September 24 -- today's saints and blesseds

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On September 24, 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. Anathalon of Milan (companion of St. Barnabas, bishop, 1st century)
Sts. Andochius and Thyrsus of Smyrna and St. Felix of Autun (from Asia Minor [2] and France … missionary priest, deacon, and merchant in France ... tortured and martyred in 2nd century)
Bl. Anthony Martin Slomsek of Ponikva [Anton] (Slovenian, educator, bishop of Maribor, died at age 61 in 1862 [beatified 1999, first Slovene beatified])
St. Bercthun of Beverley (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 733)
Holy Martyrs of Chalcedon (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], 49 choir members, martyred in 394)
Sts. Chuniald and Gislar (Irish or Scottish, missionaries in Germany and Austria, 7th century)
Bl. Columba Gabriel of Stanislawow [baptized Joanna Matylda (Jane Matilda)] (Ukrainian, founded Benedictine Sisters of Charity, died in Italy in 1926 [beatified 1993])
St. Erinhard of Normandy (French, monk and prior, d. 739)
St. Gerard Sagredo of Venice [Gerardo] (Italian, Benedictine abbot, bishop of Csanad in Hungary, martyred by stabbing at about age 66 in 1046)
St. Geremarus of Beauvais (French, abbot, later hermit, c. 658)
St. Isarne of Toulouse (French, abbot, d. 1048)
St. Pacifico of San Severino (Italian, Franciscan priest, teacher, parish missionary, lame/deaf/blind contemplative for last 29 years, died at age 68 in 1721 [beatified 1786, canonized 1839])
St. Paphnutius and companions (Egyptian, martyred in 303)
Bl. Robert Hardesty of Yorkshire (English, layman, martyred by hanging under Elizabeth I in 1589 [beatified 1987])
St. Rusticus of Clermont (French, bishop, d. 446)
Bl. William Spenser of Gisburn (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I at about age 34 in 1589 [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), September 24, 2004

Answers

On this day of the year, the Blessed Virgin Mary is also honored …
under the title Our Lady of Mercy (or Our Lady of Ransom) [especially in Spain], and
under the title Our Lady of Walsingham [especially in England]

-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), September 24, 2004.

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