February 8 -- today's saints and blesseds

greenspun.com : LUSENET : Catholic : One Thread

Jmj

On February 8, 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. Jerome Emiliani of Venice [Girolamo] (Italian, soldier, priest, founded Company of Servants of the Poor [Somascans], believed to have written first Q&A catechism, died at about age 55 in 1537 [beatified 1747, canonized 1767])

Holy Martyrs of Constantinople (monks, martyred by schismatics in 485)
St. Cointha of Alexandria (Egyptian, virgin, scourged and martyred [dragged by horse] in 249)
St. Cuthman of Steyning (British, shepherd, hermit, miracle worker, 9th century)
Sts. Dionysus, Aemilian, and Sebastian (Armenian, monks, martyred)
St. Elfleda of Whitby (British, princess, Benedictine abbess, died at about age 61 in 714)
St. Honoratus of Milan (Italian, bishop, d. 570)
Bl. Isaias Boner of Krakow (Polish, Augustinian priest, theologian, professor of Scripture, d. 1471)
St. Jacqueline de Settesoli of Rome [Giacobba] (Italian, noblewoman, mother of two, widow, friend of Sts. Francis and Clare of Assisi, Franciscan tertiary, c. 1273)
St. John de Matha of Fauçon [Jean] (French, nobleman, hermit, theologian, priest, founder and first superior general of Hospitaler Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of Captives [Trinitarians], ransomed Christian prisoners of Moslems, died in Rome at age 62 in 1223 [beatified 1262, canonized 1666])
St. Josephine of Oglassa [name before baptism: Bakhita (“lucky”)] [also known as Madre Moretta] (Sudanese, kidnapped by slave-traders at age 9, purchased by an Italian, nanny, adult convert, religious sister for 50 years [Canossian Daughters of Charity], died at about age 78 in 1947 [beatified 1992, canonized 2000])
Bl. Josephine Gabriel Bonino of Savigliano [Giuseppina Gabriella] (Italian, virgin, founded Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family, died at age 62 in 1906 [beatified 1995])
St. Juventius of Pavia (Italian? bishop, 1st century)
St. Kigwe (British, virgin, 5th century?)
St. Meingold of Huy (Belgian, nobleman, d. 892)
Bl. Mlada of Prague (Czech, Benedictine abbess, d. 994)
St. Nicetius of Besançon (French, bishop, d. 611)
St. Oncho of Clonmore (Irish, poet, c. 600)
Sts. Paul, Lucius, and Cyriacus, of Rome (Italian, early martyrs)
St. Paul of Verdun (German? Benedictine monk, hermit, bishop in France, c. 649)
Holy Martyrs of Persia (6th century)
St. Peter “Igneus” Aldobrandini of Florence [Pietro] (Italian, Benedictine monk, cardinal archbishop of Albano, papal legate, c. 1089)
St. Stephen of Thiers [Etienne] [also known as Stephen of Muret and of Grandmont] (French, permanent deacon, Benedictine abbot, died at about age 76 in 1124 [canonized 1189])
St. Stephen Theodore Cuénot of Beaulieu [Etienne-Théodore] (French, missionary bishop, martyred [dysentery or poison in prison] in Vietnam at about age 59 in 1861 [beatified 1909, canonized 1988])

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 09, 2005

Answers



-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), February 09, 2005.

Moderation questions? read the FAQ