May 8 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, May 8, 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. Acacius of Byzantium (Cappadocian [Turkish], centurion, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 303)
Bl. Amatus Ronconi (Italian, Benedictine brother, d. 1292)
Bl. Angelus of Masaccio (Italian, Camaldolese monk, martyred by heretics in 1458)
Pope St. Benedict II (Roman, priest, elected to papacy in 683, reigned until death in 685)
Pope St. Boniface IV (Italain, Benedictine monk, elected to papacy in 608, reigned until death in 615)
St. Desideratus of Bourges (French, bishop, 6th century)
St. Dionysius of Vienne (Italian?, missionary and bishop in France, c. 194)
St. Gibrian (Irish, hermit in France, brother of eight saints, c. 515)
St. Helladius of Auxerre (French, bishop d. 387)
Bl. Ida of Nivelles (French, widow, Benedictine nun, d. 652)
St. Magdalen of Canossa (Italian, noblewoman, founded the Daughters of Charity [Canossians], d. 1835 [canonized 1988])
St. Odrian of Waterford (Irish, early bishop)
St. Peter of Tarentaise (French, Cistercian abbot, archbishop, d. 1175)
St. Victor Maurus (Mauretanian, soldier in Rome, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 303)
Sts. Wiro, Plechelm, and Otger (British, Benedictine monks, missionaries in Netherlands, martyred c. 753)

If you have anything to share about these holy peole, 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 08, 2002

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Jmj

On May 8, 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. Acacius of Byzantium (Cappadocian [Turkish], centurion, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 303)
Bl. Amato Ronconi of Rimini (Italian, Benedictine brother, d. 1292)
Bl. Angelo of Masaccio (Italian, Camaldolese monk, martyred by heretics in 1458)
Pope St. Benedict II of Rome (Italian, priest, elected to papacy in 684, reigned until death in 685)
Pope St. Boniface IV of Valeria (Italian, Benedictine monk, elected to papacy in 608, reigned until death in 615)
St. Desideratus of Bourges (French, bishop, 6th century)
St. Dionysius of Vienne (Italian?, missionary and bishop in France, c. 194)
St. Gibrian of Brittany (Irish, hermit in France, brother of eight saints, c. 515)
St. Helladius of Auxerre (French, bishop d. 387)
Bl. Ida of Nivelles (French, widow, Benedictine nun, d. 652)
Bl. Jeremiah Kostistk of Valachia [Geremia] [baptized Ioan (John)] (Romanian, Capuchin friar in Italy, d. 1625 [beatified 1983])
St. Madeleine of Canossa [Maddalena] (Italian, noblewoman, founded the Daughters of Charity [Canossians], d. 1835 [canonized 1988])
Bl. Mary Catherine of St. Augustine de Longpré of Saint-Saveur-le-Vicomte [Marie-Catherine de Saint-Augustin] (French, member of religious of the Hospitallers of Mercy of St. Augustine, died in Canada at age 36 in 1668 [beatified 1989])
St. Odrian of Waterford (Irish, early bishop)
St. Peter of Tarentaise [Pierre] (French, Cistercian abbot, archbishop, d. 1175)
Bl. Ulrike Nisch of Mittelbiberach-Oberdorf [baptized Franziska (Frances)] (German, virgin, religious of Sisters of Charity of the Holy Cross of Ingenbohl, died at age 31 in 1913 [beatified 1987])
St. Victor the Moor (Mauretanian, soldier in Rome, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 303)
Sts. Wiro, Plechelm, and Otger, of Northumbria (British, Benedictine monks, missionaries in Netherlands, martyred c. 753)

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), May 08, 2003.


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