Jmj

Today, April 19, 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. Bernard the Penitent (French, pilgrim, hermit, Benedictine monk, d. 1182)
Bl. Burchard of Bellevaus (French, Cistercian abbot, d. 1164)
Bl. Conrad de'Miliani (Italian, Franciscan missionary priest in Libya, cardinal, advisor to pope, d. 1289)
St. Crescentius of Florence (Italian, deacon, c. 396)
St. Elphege (English, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, archbishop, martyred [axed] by Danish pagans in 1012)
St. Emma (German, widow, miracle worker, patron of the poor, 11th century)
St. George of Antioch (Pisidian [Turkish], bishop, opposed Iconoclasts, d. 814)
St. Geroldus of Einsiedeln (German, Benedictine monk, hermit, d. 978)
Sts. Hermogenes, Gaius, Expeditus, Aristonicus, Rufus, and Galata (Armenian, martyred in 4th century)
Bl. James Duckett (English, seller of [illegal] Catholic books, martyred [hanged] by Elizabethans in 1602)
King St. Lazarus (from an Eastern land, pilgrim to Rome and Gaul, 10th century)
Pope St. Leo IX [baptized Bruno of Toul] (French, military officer, bishop, elected to papacy in 1049, reigned until death in 1054)
St. Paphnutius of Jerusalem (priest, early martyr in Palestine)
Sts. Socrates and Dionysius (Pamphylian [Turkish], martyred by stabbing in 275)
St. Timon (Israelite, one of first seven deacons [Acts 6], martyred by crucifixion in Greece in 1st century)
St. Ursmar of Lobbes (French, Benedictine abbot, bishop, missionary in Belgium, d. 713)
St. Vincent of Collioure (French, martyred c. 304)
St. Wernher of Oberwessel (Germany, house servant, glass-blower, martyred at age 14 on Holy Thursday in 1275)

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 20, 2002

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Jmj

On April 19, 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. Bernard the Penitent of Provence (French, pilgrim, hermit, Benedictine monk, d. 1182)
Bl. Burchard of Bellevaux (French, Cistercian abbot, d. 1164)
Bl. Conrad de' Miliani of Ascoli Piceno [Corrado] (Italian, Franciscan missionary priest in Libya, cardinal, advisor to pope, d. 1289)
St. Crescentius of Florence (Italian, deacon, c. 396)
St. Elphege of Winchester (English, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, archbishop, martyred [axed] by Danish pagans in 1012)
St. Emma of Bremen (German, widow, miracle worker, patron of the poor, 11th century)
St. George of Antioch (Pisidian [Turkish], bishop, opposed Iconoclasts, d. 814)
St. Geroldus of Einsiedeln (German, Benedictine monk, hermit, d. 978)
Sts. Hermogenes, Gaius, Expeditus, Aristonicus, Rufus, and Galata, of Melitene (Armenian, martyred in 4th century)
Bl. James Duckett of Gilfortrigs (English, seller of [illegal] Catholic books, martyred [hanged] under Elizabeth I in 1602)
King St. Lazarus of Moyenmoutier (from an Eastern land, pilgrim to Rome and Gaul, 10th century)
Pope St. Leo IX of Toul [baptized Bruno] (French, military officer, bishop, elected to papacy in 1049, reigned until death in 1054)
St. Paphnutius of Jerusalem (priest, early martyr in Palestine)
Sts. Socrates and Dionysius (Pamphylian [Turkish], martyred by stabbing in 275)
St. Timon (Israelite, one of first seven deacons [Acts 6], martyred by crucifixion in Greece in 1st century)
St. Ursmar of Lobbes (French, Benedictine abbot, bishop, missionary in Belgium, d. 713)
St. Vincent of Collioure (French, martyred c. 304)
St. Werner of Oberwessel (Germany, house servant, glass-blower, martyred at age 14 on Holy Thursday in 1275)

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 19, 2003.