August 19 -- today's saints and blesseds

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On August 19, 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. John Eudes of Ri [Jean] (French, priest, founded Congregation of Jesus and Mary [Eudists] and Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, died at age 78 in 1680 [beatified 1909, canonized 1925])

St. Andrew the Tribune of Rome (Italian, army officer, converted in Persia, martyred in Cilicia [part of what is now Turkey] in 300)
St. Badulfus of Ainay (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 850)
St. Bertulf of Bobbio (French, abbot in Italy, d. 640)
Sts. Calminius of Villars and Namadia of Marsat (French ... hermit who later founded monasteries and his widow who later was a nun, d. 690)
Bl. Christopher Robinson of Woodside (English, priest, martyred under Elizabeth I at about age 33 in 1598 [beatified 1987])
St. Credan of Evesham (British, Benedictine abbot, d. 780)
St. Donatus of Provence (French, hermit, d. 535)
St. Elaphius of Châlons-sur-Marne (French, bishop, d. 580)
Bl. Emily Bicchieri of Vercelli (Italian, Dominican tertiary abbess from age 20 to 76, d. 1314)
St. Ezekiel Moreno y Diaz of Alfaro Tarazona [Ezequiel] (Spanish, missionary, bishop of Pinara and Pasto in Colombia, died at age 58 in 1906 [beatified 1975, canonized 1992])
St. Guenninus of Vannes (French, bishop, 7th century)
Bl. Guerricus of Tournai (French, Cistercian abbot, died at about age 75 c. 1155 [beatified 1889])
Bl. Hugh Green of London (English, priest, martyred by hanging under Charles I in 1642 [beatified 1929])
St. Julius of Rome (Italian, senator, martyred in 190)
St. Louis of Nocera (French, prince of Naples, Franciscan friar, very young bishop of Toulouse, died at about age 23 in 1297 [canonized 1317])
St. Magnus of Avignon (French, governor, widower, monk, and bishop, d. 660)
St. Marianus of Entraigues (French, hermit)
St. Marinus of Catalonia (Spanish, Benedictine abbot, bishop)
St. Mochta of Louth (Irish, bishop)
Blessed Martyrs of Nagasaki of 1622 (Japanese and European, sailors and others, martyred [some burned, some beheaded] in Japan in 1622 [beatified 1867])
----- Bl. Anthony, Bl. Bartholomew Monfiore, Bl. Paul Sanchiki, Bl. Thomas Koyanangi, Bl. Lawrence Rokuyemon, Bl. Leo Suchiemon (Japanese ... sailors, passenger, merchant, pilot [on ship transporting European Catholics to Japan] ... beheaded)
----- Bl. James Denxi, Bl. Joachim Firayama-Diz, Bl. John Foyamon, Bl. John Nangata, Bl. John Yano, and companions (Japanese, sailors and others, beheaded)
----- Bl. Louis Flores (Belgian, became Dominican priest in Mexico, missionary to Philippines, burned)
----- Bl. Michael Diaz [Miguel] (Spanish, maritime merchant, burned)
----- Bl. Peter Zuniga [Pedro] (Spanish, Augustinian priest, missionary to Philippines and Japan, burned)
St. Rufinus of Mantua (Italian, priest, early martyr)
St. Sarah of Ur [originally Sarai] (Chaldean [from what is now Iraq], wife of Old Testament patriarch Abram [Abraham], nomad in Canaan, mother of Isaac at age 90, c. 2100 B.C.)
St. Sebaldus of the Reichswald (Benedictine hermit, later missionary to Germany, c. 770)
Sts. Timothy, Thecla, and Agapius, of Gaza (Palestinian ... bishop and others ... tortured and martyred [one burned, one thrown to animals, one drowned] between 304 and 306)

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), August 19, 2004

Answers

[St. John Eudes is known for his great devotion to, and writings about the hearts of Jesus and Mary. Here are two brief excerpts from his works:]

"The Christian life is a continuation and completion of the life of Christ in us. We should be so many Christs here on earth, continuing His life and His works, laboring and suffering in a holy and divine manner in the spirit of Jesus."

"The air that we breathe, the bread that we eat, the heart which throbs in our bosoms, are not more necessary for man that he may live as a human being, than is prayer for the Christian that he may live as a Christian."

-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), August 19, 2004.


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