AUGUST 17 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, August 17, the Catholic Church honors, in a special way, the following friends of God, saints whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Jeanne Delanoue (French religious foundress, d. 1736 [canonized 1982])
St. Clare of Montefalco (Italian Augustinian nun, d. 1308)
St. Donatus (Italian Benedictine monk, d. 1198)
St. Drithelm (Northumbrian hermit, c. 700)
St. Hiero (Irish missionary to Holland, martyred 885)
St. Hyacinth (Silesian Dominican missionary to Poland and other nations, d. 1257)
St. James the Deacon (Italian Benedictine monk, 7th century)
St. John of Monte Marano (Italian Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 1094)
St. Mamas (Cappadocian shepherd, martyred c. 275)
St. Paul and St. Juliana (Palestinian brother and sister, beheaded c. 270)
St. Myron (martyred c. 250)

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 17, 2001

Answers



-- (_@_._), August 17, 2001.

[Here are some August 17 saints/blesseds to be added to those listed in the opening message:]

St. Amor of Amorbach (missionary in Germany, Benedictine abbot in France, 8th century)
St. Anastasius of Ter (Syrian, hermit, bishop in Italy, d. 553)
Bl. Bartholomew Laurel (Mexican, Franciscan brother, missionary in Philippines and Japan, martyred by burning at Nagasaki in 1627)
Bl. Caspar and Bl. Mary Vaz (husband and wife, Franciscan tertiaries in Japan, martyred [one burned, one beheaded] at Nagasaki in 1627)
Bl. Frances Bizzocca (Italian, wife, Dominican tertiary in Japan, martyred by burning at Nagasaki in 1627)
Bl. Francis Kuloi, Bl. Louis Someyon, Bl. Luke Kiemon, and Bl. Michael Kiraiemon (Japanese, Franciscan tertiary, martyred by beheading at Nagasaki in 1627)
Bl. Francis Kurobiove (Japanese, Dominican tertiary, martyred by burning at Nagasaki in 1627)
Sts. Liberatus, Boniface, Maximus, Rogatus, Rusticus, Septimus, and Servus (North African, abbot and others, martyred by Arian Vandals in 483)
Bl. Martin Gomez (Japanese of Portuguese descent, Franciscan tertiary, martyred by beheading at Nagasaki in 1627)
St. Theodulus (French, bishop, 4th century)
Bl. Thomas Vinyemon (Japanese, layman, martyred by beheading at Nagasaki in 1627)

JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), August 18, 2002.


Jmj

On August 17, 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. Amor of Amorbach (missionary in Germany, Benedictine abbot in France, 8th century)
St. Anastasius of Ter (Syrian, hermit, bishop in Italy, d. 553)
Bl. Bartholomew Laurel [Bartolome] (Mexican, Franciscan brother, missionary in Philippines and Japan, martyred by burning at Nagasaki in 1627 [beatified 1867])
Bl. Caspar Vaz and Bl. Mary Vaz (Japanese, husband and wife, Franciscan tertiaries, martyred [one burned, one beheaded] at Nagasaki in 1627 [beatified 1867])
St. Clare of Montefalco [Chiara] (Italian, Augustinian nun, d. 1308 [canonized 1881])
St. Donato of Ripacandida (Italian, Benedictine monk, d. 1198)
St. Drithelm of Northumbria (British, hermit, c. 700)
Bl. Edmund Bojanowski of Grabonog (Polish, layman, founded Congregation of the Handmaids of the Immaculate Blessed Virgin Mary, d. 1871 [beatified 1999])
Bl. Frances Bizzocca (Japanese, wife of Italian, Dominican tertiary in Japan, martyred by burning at Nagasaki in 1627 [beatified 1867])
Bl. Francis Kuloi, Bl. Louis Someyon, Bl. Luke Kiemon, and Bl. Michael Kiraiemon (Japanese, Franciscan tertiary, martyred by beheading at Nagasaki in 1627 [beatified 1867])
Bl. Francis Kurobioye (Japanese, Dominican tertiary, martyred by burning at Nagasaki in 1627 [beatified 1867])
Sts. Liberatus, Boniface, Maximus, Rogatus, Rusticus, Septimus, and Servus (North African, abbot and others, martyred by Arian Vandals in 483)
St. Hiero (Irish, missionary to Holland, martyred 885)
St. Hyacinth of Krakow [Jacenty] (Silesian, Dominican missionary to Poland and other nations, d. 1257)
St. James of Northumbria (Italian, Benedictine monk, deacon, 7th century)
St. Jeanne Delanoue of Samur (French, religious foundress, d. 1736 [canonized 1982])
St. John of Monte Marano [Giovanni] (Italian, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 1094)
St. Mamas of Cappadocia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], shepherd, martyred c. 275)
Bl. Martin Gomez (Japanese of Portuguese descent, Franciscan tertiary, martyred by beheading at Nagasaki in 1627 [beatified 1867])
St. Myron of Cyzicus (martyred c. 250)
St. Paul and St. Juliana of Ptolemais (Palestinian, brother and sister, beheaded c. 270)
St. Theodulus of Valais (French, bishop, 4th century)
Bl. Thomas Vinyemon (Japanese, layman, martyred by beheading at Nagasaki in 1627 [beatified 1867])

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 17, 2003.


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