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On March 7, 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:

Sts. Perpetua and Felicity of Carthage (North African [from what is now Tunisia] ... wife/mother and maid ... mauled by beasts and martyred by beheading in 203)

St. Ardo of Aniane [baptized Smaragdus] (French, Benedictine abbot, died in Germany in 843)
St. Deifer of Bodfari (Welsh, abbot, 6th century)
St. Drausius of Soissons (French, bishop, c. 576)
St. Enodoch (Welsh, c. 520)
St. Esterwine of Wearmouth (British, Benedictine abbot, died at about age 36 in 688)
St. Eubulus of Caesarea (martyred in Palestine in 308)
Bl. Frowin of Engelberg (Swiss, Benedictine abbot, d. 1178)
St. Gaudiosus of Brescia (Italian, bishop, c. 445)
Bl. Jermyn Gardiner of Winchester, Bl. John Larke of Chelsea, and Bl. John Ireland of Eltham (English ... secretary to a bishop and two diocesan priests ... martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Henry VIII in 1544 [beatified 1886, 1886, and 1929, respectively])
St. Paul of Prusa (Bithynian [from part of what is now Turkey], bishop, d. 840)
St. Paul the Simple (Egyptian, farmer, hermit, c. 340)
Bl. Reinhard of Reinhausen (French, headmaster, abbot in Germany, d. 1170)
St. Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Redi of Arezzo [Teresa Margherita del Sacro Cuore di Gesł] [baptized Anna Maria] (Italian, noblewoman, Discalced Carmelite nun, died at age 22 in 1770 [beatified 1929, canonized 1934]) [commemorated by some on the 11th, by others on September 1]
St. Theophylact of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], monk, bishop, opposed iconoclastic emperor, imprisoned for 30 years, d. 845)
Bl. Volker of Siegburg (German, Benedictine monk, missionary, d. 1132)

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 07, 2005

Answers

[Note: I am copying the following indented messages from the old, obsolete "saints" thread for this day of the year, so that the old thread can later be deleted. JFG]

John,

I am so glad you take the time to draw attention to these saints each day. Today is the feast of Sts. Felicity and Perpetua, who are of special interest to me, as one of my daughters is named "Felicity Perpetua." The story of their martyrdom is very moving.

Pax Christi.

-- Anna -- March 07, 2003.

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God bless you for saying these things, Anna.
I agree with what you have said about Sts. Felicity and Perpetua. I have read the moving story of their martyrdom. [Happy Name-Day to your daughter.]
JFG

-- March 07, 2003.

We miss you here, Anna!

-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), March 07, 2005.