July 12 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, July 12, 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. Andrew Oexner of Rinn (Austrian, 3-year-old boy, martyred in 1462)
St. Ansbald of Prüm (Luxembourger, courtier, Benedictine abbot, d. 886)
St. Balay (French, hermit)
Bl. Benno of Osnabrück (German, Benedictine monk, headmaster, architect, archbishop, d. 1088)
Bl. David Gonson (English, layman, Knight of St. John, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] in 1541)
St. Epiphania (early martyr)
Sts. Hermagoras and Fortunatus (Italian, bishop and deacon, tortured and martyred by Emperor Nero c. 66)
St. Ignatius Delgado y Cebrian (Spanish, Dominican friar, missionary in Vietnam for over forty years, bishop, martyred [hunger and exposure in a cage] in 1838 [canonized 1988])
St. Jason (Greek, convert of St. Paul [Acts 17], martyred in 1st century)
St. John Gualbert [Giovanni Gualberto] (Italian, nobleman, Vallumbrosan abbot, d. 1073)
St. John Jones (Welsh, Franciscan priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] by Elizabethans in 1598 [canonized 1970])
St. John the Hagiorite (Georgian, abbot in Greece, c. 1002)
Bl. John Naisen, Bl. Monica Naisen, and Bl. Louis Naisen (Japanese ... father, mother, and 7-year-old son ... martyred by burning at Nagasaki in 1626)
Bl. John Tanaka and Bl. Matthias Araki (Japanese, laymen, sheltered illegal clergy, martyred by burning in 1626)
Bl. Lambert of Morimond (French, Cistercian abbot, d. 1163)
St. Leo I of Cava (Italian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1079)
St. Marciana of Toledo (virgin, martyred [exposed to animals] in Spain c. 303)
St. Menulphus of Quimper (Irish, bishop in France, 7th century)
Sts. Nabor and Felix (Italian, biological brothers, martyred c. 304)
St. Paternian of Bologna (Italian, bishop, c. 407)
St. Paulinus of Antioch and three companions (Syrian? and Italians ... bishop in Italy, priest, deacon, and soldier ... early martyrs)
Bl. Peter Araki Kobioje and Bl. Susanna Kobioje (Japanese, husband and wife, martyred [one burned, one beheaded] in 1626 and 1628)
Bl. Peter Khanh (Vietnamese, priest, martyred by beheading in 1842 [beatified 1909])
Sts. Proclus and Hilarion (Galatian [Turkish], martyred in 115)
St. Proculus of Bologna (Italian, bishop, martyred by pagan Goths in 542)
St. Veronica (Israelite, woman who wiped the face of Jesus on the way to Calvary, 1st century)
St. Viventiolus of Lyons (French, monk, archbishop, d. 524)

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 12, 2002

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Jmj

On July 12, 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:

Bl. Andrew Oexner of Rinn [Andreas] (Austrian, 3-year-old boy, martyred in 1462)
St. Ansbald of Prüm (Luxembourger, courtier, Benedictine abbot, d. 886)
St. Balay of Ploermellac (French, hermit)
Bl. Benno of Osnabrück (German, Benedictine monk, headmaster, architect, archbishop, d. 1088)
Bl. David Gonson (English, layman, Knight of St. John, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] in 1541)
St. Epiphania (early martyr)
Sts. Hermagoras and Fortunatus of Aquileia (Italian, bishop and deacon, tortured and martyred by Emperor Nero c. 66)
St. Ignatius Delgado y Cebrian of Villa Feliz [Ignacio] (Spanish, Dominican friar, missionary in Vietnam for over forty years, bishop, martyred [hunger and exposure in a cage] in 1838 [canonized 1988])
St. Jason of Salonka (Greek, convert of St. Paul [Acts 17], martyred in 1st century)
St. John Gualbert of Florence [Giovanni Gualberto] (Italian, nobleman, Vallumbrosan abbot, d. 1073)
St. John Jones of Clynog Fawr (Welsh, Franciscan priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] at about age 39 under Elizabeth I in 1598 [canonized 1970])
St. John the Hagiorite (Georgian, abbot in Greece, c. 1002)
Bl. John Naisen, Bl. Monica Naisen, and Bl. Louis Naisen, of Arima (Japanese ... father, mother, and 7-year-old son ... martyred by burning at Nagasaki in 1626 [beatified 1867])
Bl. John Tanaka and Bl. Matthias Araki (Japanese, laymen, sheltered illegal clergy, martyred by burning in 1626 [beatified 1867])
Bl. Lambert of Morimond (French, Cistercian abbot, d. 1163)
St. Leo I of Cava (Italian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1079)
St. Marciana of Toledo (virgin, martyred [exposed to animals] in Spain c. 303)
St. Menulphus of Quimper (Irish, bishop in France, 7th century)
Sts. Nabor and Felix of Milan (Italian, biological brothers, martyred c. 304)
St. Paternian of Bologna (Italian, bishop, c. 407)
St. Paulinus of Antioch and three companions (Syrian? and Italians ... bishop in Italy, priest, deacon, and soldier ... early martyrs)
Bl. Peter Araki Kobioje and Bl. Susanna Kobioje (Japanese, husband and wife, martyred [one burned, one beheaded] in 1626 and 1628)
St. Peter Khanh of Tonkin (Vietnamese, priest, martyred by beheading in 1842 [canonized 1988])
Sts. Proclus and Hilarion of Ancyra (Galatian [Turkish], martyred in 115)
St. Proculus of Bologna (Italian, bishop, martyred by pagan Goths in 542)
St. Veronica of Jerusalem (Israelite, woman who wiped the face of Jesus on the way to Calvary, 1st century)
St. Viventiolus of Lyons (French, monk, archbishop, d. 524)

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 14, 2003.


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