October 27 -- today's saints and blesseds

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On October 27, 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. Abban of Wexford (Irish, prince, abbot, died at about age 50 in 620)
St. Abraham the Poor of Menuf (Egyptian, hermit, c. 377)
Bl. Antonia of Brescia (Italian, Dominican prioress, died at about age 100 in 1507)
Sts. Capitolina and Erotheis of Cappadocia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], wealthy woman and maid, martyred in 304)
St. Colman of Senboth-Fola (Irish, Benedictine abbot, c. 632)
St. Cyriacus of Constantinople (Turkish, patriarch [bishop], d. 606)
St. Desiderius of Auxerre (French, bishop, c. 625)
Bl. Emilina of Longeville (French, Cistercian nun, prophet, died at about age 63 in 1178)
St. Florentius of Burgundy (French, martyred in 3rd century)
St. Frumentius of Tyre (Lebanese, shipwrecked missionary to Ethiopia, bishop, c. 380)
St. Gaudiosus of Abitina (North African, bishop, c. 455)
Bl. Goswin of Chemnion (Cistercian monk in France, d. 1203)
St. Namatius of Clermont (French, bishop, c. 462)
St. Otteran of Iona (British, abbot, c. 563)
St. Vincent, Sabina, and Christeta, of Ávila (Spanish, brother and sisters, martyred in 303)

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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