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Today, May 27, 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. Augustine of Canterbury (Roman, monk, missionary in England, archbishop, d. 605)
St. Bruno of Würzburg (German, bishop, d. 1045)
St. Eutropius of Orange (French, bishop, c. 476)
St. Frederick of Liège (Belgain, bishop, d. 1121)
Bl. James of Nocera (Italian, Benedictine monk, d. 1300)
St. Julius of Dorostorum, Pasicrates, Valentio, Hesychius, and companions (Roman?, soldiers, martyred by beheading in Bulgaria in 302)
Bl. Maria Bartholomeo Bagnesi (Italian, Dominican tertiary, mystic, d. 1577)
St. Matthew Gam Van Le (Vietnamese, boatman, tortured and martyred by beheading in 1847 [canonized 1988])
St. Melangell (Welsh, hermitess, abbess, c. 590)
St. Ranulphus of Arras (French, martyred c. 700)
St. Restituta of Sora and companions (Roman, virgin and others, martyred in 272)

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 27, 2002

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Jmj

On May 27, 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. Augustine of Canterbury (Roman, monk, missionary in England, archbishop, d. 605)

St. Bruno of Würzburg (German, bishop, d. 1045)
Bl. Edmund Duke of Kent (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1590 [beatified 1987])
St. Eutropius of Orange (French, bishop, c. 476)
St. Frederick of Liège (Belgain, bishop, d. 1121)
Bl. James of Nocera [Giacomo] (Italian, Benedictine monk, d. 1300)
Bl. John Hogg of Cleveland (English, priest, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1590 [beatified 1987])
St. Julius of Dorostorum, Pasicrates, Valentio, Hesychius, and companions (soldiers, martyred by beheading in Bulgaria in 302)
Bl. Mary Bartholomew Bagnesi of Florence [Maria Bartolomeo] (Italian, Dominican tertiary, mystic, d. 1577)
St. Matthew Lê Van Gâm of Tonkin (Vietnamese, boatman, tortured and martyred by beheading in 1847 [canonized 1988])
St. Melangell (Welsh, hermitess, abbess, c. 590)
St. Ranulphus of Arras (French, martyred c. 700)
St. Restituta of Sora and companions (Roman, virgin and others, martyred in 272)
Bl. Richard Hill of Yorkshire (English, priest, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1590 [beatified 1987])
Bl. Richard Holiday of Yorkshire (English, priest, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1590 [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), May 21, 2003.