Jmj

Today, May 24, 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. Afra of Brescia (Italian, virgin, martyr)
King St. David I (Scottish, son of St. Margaret, patron of monasticism, d. 1153)
St. Donatian and Rogatian (French, biological brothers, tortured [racked, pierced] and martyred by beheading c. 304)
St. Gerard de Lunel (French, Franciscan tertiary, pilgrim, died in Italy in 1298)
St. Joanna (Israelite, wife of Herod Antipas's steward [Luke 8 and 24], widow, 1st century)
Bl. John del Prado (Spanish, Franciscan priest, tortured and martyred [burned] by Moslems in Morocco in 1636)
Bl. John of Montfort (French, crusader knight, died on Cyprus c. 1178)
Bl. Lanfranc of Canterbury (Italian, laywer, Benedictine prior in France, archbishop, defended dogma of transubstantiation vs. heretic Berengarius, advisor to William the Conqueror, died in England in 1089)
St. Manahen (Israelite?, foster-brother of Herod Antipas, prophet [Acts 13], died in Syria? in 1st century)
St. Meletius (army general, early martyr in Galatia [Turkey])
St. Patrick of Bayeux (French, bishop, c. 469)
Bl. Philip Suzanni (Italian, Augustinian friar, d. 1306)
St. Robustian of Milan (Italian, early martyr)
St. Simeon Stylites the Younger (Syrian?, hermit atop pillar for 69 years, priest, healer, d. 597)
Sts. Susanna, Marciana, Palladia, and companions (wives and children of soldiers commanded by St. Meletius, early martyrs in Galatia [Turkey])
St. Vincent of Porto (Italian, early martyr)
St. Vincent of Lérins (French, soldier, monk-priest, theologian, c. 445)
Bl. William of Dongelberg (Belgian, Cistercian monk, c. 1250)
Sts. Zoëllus, Servilius, Felix, Sylvanus, and Diocles (early martyrs)

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 24, 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. Afra of Brescia (Italian, virgin, martyr)
King St. David I (Scottish, son of St. Margaret, patron of monasticism, d. 1153)
St. Donatian and Rogatian of Nantes (French, biological brothers, tortured [racked, pierced] and martyred by beheading c. 304)
St. Gerard de Lunel (French, Franciscan tertiary, pilgrim, died in Italy in 1298)
St. Joanna (Israelite, wife of Herod Antipas's steward [Luke 8 and 24], widow, 1st century)
Bl. John del Prado of Morgobresio [Juan] (Spanish, Franciscan priest, tortured and martyred [burned] by Moslems in Morocco in 1636)
Bl. John of Montfort [Jean] (French, crusader knight, died on Cyprus c. 1178)
Bl. Lanfranco of Canterbury (Italian, laywer, Benedictine prior in France, archbishop, defended dogma of transubstantiation vs. heretic Berengarius, advisor to William the Conqueror, died in England in 1089)
Bl. Louis Zephyrinus Moreau of Bécancour [Louis-Zéphirin] (Canadian, bishop, d. 1901 [beatified 1987])
St. Manahen (Israelite?, foster-brother of Herod Antipas, prophet [Acts 13], died in Syria? in 1st century)
St. Meletius (army general, early martyr in Galatia [Turkey])
St. Patrick of Bayeux (French, bishop, c. 469)
Bl. Philip Suzanni of Piacenza [Filippo] (Italian, Augustinian friar, d. 1306)
St. Robustian of Milan (Italian, early martyr)
St. Simeon Stylites the Younger of Antioch (Syrian?, hermit atop pillar for 69 years, priest, healer, d. 597)
Sts. Susanna, Marciana, Palladia, and companions (wives and children of soldiers commanded by St. Meletius, early martyrs in Galatia [Turkey])
St. Vincent of Porto (Italian, early martyr)
St. Vincent of Lérins (French, soldier, monk-priest, theologian, c. 445)
Bl. William of Dongelberg (Belgian, Cistercian monk, c. 1250)
Sts. Zoëllus, Servilius, Felix, Sylvanus, and Diocles (early martyrs)

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.