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Today, November 26, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Bl. Albert of Haigerloch (German, nobleman, Benedictine prior, parish priest, d. 1311)
St. Amator of Autun (French, bishop, 3rd century)
St. Basolus of Verzy [Basle] (French, soldier, monk, hermit, miracle-worker, c. 620)
St. Bellinus of Padua [Bellino] (Italian, bishop, martyred in 1151)
St. Conrad of Constance (German, nobleman, bishop, d. 975)
St. Egelwine of Athelney (West Saxon [English], prince, 7th century)
Sts. Faustus, Didius, Ammonius, Phileas, Hesychius, Pachomius, Theodore, and companions (Egyptians, priest, six bishops, et al. ... martyred c. 311)
Bl. James Benfatti of Mantua (Italian, Dominican friar, bishop, d. 1338 [incorruptible])
St. John Berchmans [Jan] (Belgian, poor son of shoemaker, Jesuit seminarian, d. 1621 at age 22)
St. Leonard of Port Maurice [Paolo Casanuova] (Italian, Franciscan priest, missionary, prolific spiritual writer, foremost promoter of Via Crucis [Stations of the Cross], d. 1751)
St. Marcellus of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], priest, martyred [hurled from a height] by Arian heretics in 349)
St. Martin of Arades (French, Bendictine monk, d. 726)
St. Nikon Metanoite (Armenian, monk, missionary, d. in 998 in Greece)
St. Peter Martyr of Alexandria (Egyptian, bishop, martyred in 311)
Bl. Pontius of Faucigny (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 1178)
St. Silvester Gozzolini (Italian, nobleman, hermit, founder and abbot of Blue/Silvestrine Benedictines, d. 1267)
Pope St. Siricius (Roman, deacon, elected in 384, reigned until death in 399)
St. Stylianus of Adrianopolis [Alypius] (from Asia Minor [Turkish], deacon, stylite hermit [atop pillar] for over 60 years, 5th century?)
Bl. Walter of Aulne (Belgian, Cistercian prior, c. 1180)

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 26, 2001

Answers

With St. Tarcisius, St. John Berchmans is co-patron saint of altar boys.

-- (_@_._), November 26, 2001.

Jmj

On November 26, 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:

Bl. Albert of Haigerloch (German, nobleman, Benedictine prior, parish priest, d. 1311)
St. Amator of Autun (French, bishop, 3rd century)
St. Basolus of Verzy [Basle] (French, soldier, monk, hermit, miracle-worker, c. 620)
St. Bellino of Padua (Italian, bishop, martyred in 1151)
St. Conrad of Constance (German, nobleman, bishop, d. 975)
St. Egelwine of Athelney (West Saxon [English], prince, 7th century)
Sts. Faustus of Alexandria, Didius, Ammonius, Phileas, Hesychius, Pachomius, Theodore, and over 650 companions (Egyptians ... priest, six bishops, and others ... martyred c. 311)
Bl. Gaetana Sterni of Cassola (Italian, Canossian sister, founder of Sisters of the Divine Will, d. 1889 [beatified 2001])
Bl. Hugh Taylor of Durham (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 25 under Elizabeth I in 1585 [beatified 1987])
Bl. James Alberione of San Lorenzo di Fossano [Giacomo] (Italian, priest, co-founder of the Pauline family of congregations, d. 1971 [beatified 2003])
Bl. James Benfatti of Mantua [Giacomo] (Italian, Dominican friar, bishop, d. 1338 [incorruptible])
St. John Berchmans of Diest [Jan] (Belgian, poor son of shoemaker, Jesuit seminarian, d. 1621 at age 22)
St. Leonard Casanuova of Port Maurice [Leonardo] [baptized Paolo] (Italian, Franciscan priest, missionary, prolific spiritual writer, foremost promoter of Via Crucis [Stations of the Cross], d. 1751)
St. Marcellus of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], priest, martyred [hurled from a height] by Arian heretics in 349)
Bl. Marmaduke Bowes of Ingram Grange (English, layman, martyred by hanging under Elizabeth I in 1585 [beatified 1987])
St. Martin of Arades (French, Bendictine monk, d. 726)
St. Nikon Metanoite of Pontus (Armenian, monk, missionary on Crete and in Greece, d. in 998)
St. Peter of Alexandria (Egyptian, bishop, martyred in 311)
Bl. Pontius of Faucigny [Ponce] (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 1178)
St. Silvester Gozzolini of Osimo (Italian, nobleman, hermit, founder and abbot of Blue/Silvestrine Benedictines, d. 1267)
Pope St. Siricius I of Rome (Italian, deacon, elected in 384, reigned until death in 399)
St. Stylianus of Adrianopolis [also called Alypius] (from Asia Minor [Turkish], deacon, stylite hermit [atop pillar] for over 60 years, 5th century?)
Bl. Walter of Aulne (Belgian, Cistercian prior, c. 1180)

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 26, 2003.