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On July 29, 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. Martha of Bethany (Israelite, virgin, sister of Mary and Lazarus, disciple of Jesus, c. 80)

St. Callinicus of Paphlagonia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], martyred by burning in 3rd century)
St. Faustinus of Spello (Italian, bishop's attendant, 4th century)
Sts. Joseph Zhang Wen-lan of Ba, John Baptist Luo Ting-ying of Qing-yian, and Martha Wang Luo Man-de of Zun-yi (Chinese ... seminarian, servant, and widow ... martyred by beheading at ages 30/36/59 in 1861 [beatified 1909, canonized 2000])
St. Kilian of Inishcaltra (Irish, abbot, 7th century)
Bl. Louis Bertrán of Barcelona [Luis], Bl. Mancius of the Holy Cross, and Bl. Peter of God’s Holy Mother (Spanish and two Japanese ... Dominican missionary priest and catechists ... martyred by burning in Japan in 1627 [beatified 1867])
Sts. Lucilla, Flora, Eugene, Antony, and Theodore (martyred c. 260)
St. Lupus of Toul (French, lawyer, bishop of Troyes for 52 years, died at about age 95 c. 478)
King St. Olaf II Haraldsson of Ringerike (Norwegian, converted pirate, monarch, died [in battle] at about age 35 in 1030 [canonized 1164])
St. Paul Chen Chang-pin of Xing-ren (Chinese, seminarian, martyred at age 23 in 1861 [beatified 1909, canonized 2000])
St. Prosper of Orléans (French, bishop, c. 453)
St. Seraphina (virgin, c. 426)
St. Serapia (Syrian, slave, martyred in 119)
Sts. Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrice, of Rome (Italian, brothers and sister, tortured and martyred c. 303)
St. Sulian (British, abbot, 6th century)
Pope Bl. Urban II of Châtillons-sur-Marne [Urbano] [baptized Odo] (French, nobleman, Benedictine prior, cardinal bishop of Ostia in Italy, papal legate, elected to papacy in 1088, approved First Crusade, reigned until death at about age 57 in Rome in 1099 [beatified 1881])
St. William Pinchon of Brittany [Guillaume] (French, nobleman, bishop of Saint-Brieuc, died at about age 54 in 1234 [canonized about 1253] [incorruptible])

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

-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), July 29, 2004

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-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), July 29, 2004.