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On June 30, 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:

Holy Martyrs of Rome [also called “First Martyrs of the Church of Rome”] (a composite feast for sixteen groups comprising thousands of Christians who perished during persecutions between the mid-first century and the early-fourth-century rise of the emperor Constantine.)

St. Airick (English, companion of St. Godric of Finchale, hermit, 12th century)
St. Basilides (Egyptian, soldier, martyred in 205)
St. Bertrand of Autun (French, bishop, died at about age 70 in 623)
St. Clotsindis of Machiennes (Belgian? Benedictine abbess, d. 714)
St. Erentrude of Salzburg (Austrian, Benedictine abbess, c. 718)
Bl. Januarius Mary Sarnelli of Naples [Gennaro Maria] (Italian, Redemptorist priest, died at age 42 in 1744 [beatified 1996])
St. Lucina (martyred in 1st century)
St. Marcian of Pamplona (Spanish, bishop, 8th century)
St. Martial of Limoges (French, missionary bishop, 3rd century)
St. Ostianus (French, priest)
Bl. Philip Powell (Welsh or English, Benedictine priest, martyred under Charles I in 1646 [beatified 1929])
Bl. Raymond Lull of Palma [Ramon] (Spanish, courtier, troubador, Franciscan tertiary, missionary to Moslems, died at about age 81 c. 1315)
Bl. Sidonia Schelingova of Kriva [Zdenka] [baptized Cecilia] (Slovak, member of Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Holy Cross, nurse, imprisoned by Communists, tortured, martyred at age 38 in 1955 [beatified 2003])
St. Theobald of Provins (French, nobleman, pilgrim, hermit, priest, Camaldolese monk, died at about age 49 in 1066 [canonized 1073])
St. Vincent Dô Yên of Trà Lu (Vietnamese, Dominican priest, martyred by beheading at about age 73 in 1838 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988])

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. Additional 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), June 30, 2004

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