Jmj

Today, July 17, 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. Alexis ["The Man of God"] (Roman, wealthy man, beggar for the poor in Syria and Rome, 5th century)
St. Andrew Svorad (Polish, monk, teacher of St. Benedict of Skalka in Slovakia, c. 1010)
St. Ansuerus and companions (German, Benedictine abbot and monks in Denmark, martyred by stoning c. 1067)
Bl. Benignus Visdomini (Italian, priest, Vallumbrosan abbot general, hermit, d. 1236)
Blessed Teresian Martyrs of Compiègne (French, 16 women from a Carmelite monastery [14 nuns/sisters, 2 servants], martyred [guillotined] by revolutionaries in 1794 [beatified 1906])
----- Bl. Anne-Marie-Madeleine Thouret [Soeur (Sister) Charlotte de la Resurrection] (nun, chapel sacristan, age 78 at death)
----- Bl. Anne Petras [Soeur Marie-Henriette de la Providence] (nun, age 34)
----- Bl. Marie-Geneviève Meunier [Soeur Constance] (novice, age 29)
----- Bl. Rose Chrétien de la Neuville [Soeur Julie Louise de Jesus] (widow, nun, age 53)
----- Bl. Marie-Claude Cyprienne (or Catherine Charlotte?) Brard [Soeur Euphrasie de l'Immaculee Concepcion] (nun, age 58)
----- Bl. Madeleine-Claudine Ledoine [Mere (Mother) Thérèse de Saint-Augustine] (prioress, age 41)
----- Bl. Marie-Anne (or Antoinette) Brideau [Mere St. Louis] (sub-prioress, age 41)
----- Bl. Marie-Anne Piedcourt [Soeur de Jesus Crucifie] (nun, age 79)
----- Bl. Marie-Antoniette (or Anne) Hanisset [Soeur Thérèse de la Saint-Coeur-de-Marie] (nun, age c. 54)
----- Bl. Marie-Françoise Gabrielle de Croissy [Mere Henriette de Jesus] (former prioress, age 49)
----- Bl. Marie-Gabrielle Trézel [Soeur Thérèse de Saint-Ignace] (nun, age 51)
----- Bl. Angélique Roussel [Soeur Marie de le Saint Esprit] (lay sister, age 51)
----- Bl. Julie (or Juliette) Vérolot [Soeur Saint-Francois-Xavier] (lay sister, age 30)
----- Bl. Marie Dufour [Soeur Sainte-Marthe] (lay sister, age 51)
----- Bl. Catherine Soiron and Bl. Thérèse Soiron (biological sisters, servants for over 20 years, ages 52 and 46)
Bl. Ceslas Odrowatz of Kannen (Silesian [Polish], priest, Dominican missionary, d. 1242)
St. Clement Slovensky of Okhrida and companions (Greek [of Slavic descent], missionary bishop in Bulgaria, d. 916)
St. Cynllo (Welsh, 5th century)
St. Ennodius of Pavia [as a pagan, Magnus Felix Ennodius] (Italian, professor of rhetoric, bishop, writer of hymns, d. 521)
St. Fredegand of Kerkelodor (Belgian, Benedictine abbot, c. 740)
St. Generosus of Tivoli (Italian, early martyr)
St. Hyacinth of Paphlagonia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], early martyr)
King St. Kenelm (English, monarch, c. 820)
Pope St. Leo IV (Roman, subdeacon, cardinal, elected to papacy in 847, reigned until death in 855)
St. Marcellina (Roman, elder sister of St. Ambrose [whom she taught], consecrated virgin, c. 398)
St. Marie-Madeleine Postel [baptized Julie Francoise Catherine] (French, co-foundress and superior of Sisters of the Christian Schools of Mercy, died at age 90 in 1846 [canonized 1925])
St. Nerses Lampronazi (Armenian, hermit, archbishop in Turkey, worked for Christian unity, d. 1198)
Seven Apostles of Bulgaria (Eastern Christians, foremost evangelizers of Bulgaria [Sts. Cyril, Methodius, Gorazd, Nahum, Sabas, Angelarius, Clement of Okhrida], 7th and 8th centuries)
Sts. Speratus, Narzales, Cythinus, Veturius, Felix, Acyllinus, Laetantius, Januaria, Generosa, Vestina, Donata, and Secunda ["Scillitan Martyrs"] (North African, seven men and five women, marytred by the sword in 180)
St. Theodosius of Auxerre (French, bishop, d. 516)
St. Theodota (Constantinopolitan [Turkish], protector of forbidden icons, martyred c. 735)
St. Turninus of Antwerp (Irish, monk, missionary priest in Holland, 8th 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@desc.dla.mil), July 18, 2002

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Jmj

On July 17, 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. Alexis of Rome ["The Man of God"] (Italian, wealthy man, beggar for the poor in Syria and Rome, 5th century)
St. Andrew Svorad [Andrej Swierad] (Polish, monk, teacher of St. Benedict of Skalka in Slovakia, c. 1010)
St. Ansuerus of Schleswig and companions (German, Benedictine abbot and monks in Denmark, martyred by stoning c. 1067)
Bl. Benigno Visdomini of Florence (Italian, priest, Vallumbrosan abbot general, hermit, d. 1236)
Bl. Ceslas Odrowatz of Kannen [Czeslaw] (Silesian [Polish], priest, Dominican missionary, d. 1242)
St. Cynllo (Welsh, 5th century)
St. Ennodius of Pavia [as a pagan, Magnus Felix Ennodius] (Italian, professor of rhetoric, bishop, writer of hymns, d. 521)
St. Fredegand of Kerkelodor (Belgian, Benedictine abbot, c. 740)
St. Generosus of Tivoli (Italian, early martyr)
St. Hyacinth of Paphlagonia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], early martyr)
King St. Kenelm of Mercia (English, monarch, c. 820)
Pope St. Leo IV of Rome (Italian, subdeacon, cardinal, elected to papacy in 847, reigned until death in 855)
St. Marcellina of Rome (Italian, elder sister of St. Ambrose [whom she taught], consecrated virgin, c. 398)
St. Marie-Madeleine Postel of Barfleur [Mary Magdalen] [baptized Julie Françoise Catherine] (French, co-foundress and superior of Sisters of the Christian Schools of Mercy, died at age 90 in 1846 [canonized 1925])
St. Nerses of Lampron (Armenian, hermit, archbishop in Turkey, worked for Christian unity, d. 1198)
Bl. Paul Peter Gojdic of Ruské Peklany [Pavol Peter] (Slovak, Basilian monk, Byzantine Catholic bishop of Presov, aided war refugees, arrested and tortured by Communists, d. 1960 [beatified 2001])
Bl. Peter ToRot of Rakunai (Papua New Guinean, catechist, martyred at age 33 in 1945 [beatified 1995])
Seven Apostles of Bulgaria [Sts. Cyril, Methodius, Gorazd, Nahum, Sabas, Angelarius, and Clement Slovensky] (Eastern Christians, foremost evangelizers of Bulgaria [Sts. of Okhrida], 7th through 10th centuries)
Sts. Speratus, Narzales, Cythinus, Veturius, Felix, Acyllinus, Laetantius, Januaria, Generosa, Vestina, Donata, and Secunda, of Scillium (North African, seven men and five women, marytred by the sword in 180)
Blessed Teresian Martyrs of Compiègne (French, 16 women from a Carmelite monastery [14 nuns/sisters, 2 servants], martyred [guillotined] by revolutionaries in 1794 [beatified 1906])
----- Bl. Charlotte of the Resurrection Thouret of Mouy [baptized Anne-Marie-Madeleine (Ann Mary Magdalen)] (nun, chapel sacristan, age 78 at death)
----- Bl. Mary Henrietta of Providence Petras of Carjarc [Marie-Henriette de la Providence] [baptized Anne] (nun, age 34)
----- Bl. Constance Meunier of Saint-Denis [baptized Marie-Geneviève] (novice, age 29)
----- Bl. Julie Louise of Jesus de la Neuville of Evreux [baptized Rose Chrétien (Rose Christian)] (widow, nun, age 53)
----- Bl. Euphrasia of the Immaculate Conception Brard of Bourth [Euphrasie de l'Immaculee Concepcion] [baptized Marie-Claude Cyprienne (or Catherine Charlotte?)] (nun, age 58)
----- Bl. (Mother) Thérèse of St. Augustine Ledoine of Paris [baptized Madeleine-Claudine] (prioress, age 41)
----- Bl. (Mother) St. Louis Brideau of Belfort [baptized Marie-Anne (or Antoinette)] (sub-prioress, age 41)
----- Bl. Sister of Jesus Crucified Piedcourt [Soeur de Jesus Crucifie] [baptized Marie-Anne] (nun, age 79)
----- Bl. Teresa of the Holy Heart of Mary Hanisset of Rheims [Thérèse de la Saint-Coeur-de-Marie] [baptized Marie-Antoniette (or Anne)] (nun, age c. 54)
----- Bl. (Mother) Henrietta of Jesus de Croissy of Paris [Henriette de Jesus] [baptized Marie-Françoise Gabrielle (Mary Frances Gabriel)] (former prioress, age 49)
----- Bl. Teresa of St. Ignatius Trézel of Compiègne [Thérèse de Saint-Ignace] [baptized Marie-Gabrielle (Mary Gabriel)] (nun, age 51)
----- Bl. Mary of the Holy Spirit Roussel of Fresnes [Marie de le Saint Esprit] [baptized Angélique (Angelica)] (lay sister, age 51)
----- Bl. (Sister) St. Francis Xavier Vérolot of Laignes [Soeur Saint-François-Xavier] [baptized Julie (or Juliette)] (lay sister, age 30)
----- Bl. (Sister) St. Martha Dufour of Beaune [Soeur Sainte-Marthe] [baptized Marie] (lay sister, age 51)
----- Bl. Catherine Soiron and Bl. Thérèse Soiron of Compiègne (biological sisters, servants for over 20 years, ages 52 and 46)
St. Theodosius of Auxerre (French, bishop, d. 516)
St. Theodota of Constantinople (Turkish, protector of forbidden icons, martyred c. 735)
St. Turninus of Antwerp (Irish, monk, missionary priest in Holland, 8th 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), July 17, 2003.