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On July 17, 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. Alexis of Rome ["The Man of God"] (Italian, wealthy man, beggar for the poor in Syria and Rome, 5th century)
St. Andrew Svorad [Andrej Swierad] (Polish, monk, teacher of St. Benedict of Skalka in Slovakia, c. 1010)
St. Ansuerus of Schleswig and companions (German, Benedictine abbot and monks in Denmark, martyred by stoning c. 1067)
Bl. Benigno Visdomini of Florence (Italian, priest, Vallumbrosan abbot general, hermit, d. 1236)
Bl. Czeslaw Odrowatz of Kannen (Silesian [Polish], priest, Dominican missionary, died at about age 62 in 1242 [beatified 1712])
St. Cynllo (Welsh, 5th century)
St. Ennodius of Pavia [as a pagan, Magnus Felix Ennodius] (Italian, professor of rhetoric, bishop, writer of hymns, died at about age 48 in 521)
St. Fredegand of Kerkelodor (Belgian, Benedictine abbot, c. 740)
St. Generosus of Tivoli (Italian, early martyr)
St. Hyacinth of Paphlagonia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], early martyr)
King St. Kenelm of Mercia (British, monarch, c. 820)
Pope St. Leo IV of Rome (Italian, subdeacon, cardinal, elected to papacy in 847, reigned until death in 855)
St. Marcellina of Rome (Italian, elder sister of St. Ambrose [whom she taught], consecrated virgin, c. 398)
St. Mary Magdalen Postel of Barfleur [Marie-Madeleine] [baptized Julie-Françoise-Catherine (Julia Frances Catherine)] (French, co-foundress and superior of Sisters of the Christian Schools of Mercy, died at age 89 in 1846 [beatified 1908, canonized 1925])
St. Nerses of Lampron (Armenian, hermit, archbishop of Tarsus in Turkey, worked for Christian unity, died at about age 45 in 1198)
Bl. Paul Gojdic of Ruské Peklany [Pavol] [baptized Peter] (Slovak, diocesan parish priest, became Basilian monk, Byzantine Catholic bishop of Prešov, aided war refugees, arrested and tortured by Communists, died on his 72nd birthday in 1960 [beatified 2001])
Bl. Peter ToRot of Rakunai (Papua New Guinean, catechist, martyred at age 33 in 1945 [beatified 1995])
Seven Holy Apostles of Bulgaria [Sts. Cyril, Methodius, Gorazd, Nahum, Sabas, Angelarius, and Clement Slovensky] (Eastern Christians, foremost evangelizers of Bulgaria, 7th through 10th centuries)
Sts. Speratus, Narzales, Cythinus, Veturius, Felix, Acyllinus, Laetantius, Januaria, Generosa, Vestina, Donata, and Secunda, of Scillium (North African, seven men and five women, marytred by the sword in 180)
Blessed Teresian Martyrs of Compiègne (French, 16 women from a Carmelite monastery [14 nuns/sisters, 2 servants], martyred [guillotined] by revolutionaries in 1794 [beatified 1906])
----- Bl. Charlotte of the Resurrection Thouret of Mouy [baptized Anne-Marie-Madeleine (Ann Mary Magdalen)] (nun, chapel sacristan, age 78 at death)
----- Bl. Mary Henrietta of Providence Petras of Carjarc [Marie-Henriette de la Providence] [baptized Anne] (nun, age 34)
----- Bl. Constance Meunier of Saint-Denis [baptized Marie-Geneviève] (novice, age 29)
----- Bl. Julie Louise of Jesus de la Neuville of Evreux [Julie-Louise de Jesus] [baptized Rose Chrétien (Rose Christian)] (widow, nun, age 53)
----- Bl. Euphrasia of the Immaculate Conception Brard of Bourth [Euphrasie de l'Immaculee Concepcion] [baptized Marie-Claude Cyprienne (or Catherine Charlotte?)] (nun, age 58)
----- Bl. (Mother) Therese of St. Augustine Ledoine of Paris [(Mere) Thérèse de Saint-Augustin] [baptized Madeleine-Claudine] (prioress, age 41)
----- Bl. (Mother) St. Louis Brideau of Belfort [(Mere) Saint-Louis] [baptized Marie-Anne (or Antoinette)] (sub-prioress, age 41)
----- Bl. (Sister) of Jesus Crucified Piedcourt [(Soeur) de Jesus Crucifie] [baptized Marie-Anne] (nun, age 79)
----- Bl. Therese of the Holy Heart of Mary Hanisset of Rheims [Thérèse de la Saint-Coeur-de-Marie] [baptized Marie-Antoniette (or Anne)] (nun, age c. 54)
----- Bl. (Mother) Henrietta of Jesus de Croissy of Paris [(Mere) Henriette de Jesus] [baptized Marie-Françoise Gabrielle (Mary Frances Gabriel)] (former prioress, age 49)
----- Bl. Therese of St. Ignatius Trézel of Compiègne [Thérèse de Saint-Ignace] [baptized Marie-Gabrielle (Mary Gabriel)] (nun, age 51)
----- Bl. Mary of the Holy Spirit Roussel of Fresnes [Marie de le Saint Esprit] [baptized Angélique (Angelica)] (religious sister, age 51)
----- Bl. (Sister) St. Francis Xavier Vérolot of Laignes [(Soeur) Saint-François-Xavier] [baptized Julie (or Juliette)] (religious sister, age 30)
----- Bl. (Sister) St. Martha Dufour of Beaune [(Soeur) Sainte-Marthe] [baptized Marie] (religious sister, age 51)
----- Bl. Catherine Soiron and Bl. Thérèse Soiron of Compiègne (biological sisters, servants for over 20 years, ages 52 and 46)
St. Theodosius of Auxerre (French, bishop, d. 516)
St. Theodota of Constantinople (from what is now Turkey, protector of forbidden icons, martyred c. 735)
St. Turninus of Antwerp (Irish, monk, missionary priest in Holland, 8th century)

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 17, 2004

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