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On February 3, 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. Blaise of Sebaste (Armenian, physician, bishop, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 316)
St. Ansgar of Amiens ["Apostle of the North"] (French, nobleman, missionary in Scandinavia, archbishop of Hamburg in Germany, died at about age 63 in 865)

St. Anatolius of Salins (Irish or Scottish, bishop, hermit, 11th century?)
St. Berlinda of Meerbeke (Belgian, Benedictine nun, hermitess, d. 702)
St. Caellainn (Irish, virgin, 6th century)
St. Celerinus of Carthage (North African [from what is now Tunisia], deacon, tortured, d. 250)
Sts. Celsa and Nona of Brabant (Belgian, virgins)
St. Deodatus of Lagny (French, Benedictine monk, 8th century)
St. Elinand of Pronleroy (French, court singer, Cistercian monk, d. 1237)
Sts. Felix, Symphonius, Hippolytus, and companions (African, early martyrs)
St. Hadelin of Dinant (French, Benedictine abbot in Belgium, hermit, c. 690)
St. Ia of Cornwall (Irish, virgin, martyred in England in 450?)
Bl. John Nelson of Skelton (English, Jesuit priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I at about age 43 in 1578 [beatified 1886])
Bl. John Zakoly of Csanad [Janos] (Hungarian, bishop, Pauline prior, d. 1494)
St. Lawrence the Illuminator of Spoleto (Syrian, bishop in Italy, healer of physical and spiritual blindness, d. 576)
St. Laurence of Rome (Italian, Benedictine monk, archbishop of Canterbury in England, d. 619)
Sts. Laurentinus, Ignatius, and Celerina, of Carthage (North African [from what is now Tunisia], two uncles and an aunt of St. Celerinus [see above], martyred in 3rd century)
Sts. Lupicinus and Felix, of Lyons (French, bishops, 5th century)
St. Margaret of Sauve-Benite (born to an English mother in Hungary, Cistercian nun in France, d. 1192)
Bl. Mary Ann Rivier of Montpezat-sous-Bauzon [Marie-Anne] (French, co-founder of Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, died at age 69 in 1838 [beatified 1982])
St. Mary of St. Ignatius Thevenet of Lyons [Marie-de-Saint-Ignace] [baptized Claudine] (French, co-foundress and superior of Religious of Jesus and Mary, died at age 62 in 1837 [beatified 1981, canonized 1993])
Bl. Mary the Virgin Stollenwerk of Rollesbroich [Maria Virgo] [baptized Helena] (Bavarian, virgin, co-founded Congregation of the Holy Spirit, died in the Netherlands at age 47 in 1900 [beatified 1995])
Bl. Matthew Guimerą of Girgenti [Matteo] (Sicilian, Franciscan friar, bishop, d. 1450 [beatified 1767]) [commemorated by some on October 21]
Bl. Odoric Mattiuzzi of Villanova [Odorico] (Italian, Franciscan hermit, missionary [in China, Tibet, Indonesia, Ceylon, Iraq], died at about age 46 in 1331 [beatified 1775])
St. Oliver of Ancona [Oliviero] (Italian, Benedictine monk, c. 1050)
St. Philip of Vienne (French, bishop, c. 578)
Bl. Simon Fidati of Cascia [Simone] (Italian, Augustinian friar, died at about age 53 in 1348 [beatified 1833)
Bl. Stephen Bellesini of Trent [Stefano] (Italian, inspector of schools, Augustinian friar, novice master, parish priest, died at age 63 in 1840 [beatified 1904])
St. Theodore of Marseilles (French, bishop, c. 594)
Sts. Tigrides and Remedius, of Gap (French, bishops, c. 6th century)
St. Werburg of Mercia (British, widow, Benedictine abbess, c. 785)
St. Werburga of Chester (British, princess, Benedictine superior, c. 700)

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), February 03, 2005

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