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Today, July 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:

Bl. Anthony Fantosat (vicar apostolic in China, martyred in 1900)
St. Elizabeth of Portugal [Isabel] (Spanish, great-niece of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, daughter of king, married king of Portugal at age 12, mother of two, Franciscan tertiary, peacemaker, d. 1336)
St. Albert Quadrelli (Italian, parish priest for 25 years, bishop, d. 1179)
St. Andrew of Jerusalem (Syrian, monk in Jerusalem, deacon in Constantinople, writer of hymns, archbishop in Crete, c. 740)
St. Aurelian of Lyons (French, Benedictine abbot, archbishop, d 895)
St. Bertha of Blangy (French, aristocrat, mother of five, widow, Benedictine hermitess, c. 725)
St. Finbar of Wexford (Irish? abbot on English island, 6th century)
St. Haggai [also called Aggaeus] (Israelite, Old Testament prophet, c. 516 B.C.)
Bl. Hatto of Ottobeuren (German, Benedictine monk, d. 985)
Bl. Henry of Albano (French, Cistercian monk, bishop in Italy, cardinal, died in France in 1188)
St. Hosea [also called Osee] (Israelite, prophet, 8th century B.C.)
Sts. Innocent, Sebastia, and thirty companions (Serbian, early martyrs)
Bl. John Cornelius, Bl. Thomas Bosgrave, Bl. John Carey, and Bl. Patrick Salmon (English ... Jesuit priest, gentleman, two servants ... tortured and martyred [hanged] by Elizabethans in 1594 [beatified in 1929])
St. Jucundian (African, early martyr by drowning)
St. Laurian of Seville (Hungarian, deacon in Italy, archbishop in Spain, martyred in France c. 544)
St. Namphanion and companions (Numidian [North African], martyred c. 180)
St. Odo the Good of Canterbury (English, Benedictine monk, archbishop, advisor to kings, d. 959)
Bl. Peter of Luxembourg (French, bishop at age 13, cardinal in Italy at 16, died at age 18 in 1387)
St. Theodore of Cyrene (Libyan, scriptural copyist, bishop, martyred c. 310)
St. Ulrich of Augsburg (German, bishop for 50 years, died in Switzerland in 973)
Bl. William Andleby, Bl. Edward Fulthrop, Bl. Thomas Warcop, and Bl. Henry Abbot (English, priest and three laymen, martyred [hanged] by Elizabethans in 1597 [beatified in 1929])
Bl. William of Hirsau (German, Benedictine abbot, d. 1091)

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), July 05, 2002

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On July 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. Elizabeth of Aragon [also called Elizabeth of Portugal] [Isabel] (Spanish, great-niece of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, daughter of a king, married king of Portugal at age 12, mother of two, Franciscan tertiary, peacemaker, d. 1336)

St. Albert Quadrelli of Rivolta d'Adda [Alberto] (Italian, parish priest for 25 years, bishop, d. 1179)
St. Andrew of Jerusalem (Syrian, monk in Jerusalem, deacon in Constantinople, writer of hymns, archbishop in Crete, c. 740)
St. Antoninus Fantosati of Santa Maria della Valle [Antonino] [baptized Antonio (Anthony)] (Italy, Franciscan, vicar apostolic in China, martyred at age 48 in 1900 [canonized 2000])
St. Aurelian of Lyons (French, Benedictine abbot, archbishop, d 895)
St. Bertha of Blangy (French, aristocrat, mother of five, widow, Benedictine hermitess, c. 725)
St. Finbar of Wexford (Irish? abbot on English island, 6th century)
St. Haggai of Chaldea [also called Aggaeus] (Israelite, Old Testament prophet, c. 516 B.C.)
Bl. Hatto of Ottobeuren (German, Benedictine monk, d. 985)
Bl. Henry of Albano [Henri] (French, Cistercian monk, bishop in Italy, cardinal, died in France in 1188)
St. Hosea of Ephraim [also called Osee] (Israelite, prophet, 8th century B.C.)
Sts. Innocent, Sebastia, and thirty companions, of Sirmium (Serbian, early martyrs)
Bl. John Cornelius of Bodmin, Bl. Thomas Bosgrave of Cornwall, Bl. John Carey, and Bl. Patrick Salmon (English ... Jesuit priest, gentleman, two servants ... tortured and martyred [hanged] by Elizabethans in 1594 [beatified in 1929])
St. Jucundian (African, early martyr by drowning)
St. Laurian of Seville (Hungarian, deacon in Italy, archbishop in Spain, martyred in France c. 544)
St. Namphanion and companions, of Madaura (Numidian [North African], martyred c. 180)
St. Odo the Good of Canterbury (English, Benedictine monk, archbishop, advisor to kings, d. 959)
Bl. Peter George Frassati of Turin [Pier Giorgio] (Italian, single layman, Dominican tertiary, died at age 24 in 1925 [beatified 1990])
Bl. Peter of Ligny [also called Peter of Luxembourg] [Pierre] (French, bishop at age 13, cardinal in Italy at 16, died at age 18 in 1387)
St. Theodore of Cyrene (Libyan, scriptural copyist, bishop, martyred c. 310)
St. Ulrich of Augsburg (German, bishop for 50 years, died in Switzerland in 973)
Bl. William Andleby of Etton, Bl. Edward Fulthrop of Yorkshire, Bl. Thomas Warcop of Yorkshire, and Bl. Henry Abbot of Howden (English, priest and three laymen, martyred [hanged] by Elizabethans in 1597 [beatified in 1929])
Bl. William of Hirsau [Wilhelm] (German, Benedictine abbot, d. 1091)

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), July 05, 2003.