July 29 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, July 29, 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. Martha (Israelite, virgin, sister of Mary and Lazarus of Bethany, disciple of Jesus, c. 80)
St. Callinicus (Paphlagonian [Turkish], martyred by burning in 3rd century)
St. Faustinus of Spello (Italian, bishop's attendant, 4th century)
Bl. Joseph Zhang Wen-lan, Bl. John Baptist Luo Ting-ying, and Bl. Martha Wang-Luo (2 Chinese and 1 Vietnamese ... seminarian, servant, and widow/messenger ... martyred by beheading at ages 30, 36, and 59 in 1861 [canonized 2000])
St. Kilian (Irish, abbot, 7th century)
Bl. Luis Bertrán and two companions (Spanish, Dominican priest and two others, missionaries to Philippines, martyred by burning in 1629)
Sts. Lucilla, Flora, Eugene, Antony, and Theodore (martyred c. 260)
St. Lupus of Troyes (French, lawyer, bishop for 52 years, c. 478)
King St. Olaf II Haraldsson (Norwegian, converted pirate, monarch, d. 1030)
St. Prosper of Orléans (French, bishop, c. 453)
St. Seraphina (virgin, c. 426)
St. Serapia (Syrian, slave, martyred in 119)
Sts. Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrice (Roman, brothers and sister, tortured and martyred by beheading or strangling c. 303)
St. Sulian (English, abbot, 6th century)
Pope Bl. Urban II [baptized Odo of Lagery] (French, nobleman, Benedictine prior, cardinal bishop, papal legate, elected to papacy in 1088, approved First Crusade, reigned until death in Rome in 1099)
St. William Pinchon of Saint-Brieuc (French, nobleman, bishop, d. 1234 [incorruptible])

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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Jmj

On July 29, 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. Martha of Bethany (Israelite, virgin, sister of Mary and Lazarus, disciple of Jesus, c. 80)

St. Callinicus of Paphlagonia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], martyred by burning in 3rd century)
St. Faustinus of Spello (Italian, bishop's attendant, 4th century)
Sts. Joseph Zhang Wen-lan of Sichuan, John Baptist Luo Ting-ying of Qingyian, and Martha Wang Luo Man-de of Zunyi (Chinese ... seminarian, servant, and widow/messenger ... martyred by beheading at ages 30/36/59 in 1861 [canonized 2000])
St. Kilian of Inishcaltra (Irish, abbot, 7th century)
Bl. Louis Bertrán of Barcelona [Luis], Bl. Mancius of the Holy Cross, and Bl. Peter of God’s Holy Mother (Spanish and two Japanese, Dominican missionary priest and catechists, martyred by burning in 1627 [beatified 1867])
Sts. Lucilla, Flora, Eugene, Antony, and Theodore (martyred c. 260)
St. Lupus of Troyes (French, lawyer, bishop for 52 years, c. 478)
King St. Olaf II Haraldsson of Ringerike (Norwegian, converted pirate, monarch, d. 1030)
St. Prosper of Orléans (French, bishop, c. 453)
St. Seraphina (virgin, c. 426)
St. Serapia (Syrian, slave, martyred in 119)
Sts. Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrice, of Rome (Italian, brothers and sister, tortured and martyred by beheading or strangling c. 303)
St. Sulian (English, abbot, 6th century)
Pope Bl. Urban II of Châtillons-sur-Marne [Urbano] [baptized Odo] (French, nobleman, Benedictine prior, cardinal bishop, papal legate, elected to papacy in 1088, approved First Crusade, reigned until death in Rome in 1099)
St. William Pinchon of Saint-Brieuc [Guillaume] (French, nobleman, bishop, d. 1234 [incorruptible])

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 29, 2003.


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