January 13 -- today's saints and blesseds

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On January 13, 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. Hilary of Poitiers ["Doctor of the Divinity of Christ"] (French, converted pagan married man and father, bishop, theologian, opponent of Arianism, Doctor of the Church, died at about age 53 in 368)

St. Agrecius of Trier (French, bishop, c. 333)
St. Andrew of Trier (French, bishop, d. 235)
St. Berno of Cluny (French, Benedictine abbot, died at about age 77 in 927)
St. Elian (Cornish or Breton, hermit, 5th century)
St. Elian ap Erbin (Welsh, 5th century)
Bl. Emil Szramek of Tworkow (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age 54 in 1942 [beatified 1999])
St. Enogatus of Aleth (French, bishop, d. 631)
St. Glaphyra (slave of emperor's wife, virgin, c. 324)
Bl. Godfrey of Cappenberg [Gottfried von Cappenberg] (German, count, Norbertine seminarian, died at about age 29 in 1127)
St. Gumersindus and Servusdei of Cordova (Spanish, parish priest and monk, martyred by Moslems in 850)
Sts. Hermylus and Stratonicus of Singidunum (Serbian, deacon and servant, martyred by drowning in 315)
Bl. Hildemar of Arrouaise (German, court chaplain to William the Conqueror, Augustinian hermit in France, martyred c. 1097)
Bl. Ida of Argensolles (French, Cistercian abbess, d. 1226)
Bl. Ivetta of Huy [Jutta] (Dutch, mother of three, widow at age 18, mystic, nurse of lepers, died at about age 69 in 1228)
St. Kentigern of Glasgow ["Mungo"] (Scottish, bishop of Strathclyde, died at about age 84 c. 603)
St. Leontius of Caesarea (Cappadocian [from what is now part of Turkey], bishop, d. 337)
St. Potitus of Naples (Italian, boy, martyr)
Holy Soldiers Martyred at Rome (forty men, d. 262)
Bl. Stephen of Liège [Etienne] (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 1061)
Bl. Veronica of Binasco (Italian, peasant farmer, mystic, Augustinian nun, visionary, beggar of alms, died at about age 51 in 1497 [beatified 1517])
St. Viventius of Samaria (Palestinian, priest, hermit, c. 400)

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 27, 2004

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