December 5 -- today's saints and blesseds

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On December 5, 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. Anastasius (early martyr)
St. Aper of LaChambre (French, priest, hermit, 7th century)
Bl. Bartholomew Fanti of Mantua [Bartolomeo] (Italian, Carmelite priest, healer, died at about age 85 in 1495 [beatified 1909])
St. Basilissa of Ochren (German, Benedictine abbess, d. 780)
St. Bassus of Nice (bishop in France, martyred [nailed to a board] in 250)
St. Cawrdaf of Brecknock (Welsh, chieftain, monk, 6th century)
St. Christina of Markgate (English, hermitess, abbess, embroiderer for pope, visionary, died at about age 63 in 1160)
St. Crispina of Thagura (Numidian [from what is now Tunisia], married woman and mother, martyred by beheading in 304)
St. Dalmatius of Monza (Italian, bishop of Pavia, martyred in 304)
St. Firminus of Verdun (French, bishop, 6th century)
St. Galgano Guidotti of Chiusdino (Italian, hermit, died at about age 33 in 1181 [canonized 1185])
St. Gerald of Cahors (French, Benedictine monk in France and Spain, archbishop in Portugal, d. 1109)
St. Gerbold of Bayeux (French, Benedictine abbot, bishop, c. 690)
Sts. Gratus, Julius, Felix, Potamia, and companions of Thagura (African, martyred in 302)
St. John Almond of Allerton (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under James I at about age 35 in 1612 [beatified 1929, canonized 1970])
Bl. John Gradenigo of Venice [Giovanni] (Italian, nobleman, Benedictine hermit, d. 1025)
St. John the Wonder Worker of Polybotum (Phrygian [from part of what is now Turkey], bishop, c. 750)
St. Justinian of Ramsey (French, nobleman, priest, hermit on island off Wales, martyred in 6th/7th century)
Bl. Narcissus Putz of Sierakow [Narcyz] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age 65 in 1942 [beatified 1999])
St. Nicetius of Auvergne (French, abbot, bishop of Trier, c. 566)
St. Pelinus of Confinium (Italian, martyred in 361)
Bl. Philip Rinaldi of Lu Monferrato [Filippo] (Italian, Salesian priest, died at age 75 in 1931 [beatified 1990])
St. Sabbas of Motalala (Cappadocian [from part of what is now Turkey], hermit, religious superior, d. 532)

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), December 05, 2004

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