Paul, Cyril, Eugene, and four companions (Syrian, early martyrs)
St. Photina, Joseph, Victor, Sebastian, Anatolius, Photius, Photis, Parasceve, and Cyriaca (Roman?, martyred [beheaded] under Nero in 1st century)
Bl. Remigius of Strasburg (German, Benedictine abbot, bishop, d. 783)
St. Tetricus of Langres (French, bishop, d. 572)
St. Urbitius of Metz (French, bishop, c. 420)
St. William of Penacorada [Guillermo] (Spanish, Benedictine monk, hermit, c. 1042)
St. Wulfram of Fontenelle (French, Benedictine priest, missionary in Scandinavia, archbishop, c. 720)

If you have anything to share about these 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/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 20, 2003.