Jmj

Today, April 30, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Pope St. Pius V [baptized Michele Ghislieri] (Italian, Dominican priest, teacher of philosophy, bishop, cardinal, elected to papacy in 1566, enacted reforms of Council of Trent, built hospitals for the poor, reigned until death in 1572)
St. Adjutor of Vernon (French, crusader knight captured by Moslems, Benedictine hermit, d. 1131)
St. Aimo of Savigny (French, Benedictine monk, mystic, d. 1173)
Sts. Amator, Peter, and Louis (Spanish ... missionaries [priest, monk, and layman] ... martyred by Moslems in 855)
St. Aphrodisius and thirty companions (Egyptian, priest and flock, early martyrs)
Bl. Benedict of Urbino (Italian, lawyer, Capuchin priest, missionary in Austria and Bohemia, d. 1625)
St. Cynwl (Welsh, hermit, 6th century)
St. Desideratus of Gourdon (French, hermit, c. 569)
St. Donatus of Euraea (Albanian, bishop, 4th century)
St. Erconwald of London (English, Benedictine abbot, bishop, 8th century)
St. Eutropius of Saintes (French, bishop, early martyr [axed])
St. Forannan (Irish, Benedictine abbot in Belgium, bishop, d. 982)
Bl. Francis Dickenson and Bl. Miles Gerard (English, priests, martyred by Elizabethans in 1590 [beatified 1929])
St. Genistus of Beaulieu (French, Benedictine monk, martyred c. 1100)
St. Gualfardus (German, saddler, Camaldolese hermit, d. 1127)
Bl. Hildegard of Swabia (German, empress [wife of Charlemagne], mother of nine, d. 783)
St. Hoilde (virgin, 5th century)
St. Laurence of Novara and companions (Spanish or French, catechist and children, martyred c. 397)
St. Louis von Bruck (German, boy, martyred in 1429)
Sts. Marian, James of Lambesa, Agapius, Secundinus, and hundreds of companions (Numidian [Algerian] ... lector, deacon, and others ... tortured and martyred by beheading in 259)
Bl. Marie of the Incarnation Acarie [as a laywoman, Madame Barbé (nee Avrillot) Acarie] (French, mother of six, widow, mystic, Discalced Carmelite, d. 1618)
Bl. Marie of the Incarnation Martin [as a laywoman, Madame Marie (nee Guyard) Martin] (French, mother of one, widow, bookkeeper, Ursuline superior in Canada, compiled American Indian dictionaries and catechism, mystic, writer of 12,000 extant letters, d. 1672 [beatified 1980])
St. Maximus of Ephesus (from Asia Minor [Turkish], merchant, martyred by stoning c. 251)
St. Pomponius of Naples (Italian, bishop, opponent of Arian heresy, d. 536)
St. Sophia of Fermo (Italian, virgin, martyred by beheading c. 250)
St. Swithbert the Younger (English, Benedictine monk?, missionary and bishop in Germany, d. 807)

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), May 02, 2002

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Jmj

On April 30, 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:

Pope St. Pius V Ghislieri of Bosco [Pio] [baptized Michele] (Italian, Dominican priest, teacher of philosophy, bishop, cardinal, elected to papacy in 1566, enacted reforms of Council of Trent, built hospitals for the poor, reigned until death in 1572)

St. Adjutor of Vernon (French, crusader knight captured by Moslems, Benedictine hermit, d. 1131)
St. Aimo of Savigny (French, Benedictine monk, mystic, d. 1173)
Sts. Amator of Martos, Peter, and Louis (Spanish ... missionaries [priest, monk, and layman] ... martyred by Moslems in 855)
St. Aphrodisius and thirty companions, of Alexandria (Egyptian, priest and flock, early martyrs)
Bl. Benedict of Urbino [Benedetto] (Italian, lawyer, Capuchin priest, missionary in Austria and Bohemia, d. 1625)
St. Cynwl of Bangor (Welsh, hermit, bishop, 6th century)
St. Desideratus of Gourdon (French, hermit, c. 569)
St. Donatus of Euraea (Albanian, bishop, 4th century)
St. Erconwald of London (English, Benedictine abbot, bishop, 8th century)
St. Eutropius of Saintes (French, bishop, early martyr [axed])
St. Forannan of Waulsort (Irish, Benedictine abbot in Belgium, bishop, d. 982)
Bl. Francis Dickenson of Yorkshire and Bl. Miles Gerard of Wigan (English, priests, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1590 [beatified 1929])
St. Geniste of Beaulieu (French, Benedictine monk, martyred c. 1100)
St. Gualfardus of Augsburg (German, saddler in Italy, Camaldolese hermit, d. 1127)
Bl. Hildegard of Swabia (German, empress [wife of Charlemagne], mother of nine, d. 783)
St. Hoilde (virgin, 5th century)
St. Laurence of Novara and companions (Spanish or French, catechist and children, martyred c. 397)
St. Louis von Bruck of Ravensburg [Ludwig] (German, boy, martyred in 1429)
Sts. Marian, James, Agapius, Secundinus, and hundreds of companions (Numidian [Algerian] ... lector, deacon, and others ... tortured and martyred by beheading in 259)
Bl. Mary of the Incarnation Acarie of Paris [Marie de l'Incarnation] [baptized Barbé (Barbara), nee Avrillot] (French, mother of six, widow, mystic, Discalced Carmelite, d. 1618)
Bl. Mary of the Incarnation Martin of Tours [Marie de l'Incarnation] [baptized Marie, nee Guyard] (French, mother of one, widow, bookkeeper, Ursuline superior in Canada, compiled American Indian dictionaries and catechism, mystic, writer of 12,000 extant letters, d. 1672 [beatified 1980])
St. Maximus of Ephesus (from Asia Minor [Turkish], merchant, martyred by stoning c. 251)
Bl. Pauline von Mallinckrodt of Minden [Paulina] (German, virgin, founded Sisters of the Christian Charity, d. 1881 [beatified 1985])
St. Pomponius of Naples (Italian, bishop, opponent of Arian heresy, d. 536)
St. Sophia of Fermo (Italian, virgin, martyred by beheading c. 250)
St. Swithbert the Younger of Werden (English, Benedictine monk?, missionary and bishop in Germany, d. 807)
Bl. William Southerne of Ketton (English, priest, martyred [drawn and quartered] at about age 39 under James I in 1618 [beatified 1987])

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 30, 2003.