Jmj

Today, August 13, the Catholic Church honors, in a special way, the following friends of God, saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Sts. Pontian and Hipploytus [martyrs]
St. Concordia [martyr, patron of nursing mothers]
Bl. Gertrude of Altenberg [abbess for 50 years, d. 1297]
St. Helen [Spanish martyr]
St. Herulph [Benedictine abbot, bishop, d. 785]
Bl. Otto Neururer [Austrian, died at Buchenwald 1940, first priest killed in a concentration camp]
Bl. Jakob Gapp [Austrian martyred by Nazis, 1943]
Bl. John of Alvernia [Franciscan, d. 1322]
St. Maximus the Confessor [d. 662]
St. Murtagh (aka Meredith) [hermit, disciple of St. Patrick]
St. Nerses Glaietsi [Armenian bishop, d. 1173]

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 saint -- whatever moves you. If you are interested in one of these saints and want to find out more about him/her, please ask. 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 (jgecik@amdg.ihs), August 13, 2001

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-- (_@_._), August 13, 2001.

[An expanded and improved 2002 version of the opening (2001) post follows:]

Jmj

Today, August 13, we members of the Catholic Church family honor the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title, "Refuge of Sinners."
We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Pope St. Pontian and St. Hippolytus (Roman, pontiff [elected in 230, abdicated in 235] and priest [theologian and repentant antipope], exiled to Sardinian salt mines, martyred [abusive treatment] in 235)
St. Benildus [baptized Pierre Romancon] (French, member of De La Salle brothers, teacher for over 50 years, d. 1862 [canonized 1967])
St. Concordia (early martyr)
Bl. Gertrude of Altenberg (German, daughter of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Norbertine abbess for 50 years, d. 1297)
St. Helen (Spanish, martyred c. 304)
St. Herulph (German, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, bishop in France, d. 785)
Bl. Otto Neururer (Austrian, peasant, parish priest, tortured and martyred [hanged upside down] at Buchenwald in 1940 [first priest killed in a Nazi concentration camp] [beatified 1996])
Bl. Jakob Gapp (Austrian, World War I solder and PoW, anti-Nazi and Marianist priest in Switzerland/Austria/France/Spain, martyred [guillotined] in Berlin by Nazis in 1943 [beatified 1996])
Bl. John of Alvernia [Giovanni] (Italian, hermit, spiritual advisor, mystic, Franciscan for 50 years, d. 1322)
St. Maximus the Confessor (Constantinopolitan [Turkish], emperor's secretary, abbot in Egypt/Carthage/Rome, theologian, tortured and martyred in 662)
St. Murtagh [also called Muredach or Meredith] (Irish, disciple of St. Patrick, bishop, hermit, 6th century)
St. Nerses Glaietsi (Armenian, poet, bishop, worked for Church unity, d. 1173)

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 saint -- whatever moves you. If you are interested in one of these saints and want to find out more about him/her, please ask. Information is sometimes available on the Internet.

All you holy men and women, saints of God, pray for us.
God bless you.
John

[From St. Maximus the Confessor:]

"To harbor no envy, no anger, no resentment against an offender is still not to have charity for him. It is possible, without any charity, to avoid rendering evil for evil. But spontaneously to render good for evil -- such belongs to a perfect spiritual love."

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), August 13, 2002.

Jmj

On August 13, we members of the Catholic Church family honor the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title, "Refuge of Sinners." We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Pope St. Pontian and St. Hippolytus of Rome (Italian, pontiff [elected in 230, abdicated in 235] and priest [theologian and repentant antipope], exiled to Sardinian salt mines, martyred [abusive treatment] in 235)

St. Benilde Romancon of Thuret [baptized Pierre] (French, member of De La Salle brothers, teacher for over 50 years, d. 1862 [canonized 1967])
St. Cassian of Imola (Italian, teacher, martyred [hacked to death] in 250)
St. Concordia (early martyr)
Bl. Gertrude of Altenberg (German, daughter of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Norbertine abbess for 50 years, d. 1297)
Sts. Helen and Centolla of Burgos (Spanish, martyred c. 304)
St. Herulph of Ellwangen (German, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, bishop in France, d. 785)
Bl. Jakob Gapp of Wattens (Austrian, World War I solder and PoW, anti-Nazi and Marianist priest in Switzerland/Austria/France/Spain, martyred [guillotined] in Berlin by Nazis in 1943 [beatified 1996])
Bl. John of Alvernia [Giovanni] (Italian, hermit, spiritual advisor, mystic, Franciscan for 50 years, d. 1322)
St. Junian of Poitou (abbot, hermit, d. 587)
St. Ludoiph of Westphalia (German, Benedictine abbot, d. 983)
Bl. Mark Cristofori of Aviano [Marco] [baptized Carlo Domenico (Charles Dominic)] (Italian, Capuchin Franciscan priest, died in Austria in 1699 [beatified 2003])
St. Maximus the Confessor of Constantinople (Turkish, emperor's secretary, abbot in Egypt/Carthage/Rome, theologian, tortured and martyred in 662)
St. Murtagh of Killala [also called Muredach or Meredith] (Irish, disciple of St. Patrick, bishop, hermit, 6th century)
St. Nerses Glaietsi (Armenian, poet, bishop, worked for Church unity, d. 1173)
Bl. Otto Neururer of Piller (Austrian, peasant, parish priest, tortured and martyred [hanged upside down] at Buchenwald in 1940 [first priest killed in a Nazi concentration camp] [beatified 1996])
St. Radegunde of Erfurt (German, queen, nun in France, d. 587)
St. Wigbert of Fritzlar (English, Benedictine missionary and abbot in Germany, d. 738)
Bl. William Freeman of Yorkshire (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1595 [beatified 1929])

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. 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), August 13, 2003.