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Today, October 8, 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. Gratus (French, bishop, c. 652)
St. Hugh Canefro (Italian, chaplain of knights, d. 1230)
St. Iwi (English, deacon, hermit, d. 7th century)
St. John Leonardi (Italian, priest, co-founder of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God, formed Confraternity of Christian Doctrine [CCD], d. 1609)
St. Keyna (English, virgin)
St. Reparata (Palestinian, 11-year old girl; after emerging unhurt from a funace, martyred by beheading in 3rd 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 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), October 08, 2001

Answers

-- (_@_._), October 08, 2001.

John,Is today the Feastday of St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373) The Bride Of Christ? Our Lord revealed The Fifteen Prayers to honor the over 5000 Blows on His Body!

God Bless. David S

-- David S (asdzxc8176@aol.com), October 08, 2001.

John,

I Read St. Bridget's featday is on 7/23 in one book. In a other book I read the feastday was today. So I went back to the question I asked you about St.John The Baptizer having 2 feastdays on 8/29 and I saw that St. Bridget was not one of the Saints that you said had 2 feastdays. I Think the book I have might of made mistake in saying today was St Bridget's feastday. The book was A Benedictine Prayer Book that gave St. Bridget 2 Feastdays one was 7/23 and the other feastday was 10/8.

Take Care,

David S

-- David S (asdzxc8176@aol.com), October 08, 2001.

Hi, David.
St. Bridget of Sweden's feast day is on July 23. That is the day of her earthly death -- sometimes called a saint's "birthday into heaven."
The confusion is caused by the fact that her feast was formerly on October 8. I believe that this was the day (or day after) her remains were removed from her adopted home (Rome) to her native Sweden.
The Church greatly revised the liturgical calendar in 1969, after Vatican II. St. Bridget's feast was probably moved at that time.
God bless you.
JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 08, 2001.

John,

Thanks for straighting out my confusion on St. Bridget's Feastday.

God Bless You.

David Sullivan

-- David S (asdzxc8176@aol.com), October 09, 2001.

Dear Moderator,
Please delete the reference to St. John Leonardi from my original message. My source of information was off by one day, as St. John's feast is actually October 9.
Thanks. JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 09, 2001.

[Here are some October 8 saints/blesseds to be added to those listed in the opening message:]

St. Amor of Aquitaine (Belgian, hermit, 9th century)
St. Badilo of Vezelay (French, Benedictine abbot in Belgium, d. 870)
St. Benedicta (virgin, early martyr)
St. Demetrius (soldier?, deacon, martyred in 4th century)
Sts. Laurentia and Palatias (Italian, slave and her mistress, martyred in 302)
St. Martin Cid (Spanish, Cistercian abbot, 13th century)
Bl. Matthew de Eskandely of Buda (Hungarian, missionary priest in China, martyred in 1309)
St. Nestor (Greek, early martyr)
St. Pelagia the Penitent (from Asia Minor [Turkish], hermit in Palestine)
Bl. Peter of Seville (early martyr)
St. Thais of Alexandria (Egyptian, repentant prostitute, hermitess, nun, 4th century)
St. Triduna (virgin, lay missionary in Scotland, 4th century)

JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 08, 2002.

Jmj

On October 8, 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 Aquitaine (Belgian, hermit, 9th century)
St. Badilo of Vezelay (French, Benedictine abbot in Belgium, d. 870)
St. Benedicta (virgin, early martyr)
St. Demetrius of Sirmium (soldier?, deacon, martyred in what is now Croatia in 4th century)
St. Gratus of Chalons-sur-Saone (French, bishop, c. 652)
St. Hugh Canefro of Genoa [Ugo] (Italian, chaplain of knights, d. 1230)
St. Iwi of Northumbria (English, deacon, hermit, d. 7th century)
Bl. John Adams of Winterbourne, Bl. John Lowe of London, Bl. Robert Dibdale of Shottery (English, priests, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1586 [beatified 1987]) [Their ages were about 43, 33, and 28.]
St. Keyna of Cornwall (British, virgin)
Sts. Laurentia and Palatias of Ancona (Italian, slave and her mistress, martyred in 302)
St. Martin Cid of Zamora (Spanish, Cistercian abbot, 13th century)
Bl. Matthew Carreri of Mantua [Matteo] (Italian, Dominican priest, d. 1470)
Bl. Matthew de Eskandely of Buda [Matyas] (Hungarian, missionary priest in China, martyred in 1309)
St. Nestor of Thessalonica (Greek, early martyr)
St. Pelagia the Penitent of Edessa (from Asia Minor [Turkish], hermit in Palestine)
Bl. Peter of Seville (early martyr)
St. Reparata of Caesarea (Palestinian, 11-year old girl; after emerging unhurt from a funace, martyred by beheading in 3rd century)
St. Thais of Alexandria (Egyptian, repentant prostitute, hermitess, nun, 4th century)
St. Triduna (virgin, lay missionary in Scotland, 4th 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), October 08, 2003.