June 4 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, June 4, 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. Adegrin of Baume (French, knight, Benedictine monk, hermit, d. 939)
St. Alexander of Verona (Italian, bishop, 8th century)
Sts. Aretius and Dacian (Roman, early martyrs)
Bl. Boniface of Villers (Belgian, Cistercian prior, c. 1280)
Sts. Breaca and Buriana of Cornwall (Irish, nuns? in England, 6th century)
St. Clateus of Brescia (Italian, bishop, martyred by Neronians c. 64)
St. Cornelius McConchailleach (Irish, Augustinian abbot, archbishop, died in France in 1176)
St. Edfrith of Lindisfarne (Irish, artist, calligrapher, monk, bishop, d. 721)
St. Elsiar of Lavedan (French, Benedictine monk, c. 1050)
St. Francis Caracciolo [baptized Ascanio] (Italian, priest, co-founder and superior of Minor Clerks Regular, d. 1608)
Bl. Francis Ronci (Italian, Celestinian abbot general, cardinal, d. 1294)
St. Luke Loan Ba Vu (Vietnamese, priest, martyred at age 84 in 1840 [canonized 1988])
Bl. Marguerite of Vau-le-Duc (Belgian, Cistercian abbess, d. 1277)
St. Metrophanes of Byzantium (from Asia Minor [Turkish], bishop, d. 325)
St. Nennoc (British, abbess in France, c. 467)
St. Optatus of Milevis (Numidian [Algerian], bishop, opposed Donatist heresy, c. 387)
Sts. Petroc of Cornwall, Croidan, Medan, and Degan (Welsh, hermit, abbot and disciples, 6th century)
St. Quirinus of Tivoli (Italian, early martyr)
St. Quirinus of Sisak (Croatian, bishop, martyred by drowning in Hungary in 308)
St. Rutilus and companions (early martyrs in Hungary)
St. Vincenza Gerosa (Italian, joined Sisters of Charity at age 40, superior, d. 1846 [canonized 1950])
St. Walter of Serviliano (Roman, hermit, Benedictine abbot, c. 1250)
St. Walter of Fontenelle (English, Benedictine abbot in France, d. 1150)

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), June 04, 2002

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Jmj

On June 4, 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. Adegrin of Baume (French, knight, Benedictine monk, hermit, d. 939)
St. Alexander of Verona (Italian, bishop, 8th century)
Sts. Aretius and Dacian or Rome (Italian, early martyrs)
Bl. Boniface of Villers (Belgian, Cistercian prior, c. 1280)
Sts. Breaca and Buriana of Cornwall (Irish, nuns? in England, 6th century)
St. Clateus of Brescia (Italian, bishop, martyred by Neronians c. 64)
St. Cornelius McConchailleach of Armagh (Irish, Augustinian abbot, archbishop, died in France in 1176)
St. Edfrith of Lindisfarne (Irish, artist, calligrapher, monk, bishop, d. 721)
St. Elsiar of Lavedan (French, Benedictine monk, c. 1050)
St. Francis Caracciolo of Villa Santa Maria, [Francesco] [baptized Ascanio] (Italian, priest, co-founder and superior of Minor Clerks Regular, d. 1608)
Bl. Francis Ronci of Abri [Francesco] (Italian, Celestinian abbot general, cardinal, d. 1294)
St. Luke Vu Bá Loan of Tonkin (Vietnamese, priest, martyred at age 84 in 1840 [canonized 1988])
Bl. Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad of Fåglavik [Maria Elisabet] (Swedish, virgin, reformer of the Order of the Sisters of St. Bridget [Brigittines], died in Italy in 1957 [beatified 2000])
Bl. Margaret of Vau-le-Duc [Marguerite] (Belgian, Cistercian abbess, d. 1277)
St. Metrophanes of Byzantium (from Asia Minor [Turkish], bishop, d. 325)
St. Nennoc (British, abbess in France, c. 467)
St. Optatus of Milevis (Numidian [Algerian], bishop, opposed Donatist heresy, c. 387)
Sts. Petroc of Cornwall, Croidan, Medan, and Degan (Welsh, hermit, abbot and disciples, 6th century)
Bl. Philip Smaldone of Naples [Filippo] (Italian, diocesan priest, founded Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Heart, d. 1923 [beatified 1996])
St. Quirinus of Tivoli (Italian, early martyr)
St. Quirinus of Sisak (Croatian, bishop, martyred by drowning in Hungary in 308)
St. Rutilus and companions, of Sabaria (early martyrs in Hungary)
St. Vincenza Gerosa of Lovere (Italian, joined Sisters of Charity at age 40, superior, d. 1846 [canonized 1950])
St. Walter of Serviliano [Gualtiero] (Roman, hermit, Benedictine abbot, c. 1250)
St. Walter of Fontenelle (English, Benedictine abbot in France, d. 1150)

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), June 04, 2003.


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