June 15 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, June 15, 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. Abraham of Saint-Cyrgues (Mesopotamian [Syrian or Iraqi], escaped captivity in Egypt, hermit in France, abbot, priest, c. 480)
St. Adelaide of La Cambre (French, Cistercian nun, offered sufferings [blindness/leprosy/paralysis] for souls in Purgatory, d. 1250)
St. Bardo of Mainz (German, Benedictine abbot, archbishop, d. 1053)
St. Benildis of Cordova (Spanish, virgin, martyred [burned at stake] by Moslems in 853)
St. Constantine of Beauvais (French, monk, bishop, c. 706)
Sts. Domitian and Hadelinus of Lobbes (French, Benedictine monks, c. 686)
St. Edburga of Winchester (English, Benedictine abbess, d. 960)
St. Germaine Cousin of Pibrac (French, shepherdess, virgin, died at age 22 in 1601 [incorruptible])
St. Hesychius of Dorostorum (Roman, soldier, martyred in Bulgaria c. 302)
St. Isfrid (German, Norbertine monk, bishop, d. 1204)
St. Landelinus (French, repentant robber, priest, Benedictine abbot, c. 686)
Sts. Lybe, Leonis, and Eutropia (Syrian, two sisters and a slave, virgins, martyred [beheaded, burned, shot by arrows] in 303)
St. Melan of Viviers (French, bishop, d. 549)
St. Orsiesius the Cenobite (Egyptian, hermit, abbot, c. 308)
St. Tatian of Zepherinum (Cilician [Turkish], tortured and martyred in 300)
Bl. Thomas Green, Bl. Thomas Scryven, and Bl. Thomas Reding (English, Carthusian monks [priest and two brothers], martyred by starvation in 1537)
St. Trillo (French, died in Wales in 6th or 7th century)
St. Vauge (Irish, hermit in England, d. 585)
Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia (Sicilian ... boy, tutor, and nurse ... tortured and martyred c. 303)
St. Vouga of Lesneven (Irish, bishop in France, hermit, 6th century)

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 15, 2002

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Jmj

On June 15, 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. Abraham of Saint-Cyrgues (Mesopotamian [Syrian or Iraqi], escaped captivity in Egypt, hermit in France, abbot, priest, c. 480)
St. Adelaide of La Cambre [Aleydis] [also known as Alice of Schaerbeck] (Belgian, Cistercian nun, offered sufferings [blindness/leprosy/paralysis] for souls in Purgatory, d. 1250)
St. Bardo of Mainz (German, Benedictine abbot, archbishop, d. 1053)
St. Benildis of Cordova (Spanish, virgin, martyred [burned at stake] by Moslems in 853)
St. Constantine of Beauvais (French, monk, bishop, c. 706)
Sts. Domitian and Hadelinus of Lobbes (French, Benedictine monks, c. 686)
St. Edburga of Winchester (English, Benedictine abbess, d. 960)
St. Germaine Cousin of Pibrac (French, shepherdess, virgin, died at age 22 in 1601 [incorruptible])
St. Hesychius of Dorostorum (Roman, soldier, martyred in Bulgaria c. 302)
St. Isfrid of Jerichow (German, Norbertine monk, bishop, d. 1204)
St. Landelinus of Vaux (French, repentant robber, priest, Benedictine abbot, c. 686)
Sts. Lybe, Leonis, and Eutropia, of Palmyra (Syrian, two sisters and a slave, virgins, martyred [beheaded, burned, shot by arrows] in 303)
St. Melan of Viviers (French, bishop, d. 549)
St. Orsiesius the Cenobite of Tabennisi (Egyptian, hermit, abbot, c. 308)
Bl. Ralph Grimston of Nidd (English, layman, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1598 [beatified 1987])
St. Tatian of Zepherinum (Cilician [Turkish], tortured and martyred in 300)
Bl. Thomas Green, Bl. Thomas Scryven, and Bl. Thomas Reding (English, Carthusian monks [priest and two brothers], martyred by starvation under Henry VIII in 1537 [beatified 1886])
St. Trillo (French, died in Wales in 6th or 7th century)
St. Vauge of Armagh (Irish, hermit in England, d. 585)
Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia (Sicilian ... boy, tutor, and nurse ... tortured and martyred c. 303)
St. Vouga of Lesneven (Irish, bishop in France, hermit, 6th century)

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 16, 2003.


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