December 12 -- today's saints and blesseds

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On December 12, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Abra of Poitiers (French, daughter of St. Hilary, virgin, died at about age 18 in 4th century)
St. Agatha of Wimborne (British, Benedictine nun, missionary in Germany, d. 790)
Sts. Alexander, Ammonaria (2), Dionysia, Epimachus, and Mercuria (2), of Alexandria (Egyptians?, martyred c. 250)
Pope Bl. Callistus II of Quingey [Calixte] [baptized Guy] (French, nobleman, cardinal archbishop of Vienne for over 30 years, elected to papacy in 1119, presided of Lateran Council I, reigned until death in 1124)
St. Colman of Glendalough (Irish, abbot, d. 659)
St. Columba of Terryglass (Irish, abbot, d. 552)
St. Conrad of Offida [Corrado] (Italian, Franciscan friar, cook, preacher, d. 1306)
Sts. Constantius, Crescentius, Justin, and Maxentius, of Trier (German? martyred c. 287)
St. Corentius of Plomodiern (French, hermit, bishop of Quimper, c. 490)
St. Edburga of Minster-in-Thanet (British, princess, calligrapher, Benedictine abbess, d. 751)
St. Finnian of Clonard ["Teacher of the Irish Saints"] (Irish, monk, founder of monasteries, died at about age 80 c. 552)
St. Gregory of Terracina (Italian, Benedictine monk, c.570)
Sts. Hermogenes, Donatus, and companions (martyred by exposure)
Bl. Jerome Ranuzzi of Sant'Angelo [Girolamo] ["Angel of Good Counsel"] (Italian, Servite priest, died at about age 56 c. 1466 [beatified 1775])
Bl. Pius Bartosik of Kokanin [baptized Ludwik (Louis)] (Polish, Franciscan priest, martyred by Nazis at Auschwitz [Poland] at age 32 in 1941 [beatified 1999])
Bl. Thomas Holland of Sutton [alias Sanderson, alias Hammond] (English, Jesuit priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Charles I at about age 42 in 1642 [beatified 1929])
St. Vicelin of Hemeln (German, schoolteacher, missionary to Wends and Slavs, bishop, died in France at about age 66 in 1154)

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


[Note: I am copying the following several (indented) messages from the old, obsolete "saints" thread for this day of the year, so that the old thread can later be deleted. JFG]


John,
Is the feast of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, France, d. 1641, celebrated in the Holy Church today ?
Thanks,
David

-- December 12, 2001.

John, please visit this page:

http://www.encuentra.com/includes/seccion.php?IdSec=253

I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

Enrique

-- Enrique Ortiz -- December 12, 2001.


Hello, David.
On the universal calendar of the (Latin/Western) Catholic Church, December 12 is indeed the memorial day for St. Jane Frances de Chantal. However, in order to allow for a fuller celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe today, the bishops of the U.S. (and perhaps other nations in the Americas) received Vatican permission to move St. Jane's memorial to August 18.

Thank you, Enrique. That is truly a magnificent site dedicated to Our Lady, patroness of the Americas and protectress of the unborn.

God bless you.
John

-- December 12, 2001.



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