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Today, September 16, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Pope St. Cornelius (Italian, 21st pope, reigned 251 until death by martyrdom in 253)
St. Cyprian of Carthage (Algerian, bishop, Father of the Church, martyred by beheading in 258)
St. Edith of Wilton (English, princess, Benedictine nun, d. 984)
St. Ludmila (Bohemian, duchess, grandmother of St. Wenceslas, martyred by strangling, d. 921)

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 16, 2001

Answers

"You cannot have God for your Father if you do not have the Church for your mother.... God is one and Christ is one, and his Church is one; one is the faith, and one is the people cemented together by harmony into the strong unity of a body."
----- St. Cyprian, from "The Unity of the Catholic Church"

-- (_@_._), September 16, 2001.

[Here are some September 16 saints/blesseds to be added to those listed in the opening message:]

Sts. Abundantius, Abundius, Marcian, and John (Roman ... deacon, priest, senator and his son ... tortured and martyred by beheading c. 304)
St. Curcodomus (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 680)
St. Dulcissima (Italian, virgin, early martyr)
Sts. Geminian and Lucy (Roman, catechist and widow, martyred in 300)
Bl. Michael and Bl. Paul Fimonaya (Japanese, father and son, Dominican tertiaries, martyred by beheading at Nagasaki in 1628)
St. Ninian (English, missionary bishop in Scotland, miracle worker, c. 432)
Sts. Rogellus and Servus Dei (Spanish, monk and student, martyred by Moslems in 852)

JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), September 16, 2002.

Jmj

On September 16, 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:

Pope St. Cornelius (Italian, 21st pope, reigned 251 until death by martyrdom in 253)
St. Cyprian of Carthage [full name: Thaschus Caecilius Cyprianus] (North African, bishop, Father of the Church, martyred by beheading in 258)

Sts. Abundantius, Abundius, Marcian, and John, of Rome (Italian ... deacon, priest, senator and his son ... tortured and martyred by beheading c. 304)
St. Curcodomus of Maroilles (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 680)
St. Dulcissima (Italian, virgin, early martyr)
St. Edith of Wilton (English, princess, Benedictine nun, d. 984)
Sts. Geminian and Lucy of Rome (Italian, catechist and widow, martyred in 300)
Bl. John Baptist and Bl. Hyacinth of the Angels, of San Francisco Cajonos [Juan Bautista and Jacinto de los Ángeles] (Mexican, attorneys, martyred by non-Christians in 1700 [beatified 2002])
Bl. Louis Allemand of Arles (French, cardinal archbishop, repented of his support for an antipope, d. 1450)
St. Ludmila of Mielnik (Bohemian, duchess, grandmother of St. Wenceslas, martyred by strangling in 921)
Bl. Michael and Bl. Paul Fimonaya (Japanese, father and son, Dominican tertiaries, martyred by beheading at Nagasaki in 1628 [beatified 1867])
St. Ninian of Cumbria (English, missionary bishop in Scotland, miracle worker, c. 432)
Sts. Rogellus and Servus Dei of Cordoba (Spanish, monk and student, martyred by Moslems in 852)
Bl. Victor III of Benevento [baptized Dauferius] [monastic name: Desiderius] (Italian, Benedictine abbot, elected to papacy in 1086, reigned until death in 1087)

"You cannot have God for your Father if you do not have the Church for your mother.... God is one and Christ is one, and his Church is one; one is the faith, and one is the people cemented together by harmony into the strong unity of a body."
----- St. Cyprian (d. 258), from "The Unity of the Catholic Church"

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 16, 2003.