Jmj

Today, August 4, the Catholic Church honors, in a special way, the following friends of God, saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Saints Ammianus, Julian, Oceanus, and Theodore (martyred by burning at the stake c. 310)
St. Hermione (prophetess, martyr, c. 117)
St. Ida of Herzfeld (noblewoman or Charlemagne's court, widow, d. 813)
St. Marinus (Italian, deacon, hermit, 5th century)
St. Rolalia (Sicilian, hermit, c. 1160)

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), September 04, 2001

Answers

-- (_@_._), September 04, 2001.

[Here are some September 4 saints/blesseds to be added to those listed in the opening message:]

Bl. Agnes of Bagno (Italian, Camaldolese nun, c. 1105)
Pope St. Boniface I (Roman, parish priest, elected to papacy in 418, reigned untiil death in 423)
St. Caletricus of Chartres (French, bishop, c. 580)
St. Candida the Elder (Italian, virgin, martyred c. 78)
Sts. Castus, Magnus, and Maximus (Galatian [Turkish], early martyrs)
Bl. Catherine Mattei of Racconigi (Italian, pauper, Dominican tertiary, virgin, visionary, mystic, d. 1574)
St. Frezal of Mende (French, bishop)
St. Marcellus of Lyons (French, priest, martyred c. 178)
St. Marcellus of Trier (German, bishop)
St. Monessa (Irish, virgin, disciple of St. Patrick, died on the day of her baptism in 456)
St. Rhuddlad (Welsh, virgin, 7th century)
Sts. Rufinus, Silvanus, and Victalicus (Galatin [Turkish], children, early martyrs)
St. Salvinus of Verdun (French, bishop, d. 420)
St. Thamel and companions (converted pagan priest, his sister, and other, martyred in 125)
St. Ultan of Ardbraccan (Irish, bishop, 7th century)

[Also, a correction to the original message: the "hermit Rolalia" should have been the "hermitess Rosalia."]

JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), September 05, 2002.

Jmj

On September 4, 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. Agnes of Bagno [Agnese] (Italian, Camaldolese nun, c. 1105)
Sts. Ammianus, Julian, Oceanus, and Theodore (martyred by burning at the stake c. 310)
Pope St. Boniface I of Rome (Italian, parish priest, elected to papacy in 418, reigned untiil death in 423)
St. Caletricus of Chartres (French, bishop, c. 580)
St. Candida the Elder of Naples (Italian, virgin, martyred c. 78)
Sts. Castus, Magnus, and Maximus, of Galatia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], early martyrs)
Bl. Catherine Mattei of Racconigi [Caterina] (Italian, pauper, Dominican tertiary, virgin, visionary, mystic, d. 1574)
St. Cuthbert of Canterbury (English, Benedictine monk, archbishop, d. 758)
St. Frezal of Mende (French, bishop)
St. Hermione of Ephesus (prophetess, martyr, c. 117)
St. Ida of Herzfeld (noblewoman or Charlemagne's court, widow, d. 813)
St. Marcellus of Lyons (French, priest, martyred c. 178)
St. Marcellus of Trier (German, bishop)
St. Monessa (Irish, virgin, disciple of St. Patrick, died on the day of her baptism in 456)
St. Rhuddlad (Welsh, virgin, 7th century)
St. Rosalia of Palermo (Sicilian, hermitess, c. 1160)
St. Rose of Viterbo [Rosa] (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, raised dead person at age 3, preached in streets at age 10, prophetess, died at age 18 in 1252)
Sts. Rufinus, Silvanus, and Victalicus, of Galatia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], children, early martyrs)
St. Salvinus of Verdun (French, bishop, d. 420)
St. Thamel and companions (converted pagan priest, his sister, and other, martyred in 125)
St. Ultan of Ardbraccan (Irish, bishop, 7th century)

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), September 04, 2003.