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On March 13, 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:

Bl. Agnello of Pisa (Italian, Franciscan friar in France, provincial in England, died at Oxford at about age 40 in 1236 [beatified 1892]) [commemorated by some on May 7]
St. Ansovinus of Camerino (Italian, hermit, bishop, emperor's confessor, miracle-worker, d. 840) St. Christina of Persia (virgin, martyred by scourging)
St. Euphrasia of Constantinople (Roman born in Asia Minor [now called Turkey], noblewoman, nun in Egypt, died at about age 40 in 420)
St. Gerald of Mayo (British, abbot in Ireland, d. 712)
Bl. Heldrad of Provençe (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 842 [beatified 1904])
Sts. Macedonius, Patricia, Modesta, and companions of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor, husband/wife/daughter and others, martyred c. 304)
St. Mochoemoc of Leamokevoge (Irish, abbot, c. 656)
[concluded below]

-- J. F. Gecik ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), March 13, 2005

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[conclusion of list above]
St. Nicephorus of Constantinople (from Asia Minor, patriarch [archbishop], opposed iconoclasts, died at about age 69 in 828)
Bl. Peter of Cava [Pietro] (Italian, abbot, d. 1208 [beatified 1928])
St. Ramirus and companions, of Leon (Spanish, abbey prior and all his monks, martyred by Visigoths [Arian heretics] while chanting Nicene Creed in 6th or 7th century)
Sts. Roderic and Solomon of Cabra (Spanish ... priest and fellow prisoner ... martyred [beheaded] by Moslems in 857)
St. Sabinus (Egyptian, nobleman, martyred by drowning in 287)
Sts. Theusitas, Horres, Theodora, Nymphora, Mark, and Arabia of Nicaea (Bithynian [from part of what is now Turkey] ... father, son, and others ... early martyrs)

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

-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), March 13, 2005.