December 30 -- today's saints and blesseds

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On December 30, 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. Anysia of Salonika (Greek, virgin, martyred by the sword in 304)
St. Anysius of Salonika (Greek, bishop, c. 410)
Sts. Appian, Donatus, Honorius, Mansuetus, Severus, and four companions, of Alexandria (Egyptian, martyred by heretics c. 483)
St. Egwin of Worcester (British, nobleman, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 717)
St. Eugene of Milan (Italian, bishop)
Bl. Eugenia Ravasco of Milan (Italian, virgin, founded Congregation of the Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, died 5 days before her 56th birthday in 1900 [beatified 2003])
St. John Alcober Figuero of Gerona [Juan] (Spanish, Dominican missionary priest, martyred by strangling in China at age 54 in 1748 [beatified 1893, canonized 2000])
Bl. John Mary Boccardo of Testona de Moncalieri [Giovanni Maria] (Italian, diocesan priest, founded Congregation of the Poor Daughters of St. Cajetan, died at age 65 in 1913 [beatified 1998])
St. Liberius of Ravenna (Italian, bishop, c. 200)
Bl. Matthia dei Nazzarei of Metalica (Italian, Benedictine [later Poor Clare] abbess for 40 years, d. 1213 [beatified 1756])
St. Ralph of Vaucelles (English, Cistercian abbot in France, d. 1152)
St. Raniero of Aquila (Italian, bishop, d. 1077)
Sts. Sabinus, Exuperantius, Marcellus, and Venustian, of Spoleto (Italian ... bishop, two deacons, layman ... 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), December 23, 2004

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