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Today, October 13, 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. Edward the Confessor (English, king, healer, d. 1066 [incorrupt])
St. Colman of Stockerau (British, d. 1012 [incorrupt])
St. Gebrand (French, Cistercian abbot, d. 1218)
St. Gerald of Aurillac (French, blind count, d. 909)
Bl. Mary Magdalen Panattieri (Italian, Dominican tertiary, virgin, d. 1503)
St. Simbert of Augsburg (German, abbot, bishop, c. 808)

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 13, 2001

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-- (_@_._), October 13, 2001.

[Here are some October 13 saints/blesseds to be added to those listed in the opening message:]

St. Agilbert of Paris (French, bishop in England and France, 7th century)
St. Berthoald of Cambrai (French, bishop, 7th century)
St. Carpus of Troas (from Asia Minor [Turkish], disciple of St. Paul [2 Tim 4], 1st century)
St. Chelidonia of Subiaco (Italian, Benedictine hermitess, d. 1152)
St. Comgan (Irish, abbot in Scotland, 8th century)
Sts. Faustus, Januarius, and Martial of Cordova (Spanish, tortured and martyred by burning c. 304)
St. Florentius of Thessalonica (Greek, martyred by burning in 312)
Sts. Fyncana and Fyndoca (Scottish?, virgins, early martyrs)
St. Maurice of Carnoet (French, Cistercian abbot, d. 1191)
St. Regimbald of Speyer (German, Benedictine abbot, bishop, d. 1039)
St. Romulus of Genoa (Italian, bishop, c. 642)
St. Theophilus of Antioch (Syrian, pagan philosopher, Catholic bishop, c. 181)
St. Venantius of Tours (French, abbot, 5th century)

JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 20, 2002.

Jmj

On October 13, 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. Agilbert of Paris (French, bishop in England and France, 7th century)
St. Berthoald of Cambrai (French, bishop, 7th century)
St. Carpus of Troas (from Asia Minor [Turkish], disciple of St. Paul [2 Tim 4], 1st century)
St. Chelidonia of Subiaco (Italian, Benedictine hermitess, d. 1152)
St. Comgan (Irish, abbot in Scotland, 8th century)
St. Edward the Confessor of Islip (English, king, healer, d. 1066 [incorruptible])
St. Colman of Stockerau (British, d. 1012 [incorrupt])
Sts. Faustus, Januarius, and Martial of Cordova (Spanish, tortured and martyred by burning c. 304)
St. Florentius of Thessalonica (Greek, martyred by burning in 312)
Sts. Fyncana and Fyndoca (Scottish?, virgins, early martyrs)
St. Gebrand of Foigny (French, Cistercian abbot, d. 1218)
St. Gerald of Aurillac (French, blind count, d. 909)
Bl. Mary Magdalen dei Panattieri of Trino [Maria Maddalena] (Italian, Dominican tertiary, virgin, d. 1503)
St. Maurice of Carnoet (French, Cistercian abbot, d. 1191)
St. Regimbald of Speyer (German, Benedictine abbot, bishop, d. 1039)
St. Romulus of Genoa (Italian, bishop, c. 642)
St. Simbert of Augsburg (German, abbot, bishop, c. 808)
St. Theophilus of Antioch (Syrian, pagan philosopher, Catholic bishop, c. 181)
St. Venantius of Tours (French, abbot, 5th 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 13, 2003.

Late in 2003 and early in 2004, Pope John Paul II beatified sixteen servants of God. The following one was assigned this calendar day for yearly commemoration.

Bl. Alexandrina Maria da Costa (Portuguese, laywoman, bed-ridden paralytic, mystic, visionary, survived her last 13 years on Holy Communion alone, died at age 51 in 1955 [beatified 2004])

[She was paralyzed in falling about 13 feet at age 14, having jumped out of a window to escape a rapist on Holy Saturday.]

-- (jfgecik@spamfreeHotmail.com), May 07, 2004.