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On March 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. Adrian of Bethany (Palestinian, martyred in 308)
St. Caron (Welsh)
St. Carthach the Elder of Ossory (Irish, bishop, d. 540)
St. Colman of Armagh (Irish, disciple of St. Patrick, 5th century)
St. Drausinus of Soissons (French, bishop, c. 674)
St. Eusebius of Cremona (Italian, associate of St. Jerome, abbot in Bethlehem, c. 423)
St. Gerasimus of Lycia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], monk in Palestine, c. 475)
St. John Joseph of the Cross Calosirto of Ischia [Giovanni Giuseppe della Croce] [baptized Carlo Gaetano (Charles Cajetan)] (Italian, Franciscan priest, ascetic, mystic, died at about age 79 in 1734 [beatified 1789, canonized 1839])
St. Kieran of Corca-Laighde (Irish, ordained by St. Patrick, bishop of Ossory, c. 530)
St. Mark the Ascetic (from Asia Minor?, monk, prolific theological writer, 5th century)
St. Oliva of Brescia (Italian, virgin, martyred in 138)
St. Phocas of Antioch (Syrian, martyred c. 320)
St. Piran of Cornwall (Irish, monk in England, founder of monasteries in Ireland, d. 480)
St. Theophilus of Caesarea (Palestinian, bishop, c. 195)
St. Virgil of Gascony (French, abbot, archbishop of Arles, c. 618)

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), March 05, 2005

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