April 23 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, April 23, 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. George the Great (Cappadocian [Turkish], soldier, tortured and martyred by beheading in Palestine c. 304)
St. Adalbert of Prague [baptized Vojtech] ["Apostle of Bohemia"] (Czech, nobleman, Benedictine monk, bishop, missionary, martyred in Poland in 997)
Sts. Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus (French, priest and deacons, martyred in 212)
St. Gerald of Toul (German, nobleman, bishop, d. 994)
Bl. Gerard of Orchimont (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 1138)
Bl. Giles of Assisi (Italian, disciple of St. Francis, missionary to Tunisian Moslems, hermit in Italy, d. 1262)
Bl. Giles of Saumur (French, king's chaplain, crusader, archbishop in Lebanon, died in Belgium in 1266)
Blessed Helen Valentini del Cavalcanti of Udine (Italian, mother, widow, Augustinian tertiary, d. 1458)
St. Ibar of Meath (Irish?, disciple of St. Patrick, bishop, 5th century)
St. Marolus of Milan (Syrian, bishop in Italy, d. 423)
Bl. Teresa Maria of the Cross (Italian, Carmelite tertiary, d. 1910 [beatified 1986])

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 23, 2002

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Jmj

On April 23, 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. George the Great of Cappadocia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], soldier, tortured and martyred by beheading in Palestine c. 304)

St. Adalbert of Prague [baptized Vojtech] ["Apostle of Bohemia"] (Czech, nobleman, Benedictine monk, bishop, missionary, martyred in Poland in 997)
Sts. Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus, of Vienne (French, priest and deacons, martyred in 212)
St. Gerald of Toul (German, nobleman, bishop, d. 994)
Bl. Gerard of Orchimont (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 1138)
Bl. Giles of Assisi [Egidio] (Italian, disciple of St. Francis, missionary to Tunisian Moslems, hermit in Italy, d. 1262)
Bl. Giles of Saumur [Gilles] (French, king's chaplain, crusader, archbishop in Lebanon, died in Belgium in 1266)
Blessed Helen Valentini del Cavalcanti of Udine [Elena] (Italian, mother, widow, Augustinian tertiary, d. 1458)
St. Ibar of Meath (Irish?, disciple of St. Patrick, bishop, 5th century)
St. Marolus of Milan (Syrian, bishop in Italy, d. 423)
Bl. Teresa Mary of the Cross Manetti of Florence [Teresa Maria della Croce] (Italian, Carmelite tertiary, d. 1910 [beatified 1986])

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), April 23, 2003.


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