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Today, April 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. Stanislaus Szczepanowsky of Krakow (Polish, nobleman, bishop, martyred by excommunicated king while celebrating Mass in 1079)
St. Agericus of Tours (French, Benedictine abbot, c. 680)
St. Aid of Achad-Finglas (Irish, abbot)
St. Antipas of Pergamum (from Asia Minor [Turkish], bishop [named in Revelation 2], martyred [roasted in a bronze bull] c. 90)
St. Barsanuphius of Gaza (Egyptian, hermit for 50 years, c. 540)
St. Domnio and companions (early martyrs)
St. Eustorgius of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], priest, martyred c. 300)
St. Gemma Galgani (Italian, orphan, raised seven siblings, Passionist tertiary, virgin, stigmatist, visionary, died at age 25 in 1903 [canonized 1940])
Bl. George Gervase (English, adventurer with Sir Francis Drake, Benedictine priest, martyred by Elizabethans in 1608)
St. Godeberta of Noyon (French, abbess, d. 700)
St. Guthlac of Croyland (English, soldier, Benedictine hermit, d. 714)
St. Isaac of Monteluco (Syrian, hermit in Italy, c. 550)
Bl. John of Cupramontana [Giovanni] (Italian, Camaldolese hermit, d. 1303)
St. Machai of Bute (Irish, abbot, 5th century)
St. Maedhog of Clonmore (Irish, abbot, 6th century)
St. Philip of Gortyna (Cretan, bishop, fought Gnostics, c. 180)
Blessed Raynerius Inclusus (German, hermit, d. 1237)
Bl. Stephen and Bl. Hilderbrand (Grench, Cistercian abbot and monk, martyred by Albigensian heretics in 1209)
Bl. Waltmann of Cambrai (French, Norbertine abbot, d. 1138)

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), April 11, 2002

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On April 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. Stanislaus Szczepanowski of Krakow [Stanislaw ze Szczepanowa](Polish, nobleman, bishop, martyred by excommunicated king while celebrating Mass in 1079)

St. Agericus of Tours (French, Benedictine abbot, c. 680)
St. Aid of Achad-Finglas (Irish, abbot)
St. Antipas of Pergamum (from Asia Minor [Turkish], bishop [named in Revelation 2], martyred [roasted in a bronze bull] c. 90)
St. Barsanuphius of Gaza (Egyptian, hermit for 50 years, c. 540)
St. Domnio and companions (early martyrs)
St. Eustorgius of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], priest, martyred c. 300)
St. Gemma Galgani of Lucca (Italian, orphan, raised seven siblings, Passionist tertiary, virgin, stigmatist, visionary, died at age 25 in 1903 [canonized 1940])
Bl. George Gervase of Bosham (English, adventurer with Sir Francis Drake, Benedictine priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under James I in 1608 [beatified 1929])
St. Godeberta of Noyon (French, abbess, d. 700)
St. Guthlac of Croyland (English, soldier, Benedictine hermit, d. 714)
St. Isaac of Monteluco (Syrian, hermit in Italy, c. 550)
Bl. John of Cupramontana [Giovanni] (Italian, Camaldolese hermit, d. 1303)
St. Machai of Bute (Irish, abbot, 5th century)
St. Maedhog of Clonmore (Irish, abbot, 6th century)
St. Philip of Gortyna (Cretan, bishop, fought Gnostics, c. 180)
Blessed Raynerius Inclusus of Osnabrück (German, hermit, d. 1237)
Bl. Stephen [Etienne] and Bl. Hildebrand, of Languedoc (French, Cistercian abbot and monk, martyred by Albigensian heretics in 1209)
Bl. Waltmann of Cambrai (French, Norbertine abbot, d. 1138)

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), April 11, 2003.