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On February 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. Agatha of Catania (Sicilian, virgin, tortured, mutilated, and martyred [rolled on coals] c. 250)

St. Abraham of Arbela (Assyrian [from part of what is now Iraq], bishop, martyred c. 345)
St. Adelaide of Bellich [Adelheid] (German, noblewoman, Benedictine abbess, counselor to an archbishop, died at about age 55 c. 1015 [canonized 1966])
St. Agatha Hildegard of Carinthia (Austrian, widow, d. 1024)
St. Agricola of Tongres (French, bishop, d. 420)
Sts. Albinus and Genuinus of Brixen (Austrian, bishops, 7th and 11th centuries)
St. Avitus of Auvergne (French, bishop of Vienne, died at about age 74 c. 519)
St. Bertoul of Renty (Hungarian or German, Benedictine abbot, d. 705)
St. Buo (Irish, missionary to Iceland, c. 900)
St. Calamanda (Spanish, 5th century)
Bl. Elizabeth Canori Mora of Rome [Elisabetta, nee Primoli] (Italian, wife and mother, Trinitarian tertiary, died at age 50 in 1825 [beatified 1994])
St. Fingen of Metz (Irish, abbot in France, c. 1005)
Sts. Indractus and Dominica of Glastonbury (Irish, chieftain and sister, martyred in England c. 710)
St. Jacob of Beer-lahairoi [also known as St. Israel] (grandson of Abraham, patriarch, father of twelve tribes, c. 1850 B.C.)
St. Modestus of Salzburg (Austrian, Benedictine monk, bishop of Carinthia, c. 722)
St. Vodalus (Irish or Scottish, monk in France, missionary, hermit, c. 725)

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 05, 2005

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