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Today, May 12, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Sts. Nereus and Achilleus (Roman, soldiers, martyred by beheading c. 100)
St. Pancras (Syrian?, orphan, martyred at age 14 by beheading in 304)
St. Diomma of Kildimo (Irish, 5th century)
St. Dionysius (from Asia Minor [Turkish], uncle and guardian of St. Pancras, martyred in 304)
St. Dominic of the Causeway (Spanish, hermit, c. 1109)
St. Epiphanius of Salamis (Palestinian, Jewish convert, monastic superior in Egypt, bishop, opponent of eighty heresies, authority on Marian devotion, Doctor of the Church, d. 403)
St. Ethelhard of Canterbury (English, archbishop, c. 805)
St. Flavia Domitilla (Roman, niece of emperor, wife of consul, martyred in 1st century)
Bl. Francis Patrizi of Siena (Italian, Servite friar, d. 1328)
St. Gemma of Goriano (Italian, shepherdess, virgin, hermitess, d. 1249)
St. Germanus (Constantinopolitan [Turkish], senator, patriarch, opposed iconoclast heresy, c. 732)
Bl. Imelda Lambertini (Italian, miraculously received First Communion and immediately died at age 11 in 1333)
Bl. Jane of Lisbon (Portuguese, princess, Dominican nun, died at age 38 in 1490)
St. Modoald of Trier (French, bishop in Germany, d. 640)
St. Philip of Agirone (Italian, missionary in Sicily)
St. Rictrudis of Marchiennes (French, mother of four saints, widow, Benedictine abbess, d. 688)

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 12, 2002

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Jmj

On May 12, 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:

Sts. Nereus and Achilleus of Rome (Italian, soldiers, martyred by beheading c. 100)
St. Pancras (Syrian?, orphan, martyred at age 14 by beheading in 304)

Bl. Cándida María of Jesus Cipitria y Barriola of Berrospe [baptized Juana Josefa (Jane Josepha)] (Spanish, virgin, founded Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus, d. 1912 [beatified 1996])
St. Diomma of Kildimo (Irish, 5th century)
St. Dionysius (from Asia Minor [Turkish], uncle and guardian of St. Pancras, martyred in 304)
St. Dominic of the Causeway [Domingo] (Spanish, hermit, c. 1109)
St. Epiphanius of Salamis (Palestinian, Jewish convert, monastic superior in Egypt, bishop, opponent of eighty heresies, authority on Marian devotion, Doctor of the Church, d. 403)
St. Ethelhard of Canterbury (English, archbishop, c. 805)
St. Flavia Domitilla of Rome (Italian, niece of emperor, wife of consul, martyred in 1st century)
Bl. Francis Patrizi of Siena [Francesco] (Italian, Servite friar, d. 1328)
St. Gemma of Goriano (Italian, shepherdess, virgin, hermitess, d. 1249)
St. Germanus of Constantinople (from Asia Minor [Turkish], senator, patriarch, opposed iconoclast heresy, c. 732)
Bl. Imelda Lambertini of Bologna (Italian, miraculously received First Communion and immediately died at age 11 in 1333)
Bl. Jane of Lisbon [Joana] (Portuguese, princess, Dominican nun, died at age 38 in 1490)
St. Modoald of Trier (French, bishop in Germany, d. 640)
St. Philip of Agirone (Italian, missionary in Sicily)
St. Rictrudis of Marchiennes (French, mother of four saints, widow, Benedictine abbess, d. 688)

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 12, 2003.