July 4 -- today's saints and blesseds

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On July 4, 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. Elizabeth of Aragon [also called Elizabeth of Portugal] [Isabel] (Spanish, grand-niece of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, daughter of king, married king of Portugal at age 12, mother of two, Franciscan tertiary, peacemaker, died at about age 65 in 1336 [canonized 1625])

St. Albert Quadrelli of Rivolta d'Adda [Alberto] (Italian, parish priest for 25 years, bishop of Lodi, d. 1179)
St. Andrew of Jerusalem (Syrian, monk in Jerusalem, deacon in Constantinople, writer of hymns, archbishop of Gortyna in Crete, died at about age 80 c. 740)
St. Aurelian of Lyons (French, Benedictine abbot, archbishop, d. 895)
St. Bertha of Blangy (French, aristocrat, mother of five, widow, Benedictine hermitess, c. 725)
Bl. Catherine Jarrige of Doumis (French, virgin, Dominican tertiary, died at age 81 in 1836 [beatified 1996])
St. Finbar of Wexford (Irish? abbot on English island, 6th century)
St. Haggai of Chaldea [also called Aggaeus] (Israelite, Old Testament prophet, c. 516 B.C.)
Bl. Hatto of Ottobeuren (German, Benedictine monk, d. 985)
Bl. Henry of Albano [Henri] (French, Cistercian monk, cardinal archbishop in Italy, died in France in 1188)
St. Hosea of Ephraim [also called Osee] (Israelite, prophet, 8th century B.C.)
Sts. Innocent, Sebastia, and thirty companions, of Sirmium (Serbian, early martyrs)
Bl. John Cornelius of Bodmin [aka Mohun], Bl. Thomas Bosgrave of Cornwall, Bl. Patrick Salmon, and Bl. John [aka Terence] Carey of Dublin (English [3] and Irish ... Jesuit priest, gentleman, two servants ... tortured and martyred [hanged] under Elizabeth I in 1594 [beatified in 1929]) [Cornelius was about 37]
Bl. Joseph Kowalski of Siedliska [Józef] (Polish, Salesian priest, martyred by Nazis [drowned] at Auschwitz [Poland] at age 31 in 1942 [beatified 1999])
St. Joseph Peter Nguyên Dinh Uyên of East Tonkin (Vietnamese ... Dominican tertiary, catechist, martyred by strangling at about age 60 in 1838 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988])
St. Jucundian (African, early martyr by drowning)
St. Laurian of Seville (Hungarian, deacon in Italy, archbishop in Spain, martyred in France c. 544)
St. Namphanion and companions, of Madaura (Numidian [North African], martyred c. 180)
St. Odo the Good of Canterbury (English, Benedictine monk, archbishop, advisor to kings, died at about age 88 in 959)
Bl. Peter George Frassati of Turin [Pier Giorgio] (Italian, single layman, Dominican tertiary, died at age 24 in 1925 [beatified 1990])
Bl. Peter of Ligny [also called Peter of Luxembourg] [Pierre] (French, bishop of Metz at age 13, cardinal of San Giorgio in Velabro in Italy at 16, died at age 18 in 1387 [beatified 1527])
St. Procopius of Sazaba [Prokop] (Czech, priest, hermit, Basilian abbot, died at about age 72 in 1053 [canonized 1204])
St. Theodore of Cyrene (Libyan, scriptural copyist, bishop, martyred c. 310)
St. Ulrich of Augsburg (German, bishop for 50 years, died in Switzerland at about age 83 in 973 [canonized 993 - reputedly the first canonization by a pope])
Bl. William Andleby of Etton, Bl. Edward Fulthrop of Yorkshire, Bl. Thomas Warcop of Yorkshire, and Bl. Henry Abbot of Howden (English, priest and three laymen, martyred [hanged] under Elizabeth I in 1597 [beatified in 1929])
Bl. William of Hirsau [Wilhelm] (German, Benedictine abbot, d. 1091)

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), July 04, 2004

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