June 18 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, June 18, 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. Amandus of Bordeaux (French, bishop, c. 431)
Sts. Cyriacus and Paula (Spanish, martyred by stoning in 305)
St. Elizabeth of Schönau (German, Benedictine abbess, visionary, d. 1164)
St. Etherius of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], martyred c. 303)
St. Fortunatus (Italian, philosopher, bishop, c. 569)
St. Gerland of Caltagirone (Sicilian, knight, 13th century)
St. Gregory Barbarigo (Italian, bishop, cardinal, worked for unity of Eastern and Western Christians, d. 1697 [canonized 1960])
Sts. Gregory, Demetrius, and Calogerus the Anchoret (North African ... bishop, deacon, abbot expelled to Sicily by Arian Vandals ... 5th century)
St. Guy of Baume (French, Benedictine abbot, hermit, c. 941)
Bl. Osanna Andreasi of Mantua (Italian, noblwoman, Dominican tertiary, visionary from age 5, mystic, nun, d. 1505)
Bl. Jerome of Vallumbrosa (Italian, Vallumbrosan monk, hermit, lived on bread and water for 35 years, d. 1135)
Sts. Leontius, Hypatius, and Theodulus (Greek, general and soldiers, tortured and martyred [by beating] in Phoenicia [Syria] c. 135)
Bl. Marina Vallarina of Spoleto (Italian, Augustinian nun, c. 1300)
St. Marina of Alexandria (Egyptian, virgin, martyred?, 8th century)
Sts. Mark and Marcellian (Roman, twins, deacons, tortured and martyred by lance c. 287)
St. Osmanna of Jouarre (Irish, Benedictine hermitess in France, c. 700)

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 18, 2002

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Jmj

On June 18, 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. Amandus of Bordeaux (French, bishop, c. 431)
Sts. Cyriacus and Paula of Málaga (Spanish, martyred by stoning in 305)
St. Elizabeth of Schönau [Elisabeth] (German, Benedictine abbess, visionary, d. 1164)
St. Etherius of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], martyred c. 303)
St. Fortunatus (Italian, philosopher, bishop, c. 569)
St. Gerlando of Caltagirone (Sicilian, knight, 13th century)
St. Gregory Barbarigo of Venice [Gregorio] (Italian, bishop, cardinal, worked for unity of Eastern and Western Christians, d. 1697 [canonized 1960])
Sts. Gregory, Demetrius, and Calogerus the Anchoret (North African ... bishop, deacon, abbot expelled to Sicily by Arian Vandals ... 5th century)
St. Guy of Baume (French, Benedictine abbot, hermit, c. 941)
Bl. Osanna Andreasi of Mantua (Italian, noblwoman, Dominican tertiary, visionary from age 5, mystic, nun, d. 1505)
Bl. Jerome of Vallumbrosa [Girolamo] (Italian, Vallumbrosan monk, hermit, lived on bread and water for 35 years, d. 1135)
Sts. Leontius, Hypatius, and Theodulus (Greek, general and soldiers, tortured and martyred [by beating] in Phoenicia [Syria] c. 135)
Bl. Marina Vallarina of Spoleto (Italian, Augustinian nun, c. 1300)
St. Marina of Alexandria (Egyptian, virgin, martyred?, 8th century)
Sts. Mark and Marcellian of Rome (Italian, twins, deacons, tortured and martyred by lance c. 287)
St. Osmanna of Jouarre (Irish, Benedictine hermitess in France, c. 700)

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 18, 2003.


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