July 16 -- today's saints and blesseds

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On July 16, we members of the Catholic Church family honor the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title, "Our Lady of Mount Carmel."
We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Athenogenes of Pontus (from Asia Minor [called Turkey today]? theologian, bishop, early martyr by fire)
Bl. Bartholomew Fernandes dos Martires of Lisbon [Bartolomeu] (Portuguese, Dominican friar, archbishop of Braga, died at age 76 in 1590 [beatified 2001])
Blessed Martyrs of Brazil (27 Brazilian, one Portuguese, one Spanish, one French ... two Jesuit parish priests and 28 parishioners ... tortured and martyred by Dutch Calvinist fanatics and local Indians in 1645 [beatified 2000])
[Some of the horrible tortures and murders: limbs were severed ... heads cut off ... bodies burned ... eyes, tongues, and noses torn off. One child was pinned to a tree trunk, and another sliced in half with a sword. Bl. Matthew Moreira had his heart ripped out through his back, as he cried: "Praised be the Blessed Sacrament".]
----- Bl. Ambrose Francis Ferro [Ambrosio Francisco] (Portuguese, priest)
----- Bl. Andrew de Soveral [Andre] (priest)
----- Bl. Anthony Baracho [Antonio]
----- Bl. Anthony Vilela Cid [Antonio] (Spanish)
----- Bl. Anthony Vilela [Antonio, the younger] and his son
----- Bl. Dominic Carvalho [Domingos]
----- Bl. Francis de Bastos [Francisco]
----- Bl. Francis Mendes Pereira [Francisco]
----- Bl. James Pereira [Diogo]
----- Bl. John da Silveira [João]
----- Bl. John Lostau Navarro [Jean] (French)
----- Bl. John Martins [João] and seven young companions
----- Bl. Joseph do Porto [Jose]
----- Bl. Manuel Rodrigues de Moura and his wife
----- Bl. Matthew Moreira [Mateus]
----- Bl. Simon Correia [Simão]
----- Bl. Steven Machado de Miranda [Estêvão] and his two children
----- Bl. Vincent de Souza Pereira [Vincente]
----- Bl. [name unknown] Dias (son of Francisco Dias)
St. Domnio of Bergamo (Italian, martyred c. 295)
St. Eustathius of Side (Pamphylian [from what is now Turkey], patriarch [bishop] of Antioch, opposed Arian heresy, c. 338)
St. Faustus (martyred [crucified and shot by arrows] in 250)
St. Fulrad of Saint-Denis (French, Benedictine abbot, counselor to emperors, d. 784)
St. Generosus of Poitou (French, Benedictine abbot, c. 682)
St. Helier of Tongres (Belgian, hermit on British island, martyred in 6th century)
Bl. Irmengard of Chiemsee (German, princess, Benedictine abbess, d. 866 [beatified 1928])
Bl. John Sugar of Wombourne (English, priest, martyred at about age 46 under James I in 1604 [beatified 1987])
Bl. Milo of Selincourt (French, Norbertine abbot, d. 1159)
St. Reineldis of Saintes (Belgian, nun, martyred by pagan Huns c. 680)
Bl. Robert Grissold of Romington (English, layman, martyred under James I in 1604 [beatified 1987])
St. Sinach MacDara (fisherman, 6th century)
St. Sisenandus of Badajoz (Portuguese, deacon in Spain, martyred [beheaded] by Moslems in 851)
St. Tenenan of Léon (British, hermit in France, bishop, c. 635)
St. Valentine of Trier (German, bishop, martyred c. 305)
St. Vitalian of Capua (Italian, bishop)
St. Vitalian of Osimo (Italian, bishop, d. 776)

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 16, 2004

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