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Today, July 27, 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. Alfonso Pacheco (Spanish, nobleman, Jesuit missionary priest to pagans in India, martyred [hacked by scimitars and spears] in 1583)
St. Anthusa (Constantinopolitan [Turkish], abbess, tortured but not martyred, 8th century)
Bl. Berthold of Garsten (Swiss, widower, Benedictine abbot in Austria, d. 1142)
St. Congall of Iabnallivin (Scottish, abbot)
Bl. Conrad of Ottobeuren (Bavarian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1227)
St. Ecclesius of Ravenna (Italian, bishop, d. 532)
St. Etherius of Auxerre (French, bishop, d. 573)
Sts. Felix, Julia, and Jucunda (early martyrs)
Sts. George, Aurelius, Natalia, Felix, and Liliosa (one Palestinian and four Spanish, deacon and two married couples, martyred [beheaded] by Moslems in 852)
Sts. Hermolaus, Hermippus, and Hermacrates (from Asia Minor [Turkish], priest and two brothers, martyred c. 300)
St. Luican (Irish)
Bl. Lucy Bufalari (Italian, Augustinian prioress, d. 1350)
Bl. Mary Magdalen Martinengo (Italian, Capuchin prioress, d. 1737 [beatified 1900])
Sts. Maurus, Pantalemon, and Sergius (martyred c. 117)
Bl. Nevolo of Faenza (Italian, shoemaker, first Franciscan tertiary, Camaldolese brother, d. 1280)
St. Pantaleon (from Asia Minor [Turkish], physician, martyred by beheading c. 305)
Sts. Maximian, Malchus, Martinian, Dionysius, John, Serapion, and Constantine (Ephesian [Turkish], martyred in 3rd or 4th century)
St. Theobald of Marly (French, knight, Cistercian abbot, d. 1247)

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 25, 2002

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On July 27, 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. Alphonse Pacheco of Minaya [Alonso] and Bl. Anthony Francisco of Coimbra [Antonio] (Spanish and Portuguese, Jesuit missionary priests to pagans in India, martyred [hacked by scimitars and spears] in 1583)
St. Anthusa of Constantinople (Turkish, abbess, tortured but not martyred, 8th century)
Bl. Berthold of Garsten (Swiss, widower, Benedictine abbot in Austria, d. 1142)
St. Congall of Iabnallivin (Scottish, abbot)
Bl. Conrad of Ottobeuren (Bavarian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1227)
St. Ecclesius of Ravenna (Italian, bishop, d. 532)
St. Etherius of Auxerre (French, bishop, d. 573)
Sts. Felix, Julia, and Jucunda, of Nicomedia (early martyrs)
Sts. George, Aurelius, Natalia, Felix, and Liliosa, of Córdova (one Palestinian and four Spanish, deacon and two married couples, martyred [beheaded] by Moslems in 852)
Sts. Hermolaus, Hermippus, and Hermacrates, of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], priest and two brothers, martyred c.300)
Bl. Joseph Lambton of Malton (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 24 under Elizabeth I in 1592 [beatified 1987])
St. Luican (Irish)
Bl. Lucy Bufalari of Castel Porziano [Lucia] (Italian, Augustinian prioress, d. 1350)
Bl. Mary Magdalen Martinengo of Brescia [Maria Maddalena] (Italian, Capuchin prioress, d. 1737 [beatified 1900])
Sts. Maurus, Pantalemon, and Sergius, of Bisceglia (martyred c. 117)
Sts. Maximian, Malchus, Martinian, Dionysius, John, Serapion, and Constantine, of Ephesus (from Asia Minor [Turkish], martyred in 3rd or 4th century)
Bl. Nevolo of Faenza (Italian, shoemaker, first Franciscan tertiary, Camaldolese brother, d. 1280)
St. Pantaleon of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], physician, martyred by beheading c. 305)
Bl. Robert Sutton of Burton-on-Trent (English, priest, martyred at about age 43 under Elizabeth I in 1588 [beatified 1987])
St. Theobald of Marly (French, knight, Cistercian abbot, d. 1247)
Bl. William Davies of Colwyn Bay (Welsh, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1593 [beatified 1987])

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 25, 2003.