Jmj

Today, September 28, 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. Lorenzo Ruiz of Manila (Filipino, married father of three, martyred in 1637 at Nagasaki by being crushed while hanging upside down for three days [canonized 1987])
St. Wenceslaus (Bohemian, duke and "Good King Wenceslaus," martyred [murdered by his brother] in 929)
St. Thiemo (Bavarian, nobleman, Benedictine abbot and archbishop, martyred by Muslims in 1102)
Bl. Bernardine of Feltre (Italian, Franciscan priest, teacher and preacher, d. 1494)
St. Eustochium (Italian, virgin, disciple of St. Jerome, c. 419)
St. Heliodorus (Pisidian [modern Turkish], martyred c. 303)
Bl. John Cochumbuco (Augustinian tertiary, catechist, martyred by beheading at Nagasaki in 1630)

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 (jfgecik@hotmail.com), September 28, 2001

Answers

Japanese governors: "If we grant you life, will you renounce your faith?"

St. Lawrence Ruiz: "That I will never do, because I am a Christian, and I shall die for God, and for him I would give many thousands of lives if I had them. And so, do with me as you please."

-- (_@_._), September 28, 2001.

Amen, St. Lawrence Ruiz. Pray for us that we may be so a witness.

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-- Melissa (holy_rhodes@earthlink.net), September 29, 2001.

[Here are some September 28 saints/blessed to be added to those listed in the opening message:]

Holy Companions of St. Lorenzo Ruiz [who was mentioned above] (Spanish [4], Japanese [9], French [1], Italian [1] ... 13 men [9 Dominican priests, 2 brothers, 2 laymen] and 2 women [Dominican tertiaries] ... martyred at Nagasaki in between 1633 and 1637 [canonized 1987])
----- St. Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia (Spanish, Dominican)
----- St. Francis Shoyemon (Japanese, layman)
----- St. James of St. Mary Kyusei (Japanese)
----- St. Michael Kurobioye (Japanese)
----- St. Lucas del Espíritu Santo (Italian)
----- St. Matthew of the Rosary Kohioye (Japanese)
----- St. Magdalen of Nagasaki (Japanese, Dominican tertiary)
----- St. Marina de Omura (Japanese, Dominican tertiary)
----- St. Thomas of St. Hyacinth Hioji (Japanese)
----- St. Jordán de San Esteban (Spanish, Dominican)
----- St. Antonio Gonzales (Spanish, Dominican priest)
----- St. Guillermo Courtet (French, Dominican priest)
----- St. Miguel de Aozaraza (Spanish, Dominican priest)
----- St. Vicente Shiwozuka de la Cruz (Japanese,Dominican priest)
----- St. Lazaro of Kyoto (Japanese, layman, leper)
St. Annemund (French, king's counselor, bishop, d. 658)
St. Conval of Strathclyde (Irish, priest, missionary in Scotland, c. 630)
St. Faustus of Riez (French, abbot, spiritual writer, bishop, opposed heresies, d. 490)
Sts. Lawrence, Martial, and twenty companions (North African, early martyrs)
Bl. Lawrence Shizu, Bl. Michael Kinoshi, Bl. Peter Kufioji, and Bl. Thomas Kufioji (Japanese, Augustinian tertiaries, martyred by beheading at Nagasaki in 1630)
St. Machan (Scottish, bishop [in Ireland?])
Sts. Mark, Alexander, Alphius, Zosimus, Nicon, Neon, Heliodorus, and thirty companions (Pisidian [Turkish], shepherd and his six brothers with thirty soldiers, early martyrs)
Sts. Martin and Willigod (French, Benedictine abbots, 7th century)
St. Maximus of Ephesus (early martyr)
St. Paternus (Spanish, bishop in France, d. 150)
St. Remigius Isore (French, schoolteacher, Jesuit missionary, ordained priest in China, martyred in 1900 [canonized 2000])
St. Tetta (English, Benedictine abbess, d. 772)

JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), September 28, 2002.

Jmj

On September 28, 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:

Holy Martyrs of Nagasaki of 1637 [also known as “St. Lorenzo Ruiz and companions”] (Filipino [1], Spanish [4], Japanese [9], French [1], Italian [1] ... 14 men [9 Dominican priests, 2 brothers, 3 laymen] and 2 women [Dominican tertiaries] ... martyred at Nagasaki in between 1633 and 1637 [canonized 1987])
----- St. Lawrence Ruiz of Manila [Lorenzo] (Filipino, married father of three, martyred [crushed after hanging upside down for three days] in 1637)
----- St. Dominic Ibáñez de Erquicia [Domingo] (Spanish, Dominican)
----- St. Francis Shoyemon (Japanese, layman)
----- St. James of St. Mary Kyusei (Japanese)
----- St. Michael Kurobioye (Japanese)
----- St. Luke of the Holy Spirit [Luca del Espíritu Santo] (Italian)
----- St. Matthew of the Rosary Kohioye (Japanese)
----- St. Magdalen of Nagasaki (Japanese, Dominican tertiary)
----- St. Marina of Omura (Japanese, Dominican tertiary)
----- St. Thomas of St. Hyacinth Hioji (Japanese)
----- St. Jordan of St. Steven [Jordán de San Esteban] (Spanish, Dominican)
----- St. Anthony Gonzales [Antonio] (Spanish, Dominican priest)
----- St. William Courtet [Guillaume] (French, Dominican priest)
----- St. Michael de Aozaraza [Miguel] (Spanish, Dominican priest)
----- St. Vincent de la Cruz Shiwozuka (Japanese, Dominican priest)
----- St. Lazarus of Kyoto (Japanese, layman, leper)

St. Annemund of Lyons (French, king's counselor, bishop, d. 658)
Bl. Bernardine of Feltre [Bernardino] (Italian, Franciscan priest, teacher and preacher, d. 1494)
Holy Martyrs of China [also called “St. Augustine Zhao and companions”] (87 Chinese, 13 Italians, 12 French, 6 Spanish, 1 Belgian, 1 Dutch ... 120 men and women [7 bishops, 18 European priests, 1 European brother, 7 European sisters, 4 Chinese priests, 83 Chinese lay men and women], whose names and stories are known, are representative of thousands of Catholic clergy, religious, and laity martyred between 1648 and 1930 [canonized 2000])
{Note: Many of these martyrs are remembered individually or in small groups on other days during the year.}
-- [Bishops:]
----- St. Louis Versiglia of Oliva Gessi [Luigi] (Italian, Salesian, died in 1930 at age 57)
----- St. Peter Sanz y Jorda of Asco [Pedro] (Spanish, Dominican, died in 1747 at age 67)
----- St. John Gabriel Taurin Dufresse of Ville-de-Lezoux [Jean- Gabriel] (French, religious of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, died in 1815 at age 65)
----- St. Gregory Grassi of Castellazzo Bormida [Gregorio] [baptized Pierluigi (Peter Louis)] (Italian, Franciscan, died in 1900 at age 67)
----- St. Francis Fogolla of Montereggio [Francesco] (Italian, Franciscan, died in 1900 at age 61)
----- St. Anthony Fantosati of Santa Maria della Valle [Antonio] (Italy, Franciscan, died in 1900 at age 58)
----- St. Francis Serrano Frias of Guenejea [Francisco] (Spanish, Dominican priest [bishop-elect], died in 1748 at age 53)
-- [Priests:]
----- St. Francis Mary Lantrua of Molini di Triora [Francesco Maria] [baptized Giovanni (John)] (Italian, Franciscan friar, died in 1816 at age 56)
----- St. Francis Regis Clet of Grenoble [François-Regis] (French, Vincentian, died in 1820 at age 72)
----- St. Alberico Crescitelli of Altavilla (Italian, member of P.I.M.E., died in 1900 at age 37)
----- St. Callistus Caravario of Cuorgné Canavese [Callisto] (Italian, Salesian, died in 1930 at age 27)
----- St. Francis Fernandez de Capillas of Baquerín de Campos [Francisco] (Spanish, Dominican, first Christian martyr in China, died in 1648 at age 41)
----- St. Joachim Rojo Perez of Hinojosa [Joaquín] (Spanish, Dominican, died in 1748 at age 57)
----- St. John Alcober Figuera of Gerona [Juan] (Spanish, Dominican, died in 1748 at age 54)
----- St. Francis Diaz del Rincon of Ecija [Francisco] (Spanish, Dominican, died in 1748 at age 35)
----- St. August Chapdelaine of La Rochelle [Auguste] (French, religious of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, died in 1856 at age 42)
----- St. John Peter Neel of Sainte-Catherine-sur-Riviere [Jean- Pierre] (French, religious of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, died in 1862 at age 30)
----- St. Leo Ignatius Mangin of Verny [Leon-Ignace] (French, Jesuit, died in 1900 at age 43)
----- St. Paul Denn of Lille (French, Jesuit, died in 1900 at age 53)
----- St. Remy Isore of Bambecque (French, schoolteacher, Jesuit missionary, ordained priest in China, died in 1900 at age 48)
----- St. Modeste Andlauer of Rosheim (French, Jesuit, died in 1900 at age 53)
----- St. Joseph Mary Gambaro of Galliate [Giuseppe Maria] [baptized Bernardo (Bernard)] (Italian, Franciscan, died in 1900 at age 31)
----- St. Caesidius Giacomantonio of Fossa Acquilana [Cesidio] [baptized Angelo] (Italian, Franciscan, died in 1900 at age 27)
----- St. Elijah Facchini of Reno Centese [Elia] (Italian, Franciscan, died in 1900 at age 61)
----- St. Theodore Balat of Saint-Martin de Tours (French, Franciscan, died in 1900 at age 42)
----- St. Thaddeus Liu Ruiting of Qunglai (died in 1823 at age 50)
----- St. Joseph Yuan Zaide of Pe-Choui-Hien (died in 1817 at age 51)
----- St. Paul Liu Hanzuo of Lezi (died in 1819 at age 41)
----- St. Augustine Zhao Rong of Su-Tchuen (died in 1815 at age 59)
-- [Franciscan Brother, and Sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary:]
----- St. Andrew Bauer of Guebwiller [Andrea] (Italian, died in 1900 at age 34)
----- St. Mary Hermina of Jesus Grivot of Beaune [Marie-Hermine de Jesus] [baptized Irma] (French, died in 1900 at age 34)
----- St. Mary of Peace Giuliani of Bolsena [Maria della Pace] [baptized Maria Anna (Mary Ann)] (Italian, died in 1900 at age 25)
----- St. Mary Clare Manetti of Ponte Santa Maria Maddalena [Maria Chiara] [baptized Clelia] (Italian, died in 1900 at age 28)
----- St. Mary of St. Natalie Kerguin of Belle-Isle-en-Terre [Marie de Sainte Nathalie] [baptized Jeanne-Marie (Joan Marie)] (French, died in 1900 at age 36)
----- St. Mary of St. Justus Moreau of La Faye [Marie de Saint Just] [baptized Anne-Françoise (Ann Frances)] (French, died in 1900 at age 34)
----- St. Marie Adolfine Dierkx of Ossendrecht [baptized Anna Katarina (Ann Catherine)] (Dutch, died in 1900 at age 34)
----- St. Marie Amandina Jeuris of Schakebroek [baptized Paulina] (Belgian, died in 1900 at age 27) -- [Lay men and women:]
----- St. Joseph Zhang Wen-lan of Ba (seminarian, died in 1861 at age 30)
----- St. Paul Chen Chang-pin of Xing-ren (seminarian, died in 1861 at age 23)
----- St. John Zhang Huan of Nan-she (seminarian, died in 1900 at age 18)
----- St. Patrick Dong Bo-di of Gu-cheng-yin (seminarian, died in 1900 at age 18)
----- St. John Wang Rui of Xinli (seminarian, died in 1900 at age 15)
----- St. Philip Zhang Zhi-he of Shan-quin-gyu (seminarian, died in 1900 at age 20)
----- St. John Zhang Jing-guang of Fuj-ing Cun (seminarian, died in 1900 at age 22)
----- St. Rose Fan Hui of Fan (virgin, died in 1900 at age 45)
----- St. Thomas Shen Ji-he of An-kao (Franciscan tertiary, died in 1900 at age 49)
----- St. Simon Chen Xi-man of An-yang (catechist, Franciscan tertiary, died in 1900 at age 46)
----- St. Peter Wu An-bang of Liu-lin-tsuen (Franciscan tertiary, died in 1900 at age 40)
----- St. Francis Zhang Rong of Qizi Shan (Franciscan tertiary, died in 1900 at age 62)
----- St. Matthew Feng De of Xiao-Ba-shi (Franciscan tertiary, died in 1900 at age 45)
----- St. Peter Zhang Ban-niu of Tul-ing (Franciscan tertiary, died in 1900 at age 51)
----- St. Peter Wu Guo-sheng of Long-ping (catechist, died in 1814 at age 46)
----- St. Joseph Zhang Da-peng of Du-yun (catechist, died in 1815 at age 61)
----- St. Peter Liu Wen-yuan of Gui-zhu (catechist, died in 1834 at age 74)
----- St. Joachim Hao Kai-zhi of Zha-zuo (catechist, died in 1839 at age 65)
----- St. Lawrence Bai Xiao-man of Shui-cheng (died in 1856 at age 35)
----- St. Agnes Cao Gui-ying of Wu-jia-zhai (widow, died in 1856 at age 35)
----- St. Jerome Lu Ting-mei of Mo-kou (catechist, died in 1858 at age 47)
----- St. Lawrence Wang Bing of Gui-yang (catechist, died in 1858 at age 56)
----- St. Agatha Lin Zao of Ma-Tchang (catechist, died in 1858 at age 41)
----- St. John Baptist Luo Ting-ying of Qing-yian (died in 1825 at age 36)
----- St. Martha Wang Luo of Zun-yi (widow, died in 1861 at age 59)
----- St. Martin Wu Xue-sheng of Chu-chang-bo (catechist, died in 1862 at age 45)
----- St. John Zhang Tian-shen of Jia-shanl-ong (catechist, died in 1862 at age 57)
----- St. John Chen Xian-heng of Cheng-du (catechist, died in 1862 at age 42)
----- St. Lucy Yi Zhen-mei of Mian-yang (catechist, died in 1862 at age 47)
----- St. James Yan Guo-dong of Jian-he (died in 1900 at age 47)
----- St. James Zhao Quan-xin of Liu-lin-zhuang (died in 1900 at age 44)
----- St. Peter Wang Er-man of Gu-cheng-yin Cun (died in 1900 at age 36)
----- St. Mary Zhu Wu of Zhu-jia-he (died in 1900 at age 50)
----- St. Peter Zhu Ri-xin of Zhu-jia-he (died in 1900 at age 19)
----- St. John Baptist Zhu Wu-rui of Lou-tcho-ang (died in 1900 at age 17)
----- St. Mary Fu Gui-Lin of Luo-po (died in 1900 at age 37)
----- St. Barbara Cui Lian of Xiao-ti-an (died in 1900 at age 51)
----- St. Joseph Ma Tai-shun of Qian-sheng-zhuang [also known as John Baptist] (died in 1900 at age 60)
----- St. Lucy Wang Cheng of Lao-chun-tan (died in 1900 at age 18)
----- St. Mary Fan Kun of Da-ji (died in 1900 at age 16)
----- St. Mary Chi Yu of Da-ji (died in 1900 at age 15)
----- St. Mary Zheng Xu of Kou (died in 1900 at age 11)
----- St. Mary Du Zhao of Qi-feng-zhuang (died in 1900 at age 51)
----- Sts. Magdalene Du Feng-ju and Mary Du Tian of Du-Yong-he (daughter and mother, died in 1900 at ages 19 and 42)
----- St. Paul Wu An-jyu of Xi-he-tou (died in 1900 at age 62)
----- St. John Baptist Wu Man-tang of Xi-he-tou (died in 1900 at age 17)
----- St. Paul Wu Wan-shu of Xi-he-tou (died in 1900 at age 16)
----- Sts. Raymond Li Quan-zhen and Peter Li Quan-hui of Chen-tun- cun (brothers, died in 1900 at ages 59 and 63)
----- Sts. Peter Zhao Ming-zhen and John Baptist Zhao Ming-xi of Bei- wang-tou (died in 1900 at ages 61 and 56)
----- Sts. Teresa Chen Tin-jieh and Rose Chen Ai-jieh of Feng (died in 1900 at ages 25 and 22)
----- St. Peter Wang Zuo-lung of Shuang-zhong (died in 1900 at age 58)
----- St. Mary Guo Li of Hu-jia-che (died in 1900 at age 65)
----- St. John Wu Wen-yin of Dong-er-tou (died in 1900 at age 50)
----- St. Mark Ji Tian-xiang of Yan-zhuang-tou (died in 1900 at age 66)
----- St. Ann An Xin of Liou-Koan-Ying (died in 1900 at age 72)
----- St. Mary An Guo of Liou-Koan-Ying (died in 1900 at age 64)
----- St. Ann An Jiao of Liou-Koan-Ying (died in 1900 at age 26)
----- St. Mary An Ling-hua of Liou-Koan-Ying (died in 1900 at age 29)
----- St. Paul Liu Jin-de of Heng-shui (died in 1900 at age 79)
----- St. Joseph Wang Kui-xin of Qi (died in 1900 at age 37)
----- St. John Wang Kui-ju of Qi (died in 1900 at age 25)
----- St. Teresa Zhang He of Yuan (died in 1900 at age 36)
----- Sts. Lang Yang and Paul Lang Fu of Lu (mother and son, died in 1900 at ages 29 and 7)
----- Sts. Elizabeth Qin Bian and Simon Qin Kun-fu of Nanpeiluo (mother and son, died in 1900 at ages 54 and 14)
----- St. Peter Liu Ze-yu of Zhu-jia-xie (died in 1900 at age 57)
----- St. Ann Wang of Ma-jia-zhuang (died in 1900 at age 14)
----- St. Joseph Wang Yu-mei of Ma-jia-zhuang (died in 1900 at age 68)
----- St. Lucy Wang Wang of Ma-jia-zhuang (died in 1900 at age 31)
----- St. Andrew Wang Tian-qing of Ma-jia-zhuang (died in 1900 at age 9)
----- St. Mary Wang Li of Wei (died in 1900 at age 49)
----- St. Mary Zhao Guo of Zhao-jia-cun (died in 1900 at age 60)
----- St. Rose Zhao of Zhao-jia-cun (died in 1900 at age 22)
----- St. Mary Zhao of Zhao-jia-cun (died in 1900 at age 17)
----- St. Joseph Yuan Geng-yin of Hui (died in 1900 at age 47)
----- St. Paul Ge Ting-zhu of Xiao-tun (died in 1900 at age 61)
----- St. Zhang Huai-lu of Zhu-ko-tian (catechumen, died in 1900 at age 57)
----- St. Chi Zhu-ze of De-zhao (catechumen, died in 1900 at age 18)
St. Conval of Strathclyde (Irish, priest, missionary in Scotland, c. 630)
St. Eustochium of Rome (Italian, virgin, disciple of St. Jerome, c. 419)
St. Faustus of Riez (French, abbot, spiritual writer, bishop, opposed heresies, d. 490)
St. Heliodorus of Antioch (Pisidian [modern Turkish], martyred c. 303)
Sts. Lawrence, Martial, and twenty companions (North African, early martyrs)
Bl. Lawrence of Ripafratta [Lorenzo] (Italian, Dominican priest, d. 1456)
Bl. Lawrence Shizu, Bl. Michael Kinoshi, Bl. Peter Kufioji, Bl. John Shozaburo, and Bl. Thomas Kufioji (Japanese, Augustinian tertiaries, martyred by beheading at Nagasaki in 1630)
St. Machan (Scottish, bishop [in Ireland?])
Sts. Mark, Alexander, Alphius, Zosimus, Nicon, Neon, Heliodorus, and thirty companions, of Antioch (Pisidian [Turkish], shepherd and his six brothers with thirty soldiers, early martyrs)
Sts. Martin and Willigod of Romont (French, Benedictine abbots, 7th century)
St. Maximus of Ephesus (early martyr)
St. Paternus of Bilbao (Spanish, bishop in France, d. 150)
St. Simon de Rojas of Valladolid (Spanish, Trinitarian priest and superior, teacher, founded Servants of the Sweet Name of Mary, queen's spiritual advisor, d. 1624 [canonized 1988])
St. Tetta of Wimborne (English, Benedictine abbess, d. 772)
St. Thiemo of Ascalon (Bavarian, nobleman, Benedictine abbot and archbishop in Palestine, martyred by Muslims in 1102)
St. Wenceslaus of Prague [Vaclav] (Bohemian, duke and "Good King Wenceslaus," martyred [murdered by his brother] in 929)

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 28, 2003.