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Today, June 25, 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. Adalbert of Egmond (English, prince, Benedictine monk, deacon in Holland, c. 740)
Bl. Burchard of Mallersdorf (German, Benedictine abbot, d. 1122)
Sts. Dominic Henares and Francis Chien (Spanish and Vietnamese ... missionary bishop and catechist ... tortured and martyred by beheading in 1838 [canonized 1988])
St. Eurosia of Jaca (French, virgin, martyred by Moslems in 714)
St. Febronia of Nisibis (Mesopotamian [Syrian], nun, tortured and martyred by battering in 304)
St. Gallicanus of Embrun (French, bishop, c. 542)
St. Gallicanus of Ostia (Italian, army officer, c. 362)
St. Gohard of Nantes and companions (French ... bishop and priests ... martyred by pagans while celebrating Mass in 843)
Bl. Guy Maramaldi [Guido] (Italian, Dominican priest, teacher, inquisitor general in Naples, d. 1391)
Blessed Henry Zdik (Czech, prince, bishop, Norbertine monk, d. 1150)
Bl. John of Reposoir (Spanish, Carthusian monk in France and Switzerland, d. 1160)
St. Maximus of Turin (Italian, bishop, theologian, c. 470)
St. Moluag of Mortlach (Scottish, missionary to the Picts, bishop, c. 572)
St. Molonachus of Lismore (Irish, bishop in Scotland, 7th century)
St. Prosper of Aquitaine (French, missionary, leader of pilgrimages, secretary to Pope St. Leo the Great, died in Rome c. 463)
St. Prosper of Reggio (Italian, bishop, c. 466)
King St. Solomon I of Brittany (English, monarch in France, husband of a saint and father of two others, martyred by heathens in 434)
King St. Solomon III of Brittany (French, monarch, martyred in 874)
St. Sosipater (Greek, disciple of St. Paul [Acts 20], died in 2nd century)
St. William of Vercelli [Guglielmo] (Italian, orphan, hermit, pilgrim, abbot, d. 1142)

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 25, 2002

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Jmj

On June 25, 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. Adalbert of Egmond (English, prince, Benedictine monk, deacon in Holland, c. 740)
Bl. Burchard of Mallersdorf (German, Benedictine abbot, d. 1122)
Sts. Dominic Henares [Domingo] and Francis Dô Van Chieu (Spanish and Vietnamese ... missionary bishop and catechist ... tortured and martyred by beheading in 1838 [canonized 1988])
St. Eurosia of Jaca (French, virgin, martyred by Moslems in 714)
St. Febronia of Nisibis (Mesopotamian [Syrian], nun, tortured and martyred by battering in 304)
St. Gallicanus of Embrun (French, bishop, c. 542)
St. Gallicanus of Ostia (Italian, army officer, c. 362)
St. Gohard of Nantes and companions (French ... bishop and priests ... martyred by pagans while celebrating Mass in 843)
Bl. Guy Maramaldi of Naples [Guido] (Italian, Dominican priest, teacher, inquisitor general in Naples, d. 1391)
Bl. Henry Zdik of Olmütz [Jindrich] (Czech, prince, bishop, Norbertine monk, d. 1150)
Bl. John of Reposoir [Juan] (Spanish, Carthusian monk in France and Switzerland, d. 1160)
St. Maximus of Turin (Italian, bishop, theologian, c. 470)
St. Moluag of Mortlach (Scottish, missionary to the Picts, bishop, c. 572)
St. Molonachus of Lismore (Irish, bishop in Scotland, 7th century)
St. Prosper of Aquitaine (French, missionary, leader of pilgrimages, secretary to Pope St. Leo the Great, died in Rome c. 463)
St. Prosper of Reggio (Italian, bishop, c. 466)
King St. Solomon I of Brittany (English, monarch in France, husband of a saint and father of two others, martyred by heathens in 434)
King St. Solomon III of Brittany (French, monarch, martyred in 874)
St. Sosipater of Berea (Greek, disciple of St. Paul [Acts 20], died in 2nd century)
St. William of Vercelli [Guglielmo] (Italian, orphan, hermit, pilgrim, abbot, d. 1142)

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 25, 2003.