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Today, November 29, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Sts. Blaise and Demetrius (Italian, early martyrs)
St. Brendan of Birr (Irish, abbot, c. 573)
Bl. Denis (or Dionysius) of the Nativity and Bl. Redemptus of the Cross [Peter Berthelot and Tomas Rodriguez da Cunha] (French and Portuguese, shipmaster-turned-Carmelite-priest and military-officer-turned-Carmelite-brother, tortured and martyred by Muslims of the Malay archipelago in 1638)
Bl. Frederick of Ratisbon (German, Augustinian brother, carpenter and wood-chopper, d. 1329)
St. Gulstan of Rhuys (French, Benedictine monk, c. 1010)
St. Hardoin of Brittany (French, bishop, 7th century)
St. Illuminata of Todi (Italian, virgin, c. 320)
Bl. Jutta of Heiligenthal (German, Cistercian abbess, c. 1250)
Bl. Nicolino Magalotti (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, hermit, d. 1370)
Sts. Paramon and 374 companions (Greek, martyred in 250)
St. Philomenus of Ancrya (Galatian [Turkish], martyred in 275)
St. Radbod of Utrecht (Dutch, Benedictine, bishop, d. 918)
St. Sadwen (Welsh, hermit, 6th century)
St. Sernin (or Saturninus) of Toulouse (Roman, missionary to France and Spain, bishop, martyred [dragged by a bull] c. 257)
Sts. Saturninus and Sisinius (Carthaginian [Tunisian], priest and deacon in Rome, martyred c. 309)
St. Walderic of Murrhardt (German, Benedictine abbot, c. 817)

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 29, 2001

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On November 29, 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:

Sts. Blaise and Demetrius of Veroli (Italian, early martyrs)
St. Brendan of Birr (Irish, abbot, c. 573)
Bl. Dennis of the Nativity Berthelot of Honfleur [Denis de la Nativité] and Bl. Redeemed-by-the-Cross Rodrigues da Cunha of Lizouros [Redento da Cruz] [baptized Pierre (Peter) and Tomás (Thomas)] (French and Portuguese, shipmaster-turned-Carmelite-priest and military-officer-turned-Carmelite-brother, tortured and martyred by Muslims of the Malay archipelago in 1638)
Bl. Edward Burden of Durham (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 48 under Elizabeth I in 1588 [beatified 1987])
Bl. Frederick of Ratisbon [Friedrich] (German, Augustinian brother, carpenter and wood-chopper, d. 1329)
Bl. George Errington of Hirst (English, layman, martyred at about age 42 under Elizabeth I in 1596 [beatified 1987])
St. Gulstan of Rhuys (French, Benedictine monk, c. 1010)
St. Hardoin of Brittany (French, bishop, 7th century)
St. Illuminata of Todi (Italian, virgin, c. 320)
Bl. Jutta of Heiligenthal (German, Cistercian abbess, c. 1250)
Bl. Nicolino Magalotti (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, hermit near Camerino, d. 1370)
Sts. Paramon and 374 companions (Greek, martyred in 250)
St. Philomenus of Ancrya (Galatian [Turkish], martyred in 275)
St. Radbod of Utrecht (Dutch, Benedictine, bishop, d. 918)
St. Sadwen (Welsh, hermit, 6th century)
St. Sernin of Toulouse (Roman, missionary to France and Spain, bishop, martyred [dragged by a bull] c. 257)
Sts. Saturninus and Sisinius of Carthage (from North Africa [Tunisian], priest and deacon in Rome, martyred c. 309)
St. Walderic of Murrhardt (German, Benedictine abbot, c. 817)
Bl. William Gibson of Ripon and Bl. William Knight of South Duffield (English, laymen, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1596 [beatified 1987])

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 29, 2003.