September 10 -- today's saints and blesseds

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On September 10, 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. Agnes Cao Gui-ying of Wu-jia-zhai (Chinese, widow, catechist, martyred at age 35 in 1856 [beatified 1900, canonized 2000])
St. Ambrose Barlow of Manchester [baptized Edward] (English, Benedictine priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Charles I at about age 56 in 1641 [beatified 1929, canonized 1970])
St. Autbert of Avranches (French, bishop, founded Mont St. Michel abbey, d. 725)
St. Barypsabas (hermit, martyred in Dalmatia in 1st century)
St. Candida the Younger of Naples (Italian, wife and mother, miracle worker, d. 586)
St. Cosmas of Palermo [Cosimo] (Sicilian, bishop of Aphrodisia, martyred by Moslems in 1160)
Sts. Felix, Nemesian, Lucius, Litteus, Polyanus, Victor, Jader, Dativus, [another] Felix, and companions, of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey] ... nine bishops, other clergy, and laity ... condemned to quarries, early martyrs)
St. Finian of Strangford (Irish, abbot, miracle worker, d. 579)
St. Frithestan of Winchester (British, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 933)
St. Jader of Numidia (North African, bishop, condemned to slave labor in marble quarries, c. 257)
Sts. Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora, of Bithynia (from Asia Minor, orphan sisters, martyred [two beaten, one beheaded] in 306)
Blessed Martyrs of Nagasaki of 1622 (Asian and European Catholics, clergy and laity [some of whom are named below], martyred by burning or beheading in 1622 [beatified in 1867])
----- Bl. Agnes and Bl. Cosmas Takea (Japanese, husband and wife, beheaded)
----- Bl. Angel Orsucci of Lucca [Angelo] (Italian, Dominican missionary priest in Philippines and Japan, burned)
----- Bl. Anthony Kiun of Makata (Japanese, Jesuit priest, burned)
----- Bl. Anthony, Bl. Mary, and Bl. John (Korean ... catechist, wife, and 12-year-old son, beheaded)
----- Bl. Anthony, Bl. Magdalen, and Bl. Peter Sanga (Korean ... catechist, wife and 3-year-old son ... beheaded)
----- Bl. Apollinaris Franco of Aguilar del Campo (Spanish, lawyer, Franciscan superior, missionary priest in Japan, burned)
----- Bl. Bartholomew and Bl. Peter Shikiemon (Japanese, father and 7-year-old son, beheaded)
----- Bl. Caspar Kotenda (Japanese, nobleman)
----- Bl. Charles Spinola of Prague (Italian born in Bohemia, nobleman, Jesuit missionary priest in Japan, burned)
----- Bl. Clare and Bl. Dominic Shamada (Japanese, husband and wife, beheaded)
----- Bl. Clement and Bl. Anthony Vom (Japanese, father and son)
----- Bl. Damien and Bl. Michael Yamiki (Japanese, father and 5-year-old son, beheaded)
----- Bl. Elizabeth Jorjes [nee Fernandez] and Bl. Ignatius Jorjes [Isabel and Ignacio] (Spanish, mother and 4-year-old son, beheaded)
----- Bl. Francis de Morales of Madrid [Francisco] (Spanish, Dominican missionary priest in Japan, burned)
----- Bl. Gonzalo Fusai (Japanese, converted imperial courtier, burned)
----- Bl. Hyacinth Orfanel of Llana [Jacinto] (Spanish, Dominican missionary, burned at about age 44)
----- Bl. John Kingoku of Amanguchi (Japanese, catechist, beheaded)
----- Bl. Joseph of St. Hyacinth of Villareal [Jose de San Jacinto] (Spanish, Dominican missionary, burned)
----- Bl. Leo Satsuma (Japanese, Franciscan tertiary, burned)
----- Bl. Louis Kawara of Arima (Japanese, court page, burned)
----- Bl. Lucy de Freitas (Japanese, laywoman, burned)
----- Bl. Mary Tanaura (Japanese, beheaded)
----- Bl. Mary Tokuan and Bl. Mary Choun and husbands (Japanese)
----- Bl. Michael Shumpo (Japanese, burned)
----- Bl. Matthias and Bl. Dominic Nakano (Japanese, father and son, beheaded)
----- Bl. Paul and Bl. Mary Tanaka (Japanese, husband and wife, beheaded)
----- Bl. Paul, Bl. Thecla, and Bl. Peter Nangashi (Japanese ... husband, wife, and 7-year-old son ... beheaded)
----- Bl. Peter of Avila [Pedro] (Spanish, Franciscan missionary priest in Philippines and Japan, burned)
----- Bl. Peter Sampo of Ochu (Japanese, burned)
----- Bl. Richard of St. Ann of Brussels [Ricardo de Santa Ana] (Spanish born in Belgium, tailor, Franciscan priest, missionary in Mexico/Philippines/Japan)
----- Bl. Sebastian Kimura (Japanese, grandson of St. Francis Xavier's first Japanese convert, catechist working with Jesuits, burned)
----- Bl. Thomas and Bl. Francis Takea (Japanese, father and 12-year-old son, beheaded)
----- Bl. Thomas of the Holy Rosary (Japanese, catechist working with Dominicans, beheaded)
St. Nicholas of Tolentino [Niccola] (Italian, Augustinian priest, died at about age 60 in 1305 [canonized 1446])
Bl. Ogerius of Locedio (Italian, Cistercian abbot, d. 1214 [beatified 1875])
St. Peter Martinez of Moronzo [Pedro] (Spanish, Benedictine abbot, archbishop of Compostela, d. 1000)
St. Pulcheria of Constantinople (from what is now Turkey, empress of Byzantine Empire, sponsored ecumenical Council of Chalcedon, died at age 54 in 453)
St. Salvius of Albi (French, lawyer, abbot, hermit, bishop, d. 584)
St. Theodard of Maastricht (Belgian, Benedictine abbot, bishop in Holland, murdered in 670)
Bl. Thomas Sherwood of London (English, layman, tortured [racked, left naked in a dungeon] and martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 27 under Elizabeth I in 1578 [beatified 1895])
St. Veranus of Vence (French, monk, bishop, d. 480)

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 10, 2004

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