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On July 27, 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:

Bl. Alphonse Pacheco of Minaya [Alonso] and Bl. Anthony Francisco of Coimbra [Antonio] (Spanish and Portuguese, Jesuit missionary priests to pagans in India, martyred [hacked by scimitars and spears] at about age 32 in 1583 [beatified 1893])
St. Anthusa of Constantinople (Turkish, abbess, tortured but not martyred, 8th century)
St. Arethas of Nedshran (Arabian, martyred by beheading at about age 96 in 523)
St. Berthold of Garsten (Swiss, widower, Benedictine abbot in Austria, died at about age 82 in 1142 [canonized 1970])
St. Congall of Iabnallivin (Scottish, abbot)
Bl. Conrad of Ottobeuren (Bavarian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1227)
St. Ecclesius of Ravenna (Italian, bishop, d. 532)
St. Etherius of Auxerre (French, bishop, d. 573)
Sts. Felix, Julia, and Jucunda, of Nicomedia (early martyrs)
Sts. George, Aurelius, Natalia, Felix, and Liliosa, of Córdova (one Palestinian and four Spanish, deacon and two married couples, martyred [beheaded] by Moslems in 852)
Sts. Hermolaus, Hermippus, and Hermacrates, of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], priest and two brothers, martyred c.300)
Bl. Joseph Lambton of Malton (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I at about age 24 in 1592 [beatified 1987])
St. Luican (Irish)
Bl. Lucy Bufalari of Castel Porziano [Lucia] (Italian, Augustinian prioress, d. 1350 [beatified 1832])
Bl. Mary Clement of the Crucified Jesus Staszewska of Zloczew [Maria Klemensa] [baptized Elena (Helen)] (Polish, Ursuline sister, martyred by Nazis at Auschwitz [Poland] three days before her 53rd birthday in 1943 [beatified 1999])
Bl. Mary Magdalen Martinengo of Brescia [Maria Maddalena] (Italian, Capuchin prioress, died at about age 50 in 1737 [beatified 1900])
Sts. Maurus, Pantalemon, and Sergius, of Bisceglia (bishop and others, martyred c. 117)
Sts. Maximian, Malchus, Martinian, Dionysius, John, Serapion, and Constantine, of Ephesus (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], martyred in 3rd or 4th century)
Bl. Nevolo of Faenza (Italian, shoemaker, first Franciscan tertiary, Camaldolese brother, d. 1280 [beatified 1817])
St. Pantaleon of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor, physician, martyred by beheading c. 305)
Bl. Robert Sutton of Burton-on-Trent (English, priest, martyred under Elizabeth I at about age 43 in 1588 [beatified 1987])
St. Theobald of Marly (French, knight, Cistercian abbot, d. 1247)
Bl. William Davies of Colwyn Bay (Welsh, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1593 [beatified 1987])

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 27, 2004

Answers

-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), July 27, 2004.

Thanks for the updates JFG. God bless you& your holy parents.

May St. Pio pray for you guys.

-- - (David@excite.com), July 27, 2004.

Thanks, David -- and may St. Elizabeth Seton bless your holy household. JFG

-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), July 28, 2004.