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On October 26, 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:

Bl. Adalgott of Dissentis (German, Benedictine abbot, d. 1031)
Sts. Alanus and Aldrus of Quimper (French, bishops, 5th century)
St. Albinus of Buraburg [Witta] (Irish, Benedictine monk, missionary, bishop, c. 760)
Sts. Aneurin and Gwinoc (Welsh, Benedictine monks, 6th century)
St. Bean (Scottish, bishop of Morlach, bishop of Aberdeen, c. 1012 [canonized 1898])
Bl. Bonaventure of Potenza [Bonaventura] [baptized Carlo Antonio (Charles Anthony)] (Italian, Franciscan priest, missionary, died at age 60 in 1711 [beatified 1775])
St. Cedd of Northumbria (British, brother of St. Chad, Benedictine missionary, bishop of the East Saxons, d. 664)
Bl. Damian dei Fulcheri of Finario [Damiano] (Italian, nobleman, Dominican priest, preacher of missions, miracle-worker, d. 1484 [beatified 1848])
St. Dominic Nguyen Van Xuyen of Tonkin (Vietnamese, Dominican friar, martyred at about age 52 by beheading in 1839 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988])
St. Eadfrid of Leominster (British, Benedictine prior, c. 675)
St. Eata (Irish, Benedictine abbot, bishop of Bernicia, bishop of Hexham, c. 686)
Pope St. Evaristus of Bethlehem (Israelite, fifth bishop of Rome, reigned from c. 99, martyred c. 107)
St. Fulk (Italian of Scottish ancestry, bishop of Piacenza, biship of Pavia, died at about age 65 in 1229)
St. Gaudiosus of Salerno (Italian, bishop, 7th century)
St. Gibitrudis of Faremoutiers (French, Benedictine nun, c. 655)
St. Gwinoc (Welsh, monk, poet, 6th century)
St. Humbert of Fritzlar (German, Benedictine prior, c. 8th century)
Sts. Lucian, Marcian, Florius, and companions, of Bithynia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], two converts from devil worship and others, martyred c. 250)
St. Quadragesimus of Policastro (Italian, shepherd, subdeacon, c. 590)
Sts. Rogatian and Felicissimus of Carthage (North African, priest and layman, martyred in 256)
St. Rusticus of Marseilles (French, Benedictine monk, bishop of Narbonne, c. 462)
St. Sigibald of Metz (German, bishop, c. 740)

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), October 25, 2004

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