Jmj

Today, November 3, 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. Martin de Porres (Peruvian, Dominican brother, beggar, infirmarian, d. 1639 [canonized 1962])
Bl. Alpais of Cudot (French, peasant, limbless leper, lived on the Host alone, virgin, d. 1211)
St. Clydog (English, nobleman, 6th century)
St. Gaudiosus of Tarazona (Spanish, monk, bishop, c. 585)
St. Germanus, Theophilus, Caesareus, and Vitalis (Cappadocian [Turkish], martyred in 250)
St. Guenhael (French, abbot, c. 550)
St. Hermengaudius (Spanish, bishop, d. 1035)
St. Hilary of Viterbo (Italian, deacon, martyred by beheading c. 300)
St. Hubert of Liege [Apostle of the Ardenne] (French, count, widower, bishop, d. 727)
Bl. Ida of Toggenburg (German, countess, Benedictine nun, d. 1226)
St. Malachy O'More [Maolmhaodhog ua Morgair] (Irish, abbot, archbishop, healer, died in France in 1148)
St. Pirmin of Reichenau (Spanish, Benedictine abbot, bishop, d. 753)
St. Rumwold (English, prince, c. 650)
St. Winifred of Wales (Welsh, virgin, c. 655)
St. Wulganus (from British Isles, hermit in France, c. 704)
St. Acepsimas of Cyrrhus (Syrian, hermit priest, 5th century)
Sts. Acheric and William (French, hermits, Benedictine monks, c. 860)
St. Amicus of Monte Cassino (Italian, priest, hermit, Benedictine monk, c. 1045)
Bl. Berthold of Engelberg (German, Benedictine abbot, d. 1197)
St. Cristiolus of Wales (Welsh, 7th century)
St. Domnus of Vienne (French, bishop, d. 527)
St. Elerius of Wales (Welsh, monk, 6th century)
St. Englatius of Scotland (Scottish, bishop, d. 966)
St. Florus of Lodève (French, bishop, d. 389)
Innumerable Martyrs of Zaragoza ["innumerabilis multitudo"] (Spanish, martyred c. 304)
St. Oda (noblewoman, virgin, 12 century)
St. Papulus of Toulouse [Papoul] (French, priest, missionary, martyred c. 300)
Bl. Peter-Francis Néron (French, missionary priest in Hong Kong, martyred by beheading in Vietnam in 1860)
St. Quartus (Roman, 1st century)
Bl. Raynerius of Arezzo [Raniero Mariani] (Italian, Franciscan brother, d. 1304)
Bl. Simon Ballachi (Italian, nobleman Dominican brother, ascetic, visionary, d. 1319)
St. Sylvia of Rome (Roman, mother of St. Gregory the Great [pope and doctor of the Church], widow, c. 572)
Sts. Valerian and Hilary (Italian, priest and deacon, martyred by beheading c. 304)
St. Valentinian of Salerno (Italian, bishop, c. 500)

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), November 03, 2001

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-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), November 03, 2001.

Jmj

On November 3, 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. Martin de Porres of Lima (Peruvian, Dominican brother, beggar, infirmarian, d. 1639 [canonized 1962])

St. Acepsimas of Cyrrhus (Syrian, hermit priest, 5th century)
Sts. Acheric and William (French, hermits, Benedictine monks, c. 860)
Bl. Alpais of Cudot (French, peasant, limbless leper, lived on the Host alone, virgin, d. 1211)
St. Amicus of Monte Cassino (Italian, priest, hermit, Benedictine monk, c. 1045)
Bl. Berthold of Engelberg (German, Benedictine abbot, d. 1197)
St. Clydog (English, nobleman, 6th century)
St. Cristiolus (Welsh, 7th century)
St. Domnus of Vienne (French, bishop, d. 527)
St. Elerius (Welsh, monk, 6th century)
St. Englatius of Tarves (Scottish, bishop, d. 966)
St. Florus of Lodève (French, bishop, d. 389)
St. Gaudiosus of Tarazona (Spanish, monk, bishop, c. 585)
St. Germanus, Theophilus, Caesareus, and Vitalis, of Cappadocia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], martyred in 250)
St. Guenhael of Landevenec (French, abbot, c. 550)
St. Hermengaudio of Urgell (Spanish, bishop, d. 1035)
St. Hilary of Viterbo (Italian, deacon, martyred by beheading c. 300)
St. Hubert of Liege [Apostle of the Ardenne] (French, count, widower, bishop, d. 727)
Bl. Ida of Toggenburg (German, countess, Benedictine nun, d. 1226)
Holy Martyrs of Zaragoza (Spanish, an “innumerable multitude,” martyred c. 304)
St. Malachy O'More of Armagh [Maolmhaodhog ua Morgair] (Irish, abbot, archbishop, healer, died in France in 1148)
St. Oda (noblewoman, virgin, 12 century)
St. Papulus of Toulouse [Papoul] (French, priest, missionary, martyred c. 300)
Bl. Peter-Francis Néron of Bornay [Pierre-François] (French, missionary priest in Hong Kong, martyred by beheading in Vietnam in 1860)
St. Pirmin of Reichenau (Spanish, Benedictine abbot, bishop in Germany, d. 753)
Bl. Pius of St. Aloysius Campidelli of Trebbio [Pio di San Aluigi] (Italian, Passionist, died at age 21 in 1889 [beatified 1985])
St. Quartus of Rome (Italian, 1st century)
Bl. Raniero Mariani of Arezzo (Italian, Franciscan brother, d. 1304)
Bl. Rupert Emil Mayer of Stuttgart (Bavarian, Jesuit priest, d. 1945 [beatified 1987])
St. Rumwold of Sutton (English, prince, c. 650)
Bl. Simon Ballachi of Rimini [Simone] (Italian, nobleman Dominican brother, ascetic, visionary, d. 1319)
St. Sylvia of Rome (Italian, mother of St. Gregory the Great [pope and doctor of the Church], widow, c. 572)
Sts. Valerian and Hilary of Viterbo (Italian, priest and deacon, martyred by beheading c. 304)
St. Valentinian of Salerno (Italian, bishop, c. 500)
St. Winifred of Guthurin (Welsh, virgin, c. 655)
St. Wulganus of Arras (from British Isles, hermit in France, c. 704)

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), November 03, 2003.