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On September 2, 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. Agricola of Avignon (French, monk, bishop, died at about age 70 c. 700)
St. Antoninus of Pamia (French or Syrian?, destroyer of idols, martyred by pagans in 4th century)
St. Brocard of Mount Carmel (French, Carmelite prior of hermits, d. 1231)
St. Castor of Nimes (French, bishop of Apt, c. 420)
Sts. Diomedes, Julian, Philip, Eutychian, Hesychius, Leonides, Philadelphus, Menalippus, and Pantagapes (early martyrs [by burning, drowning, beheading, crucifixion])
St. Elpidius of Lyons (French, bishop, d. 422)
St. Elpidius of Cappadocia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], cave hermit, abbot, 4th century)
St. Hieu of Tadcaster (British, Benedictine abbess, c. 657)
Bl. Ingrid of Skänninge (Swedish, Dominican nun, d. 1282)
St. Justus of Vienne (French, bishop of Lyons, hermit in Egypt, d. 390)
St. Lolanus (Scottish, bishop, c. 1034)
St. Margaret la Fiere of Louvain [Marguerite] (French, maid at an inn, murdered at about age 18 in 1225 [canonized 1905])
St. Maxima of Rome (Italian, slave, martyred by scourging in 304)
St. Nonnosus of Mount Soracte (Italian, Benedictine monk, c. 575)
Blessed Martyrs of September of the French Revolution (French [190] and Swiss [1] … [arch]bishops, diocesan priests [86], consecrated men and women religious [including 23 Jesuit priests], and 4 laymen … martyred [slain by a mob] in 1792 [beatified 1926]) [Among them were:]
----- Bl. Andre Grasset de Saint Sauveur (French [born in Canada], priest, died at about age 34)
----- Bl. Alexander Charles Lanfant of Lyon (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 65)
----- Bl. Apollinaris Morel of Prez-vers-Noréaz (Swiss, Capuchin priest, died at age 53)
----- Bl. Augustine Ambrose Chevreux of Saint-Maur [Augustin Ambroise] and Bl. Julian Massey of Saint Florent de Saumur [Julien] [baptized René] (French, Maurist superior general and prior)
----- Bl. Charles Bérauld du Pérou of Meursac (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 54)
----- Bl. Charles de la Calmette of Valfons (French, count)
----- Bl. Charles le Gué of Rennes (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 67)
----- Bl. Claude Cayx-Dumas of Martel (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 67)
----- Bl. Claude Gagnières des Granges of Chambéry (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 70)
----- Bl. Claude Laporte of Brest (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 57)
----- Bl. Elias Herque du Roule of Lyon (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 51)
----- Bl. Francis Balmain of Luzy [François] (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 59)
----- Bl. Francis de la Rochefoucauld of Beauvais [François] (French, bishop, brother of Bl. Louis)
----- Bl. Francis le Livec of Quimper [François] (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 66)
----- Bl. Francis Urban Salins de Niart of Neu-Breisach [François-Urban] (French, priest, died at about age 32)
----- Bl. Francis Vareilhe-Duteil of Felletin [François] (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 58)
----- Bl. James Julius Bonnaud of Cap Français [Jacques-Jules] (French born in Haiti, Jesuit priest, died at age 51)
----- Bl. James Friteyre-Durvé of Marsac (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 66)
----- Bl. John Benedict Bourlat of Lyon [Jean-Benoît] (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 61)
----- Bl. John Charton de Millou of Lyon [Jean] (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 55)
----- Bl. John Francis Burte [Jean-Francois] (French, Franciscan friar)
----- Bl. John Mary du Lau of Arles [Jean-Marie] (French, archbishop)
----- Bl. John Seconds of Rodez [Jean] (French, Jesuit priest, died on his 58th birthday)
----- Bl. Louis Barreau de la Touche (French, Benedictine monk)
----- Bl. Louis de la Rochefoucauld of Saintes [François] (French, bishop, brother of Bl. Francis)
----- Bl. Louis Joseph François of Busigny (French, Vincentian priest, died at age 41)
----- Bl. Mathurin Le Bous de Villeneuve of Rennes (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 60)
----- Bl. Nicholas Verron of Quimperlé [Nicolas] (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 51)
----- Bl. Peter Guérin du Rocher of Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume [Pierre] (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 61)
----- Bl. René Andrieux of Rennes (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 50)
----- Bl. Robert Guérin du Rocher of Repas (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 55)
----- Bl. Severin Girault (French, Franciscan friar)
----- Bl. Solomon le Clerq [baptized Nicholas] (French, son of wealthy merchant, member of Brothers of Christian Schools, teacher)
----- Bl. Vincent le Rousseau de Rosancoat of Chateauneuf (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 66)
----- Bl. William Anthony Delfaud of l'Estang-de-Lol [Guillaume-Antoine] (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 59)
----- Bl. Wolf Thomas Bonnotte of Entrains [Loup-Thomas] (French, Jesuit priest, died at age 72)
St. Valentine of Strasbourg (French, bishop, 4th century)
St. William of Roskilde (English, king's chaplain, missionary in Denmark, bishop, died at about age 70 c. 1070)
Sts. Zeno, Concordius, and Theodore, of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor, father and sons, martyred in 302)

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), September 01, 2004

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