Jmj

Today, September 17, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Robert Bellarmine (Italian, Jesuit, cardinal, counter-deformer, writer of catechisms, advisor to popes, Doctor of the Church, d. 1621)
St. Columba of Cordova (Spanish, nun, martyred [beheaded] by Muslims [Moors] in 852) ... I will privately consider her the patron saint of all, past and present, who have been terrorized by Muslims.
St. Gordian (early martyr)
St. Hildegard of Bingen (German, tenth child of noble family, nun, mystic, theologian, advisor to bishops/popes/kings, d. 1179)
[Franciscans of the world also commemorate this as the day on which St. Francis of Assisi received the stigmata in 1224.]

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 17, 2001

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

Thanks, Chris.
I love contributions on these saints' threads!
JFG

-- (jgecik@amdg.ihs), September 19, 2001.

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

St. Agathoclia (slave, virgin, tortured, early martyr)
St. Ariadne (Phrygian [Turkish], prince's slave, martyred c. 130)
St. Brogan (Irish, abbot, 7th century)
Sts. Crescentio and Narcissus (Roman, early martyrs)
St. Emmanuel Trieu (Vietnamese, priest, martyred by beheading in 1798 [canonized 1988])
St. Flocellus (French, tortured and martyred [thrown to animals] in 2nd century)
St. Justin (priest, martyred in 259)
St. Lambert of Maastricht (Belgian, nobleman, bishop, martyred in 709)
Sts. Macrinus and Valerian (early martyrs)
St. Pedro Arbues (Spanish, canon lawyer, Augustinian priest, inquisitor, martyred by Jews in 1485)
St. Rodingus (Irish, Benedictine missionary priest in Germany, hermit, abbot, d. 7th century)
St. Satyrus (German, brother of Sts. Ambrose of Milan and Marcellina, lawyer in Italy, d. 376)
St. Theodora (Roman, noblewoman, martyred in 305)
St. Uni (German, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 936)

JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), September 17, 2002.

Jmj

On September 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. Robert Bellarmine of Montepulciano [Roberto Bellarmino] (Italian, Jesuit, cardinal, counter-deformer, writer of catechisms, advisor to popes, Doctor of the Church, d. 1621 [canonized 1930])

St. Agathoclia (slave, virgin, tortured, early martyr)
Bl. Anthony Mary Schwartz of Baden [Anton Maria] (Austrian, founded Pious Workers of St. Joseph Calasanz of the Mother of God, d. 1929 [beatified 1998])
St. Ariadne of Phrygia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], prince's slave, martyred c. 130)
St. Brogan of Ossory (Irish, abbot, 7th century)
St. Columba of Cordova (Spanish, nun, martyred [beheaded] by Moslems in 852)
Sts. Crescentio and Narcissus of Rome (Italian, early martyrs)
St. Emmanuel Nguyên Van Triê of Saigon (Vietnamese, diocesan priest, martyred by beheading at about age 42 in 1798 [canonized 1988])
St. Flocellus of Autun (French, tortured and martyred [thrown to animals] in 2nd century)
St. Francis Mary Croese of Camporosso [Francesco Maria] (Italian, shepherd, Capuchin brother, infirmarian, questor [beggar], d. 1866 [canonized 1962])
Sts. Gordian, Marcrinus, and Valerian (early martyrs)
St. Hildegard of Bingen (German, tenth child of noble family, nun, mystic, theologian, advisor to bishops/popes/kings, d. 1179)
St. Justin (priest, martyred in 259)
St. Lambert of Maastricht (Belgian, nobleman, bishop, martyred in 709)
St. Peter Arbues of Aragon [Pedro] (Spanish, canon lawyer, Augustinian priest, inquisitor, martyred by Jews in 1485)
St. Rodingus (Irish, Benedictine missionary priest in Germany, hermit, abbot, d. 7th century)
St. Satyrus of Trier (German, brother of Sts. Ambrose of Milan and Marcellina, lawyer in Italy, d. 376)
Bl. Sigmund Szczesny Felinski of Wojutyn [Zygmunt] (Polish, archbishop, founded Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary, exiled to Siberia for 20 years, parish priest, d. 1895 [beatified 2002])
St. Theodora of Rome (Italian, noblewoman, martyred in 305)
St. Uni of Saxony (German, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 936)
[Franciscans of the world also commemorate this as the day on which St. Francis of Assisi received the stigmata in 1224.]

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 17, 2003.