May 23 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, May 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:

Bl. Bartholomew Pucci-Franceschi (Italian, Franciscan friar, d. 1330)
St. Desiderius of Langres (Italian, bishop in France, martyred by barbarians c. 407)
St. Desiderius of Vienne (French, bishop, martyred in 608)
Sts. Epitacius and Basileus (bishops in Spain and Portugal, martyred in 1st century)
St. Euphebius of Naples (Italian, bishop)
St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk [baptized Pradslava] (Belarusan, virgin, hermitess, copyist, d. 1173 [canonized 1984])
Sts. Eutychius and Florentius (Italian, Benedictine monks, 6th century)
St. Goban Gobhnena of Old-Leighlin (Irish, abbot in England, 6th or 7th century)
St. Guibert of Gembloux (Belgian, military officer, hermit, Benedictine abbot, d. 962)
St. Ivo of Chartres (French, Augustinian prior, bishop, d. 1116)
St. Jane Antide Thouret (French, foundress of Institute of the Daughters of Charity, d. 1828 [canonized 1934])
St. John Baptist de Rossi (Italian, epileptic, priest, miracle worker, d. 1764)
Bl. Maria Angela Astorch (Spanish, Poor Clare abbess, mystic, d. 1665 [beatified 1982])
Holy Martyrs of Cappadocia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], tortured and martyred in 303)
Holy Martyrs of Mesopotamia ([Iraqi], martyred c. 307)
St. Merculialis of Forli (Italian, bishop, zealous opponent of paganism and Arian heresy, c. 406)
St. Michael of Synnada (Phrygian [Turkish], bishop, opposed iconoclast heresy, c. 820)
Sts. Quintian, Lucius, Julian, and 16 companions (North African, martyred by Arian Vandals c. 430)
St. Syagrius of Nice (French, Benedictine abbot, bishop, c. 787)
St. William of Rochester (Scottish, baker, pilgrim, martyred in England in 1201)

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 24, 2002

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Jmj

On May 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:

Bl. Bartholomew Pucci-Franceschi of Montepulciano [Bartolomeo] (Italian, Franciscan friar, d. 1330)
Holy Martyrs of Cappadocia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], tortured and martyred in 303)
St. Desiderius of Langres (Italian, bishop in France, martyred by barbarians c. 407)
St. Desiderius of Vienne (French, bishop, martyred in 608)
Sts. Epitacius of Tuy and Basileus of Braga (bishops in Spain and Portugal, martyred in 1st century) St. Euphebius of Naples (Italian, bishop)
St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk [baptized Pradslava] (Belarusan, virgin, hermitess, copyist, d. 1173 [canonized 1984])
Sts. Eutychius and Florentius of Valcastoria (Italian, Benedictine monks, 6th century)
St. Goban Gobhnena of Old-Leighlin (Irish, abbot in England, 6th or 7th century)
St. Guibert of Gembloux (Belgian, military officer, hermit, Benedictine abbot, d. 962)
St. Ivo of Chartres [Yves] (French, Augustinian prior, bishop, d. 1116)
St. Joan Antide Thouret of Sancy [Jeanne] (French, foundress of Institute of the Daughters of Charity, d. 1828 [canonized 1934])
St. John Baptist de’ Rossi of Voltaggio [Giovanni Battista] (Italian, epileptic, priest, miracle worker, d. 1764)
Bl. Maria Angela Astorch of Barcelona (Spanish, Poor Clare abbess, mystic, d. 1665 [beatified 1982])
St. Merculialis of Forli (Italian, bishop, zealous opponent of paganism and Arian heresy, c. 406)
Holy Martyrs of Mesopotamia ([Iraqi], martyred c. 307)
St. Michael of Synnada (Phrygian [Turkish], bishop, opposed iconoclast heresy, c. 820)
Sts. Quintian, Lucius, Julian, and 16 companions (North African, martyred by Arian Vandals c. 430)
St. Syagrius of Nice (French, Benedictine abbot, bishop, c. 787)
St. William of Rochester (Scottish, baker, pilgrim, martyred in England in 1201)

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 20, 2003.


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